The Senate on Tuesday cleared a crucial procedural obstacle to advancing a short-term financing spot that would avoid a federal government shutdown on Wednesday at midnight. The Senate advanced the procedure in an 82-6 vote, quickly clearing the 60-vote limit. …
IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig has actually asked an inspector general to examine the company’’ s protecting of taxpayer details, following discoveries that President Donald Trump has consistently paid little or no federal earnings tax . Meanwile, a set of House …
Read MoreIRS chief asks watchdog to review safeguards after leak of Trump’s tax information
Tom Steyer, the billionaire ecologist and previous Democratic governmental prospect, has an interest in serving in Joe Biden’s administration and has actually talked about the possibility with Biden’s consultants. Steyer satisfied over the weekend in Washington, D.C. with Jeff Zients, …
Read MoreTom Steyer meets with Biden officials, interested in a role in administration
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was as soon as on the brink of being fired by President Donald Trump for refraining from doing enough to turbocharge the U.S. economy. Now, he stands a good possibility of keeping his task no …
Read MoreFed’s Covid-19 response could score once-embattled Powell another term
California and Oregon’’ s significant college sports programs will press their county health authorities for assistance on rebooting the Pac-12 Conference’’ s football season, the sports authority stated Wednesday after a wild day of back-and-forth with Govs. Gavin Newsom and …
Read MorePac-12 football gains ground, with push from Trump and Democratic governors
President Donald Trump is packing months of policy moves into the decreasing weeks prior to the fall election, with an eye towards improving his failing standing with crucial ballot blocs. In current weeks, Trump has actually made declarations that ran …
Read MoreTrump crams policy moves — real and imagined — into final weeks
OAKLAND —– President Donald Trump required to Twitter on Tuesday to advise the California Republican Party to ““ battle on ” in its relocate to gather tallies in informal ““’ drop boxes ’ ’ around the state, in defiance of …
House Democrats are introducing an examination into how Trump appointees have actually pushed authorities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to alter or postpone clinical reports on coronavirus, pointing out POLITICO reporting that discovered political disturbance in the …
Read MoreDemocratic lawmakers to investigate Trump officials’ meddling with CDC reports
President Donald Trump’s allies on Sunday blamed anybody but him for his handling of the deadly virus that has killed more than 193,000 Americans. In interviews across the morning political talk shows, Trump officials portrayed the president as a calm …
Read MoreTrump team says history will vindicate him on coronavirus
COMPTON, Calif. —– The shooting of 2 Los Angeles County constable’’ s deputies in an obvious ambush triggered a manhunt for the shooter, response from the president and demonstrations outside the health center where the injured deputies were being dealt …
Read More2 California deputies shot in apparent ambush; anger and protests follow