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Mayorkas fires at Capitol Hill as Biden privately weighs new border action: ‘Congress needs to get a spine’

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday rebuked Republican claims that the border can be managed solely through President Joe…
Politics

Iran holds first elections since Mahsa Amini protests, with low turnout and boycott expected

Iran holds its parliamentary elections on Friday, in the first vote for Iranians since a nationwide protest movement for women’s…
Politics

Donald Trump wins South Carolina Republican primary, NBC News projects

Former President Donald Trump has won the South Carolina Republican primary, defeating the state’s former governor, Nikki Haley, NBC News…
Politics

Billionaire-backed Koch network halts Nikki Haley campaign funding after South Carolina loss

Americans for Prosperity Action, the network backed by billionaire Charles Koch, is pausing its financial support of Republican presidential candidate Nikki…
Politics

Prison inmate led scheme swindling U.S. out of $550 million in Covid tax credits, feds say

A California prison inmate locked up on a gang-related murder conviction led a scheme that defrauded the U.S. government out…
Politics

House GOP’s budget ‘poison pills’ could force spending cuts, rattle economy

House Republican hardliners’ efforts to stonewall a budget deal ahead of a looming government shutdown could risk triggering automatic spending…
Economy

For Black workers, progress in the workplace but still a high hill to climb

Looking at the state of Black employment in America tells a mixed story: Much progress has been made in the…
Politics

Woman drops lawsuit against Leon Black alleging rape at Jeffrey Epstein mansion

A woman who had accused Apollo Global Management co-founder Leon Black of raping her at the New York mansion of…
Politics

Appeals court will rehear challenge to Nasdaq board diversity rule, putting mandate at risk

A federal appeals court agreed to rehear a challenge by two conservative groups to Nasdaq’s board diversity rule related to…
Politics

Interest on national debt could threaten U.S. economic stability, CBO director tells House panel

The director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office warned House lawmakers Wednesday that the ballooning national debt and the cost…