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Hope and Uncertainty Linger as California Turns the Page on State-Run Youth Prisons
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Juvenile offenders in California might now have a better chance at rehabilitation instead of facing a mostly punitive sentence in a youth prison system that often only reinforced th...
Jul 05, 2023
Impeachment? Censure? Stigma is Falling Away from Congress’ Most Severe Punishments
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans have held it over Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for months. Attorney General Merrick Garland is facing it too. And President Joe Biden seemingly is...
Jun 28, 2023
Biden Will Announce How Billions of Dollars for Expanding Broadband Internet are Being Distributed
President Joe Biden is expected to announce on Monday his administration's plans to distribute billions of dollars appropriated by Congress to deliver the internet to every household and sma...
Jun 26, 2023
The US Government is Awarding $1.7 Billion to Buy Electric and Low-Emission Buses
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding almost $1.7 billion in grants for buying zero- and low-emission buses, with the money going to transit projects in 46 stat...
Jun 26, 2023
IRS Reduces Tax Return Backlog by 80% and is Doing Better Job Answering the Phone
WASHINGTON (AP) - The IRS has processed tens of millions of tax returns faster this year compared with past years while getting through to customer service on the phone is slowly improving, according ...
Jun 21, 2023
Hunter Biden will Plead Guilty in a Deal that Likely Averts Time Behind Bars in a Tax and Gun Case
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden's son Hunter will plead guilty to federal tax offenses but avoid prosecution on a separate gun charge in a deal with the Justice Department that likely ...
Jun 20, 2023
Blinken and Xi Pledge to Stabilize Deteriorated US-China Ties, but China Rebuffs the Main US Request
BEIJING (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met on Monday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and said they agreed to "stabilize" badly deteriorated U.S.-China ties, but Am...
Jun 20, 2023
Blinken Heads to China this Weekend on Mission to Salvage Sinking Ties and Keep Communications Open
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China this weekend as part of the Biden administration's push to repair deteriorating ties between Washington and Beij...
Jun 14, 2023
The Great Grift: How Billions in COVID-19 Relief Aid was Stolen or Wasted
WASHINGTON (AP) - Much of the theft was brazen, even simple.Fraudsters used the Social Security numbers of dead people and federal prisoners to get unemployment checks. Cheaters collected those benefi...
Jun 12, 2023
Trump Allies Cite Clinton Email Probe to Attack Classified Records Case
WASHINGTON (AP) - As former President Donald Trump prepares for a momentous court appearance Tuesday on charges related to the hoarding of top-secret documents, Repu...
Jun 12, 2023
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