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Disney rips DeSantis bid to disqualify judge in free speech lawsuit

Disney urged a federal court to reject a request by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to disqualify the judge overseeing the…

GOP-controlled Texas House impeaches Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, triggering suspension

Texas’ Republican-led House of Representatives impeached state Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday on articles including bribery and abuse of…

Biden and McCarthy reportedly have agreed to debt ceiling deal

U.S. President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy have reached a deal to raise the federal government’s $31.4…

Fight still ahead for Texas’ Ken Paxton after historic impeachment deepens GOP divisions

The historic impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton plunged Republicans on Sunday into a fight over whether to banish…

Biden, GOP reach debt-ceiling deal, now Congress must approve it to prevent calamitous default

An “agreement in principle” between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy would raise the nation’s legal debt ceiling,…

Republicans criticize McCarthy, Biden debt ceiling deal

After tough negotiations to reach a tentative deal with the White House on the U.S. borrowing limit, the next challenge…

Debt ceiling deal will be ‘transformational’ for Americans, McCarthy says

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Sunday that the tentative deal House Republicans have reached with the White House to address…

Biden, McCarthy reach final deal to prevent default, now must sell to Congress

With days to spare before a potential first-ever government default, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached final…

JPMorgan rejects claim that Dimon and Staley discussed Epstein: ‘We believe this is false’

JPMorgan Chase on Wednesday rejected allegations cited in a new report that CEO Jamie Dimon over years discussed the bank’s…

JPMorgan’s Dimon says other execs at the bank could have booted Epstein when he was a client

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon testified last week that top bank executive Mary Erdoes and the firm’s then-head lawyer had…