America tiptoed toward a dangerous cliff, but lawmakers raised the debt ceiling and avoided a catastrophic default on the nation’s debt.
Author: Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY
VR game transports players to Negro Leagues: 5 Things podcast
“Barnstormers, Determined to Win,” a new virtual reality game take players to the 1940’s Negro Leagues. USA TODAY’s Phillip M. Bailey has more.
This week in politics: Title 42 ends; Trump loses defamation case; Santos indicted
President Biden faces a humanitarian and political crisis at the U.S-Mexico border with Title 42 ending.
This week in politics: Biden casts 2024 as ‘battle’ for America’s soul; McCarthy ushers in GOP debt plan
President Joe Biden’s reelection kicked off as Democrats gear up for the 2024 presidential campaign, and Speaker McCarthy pushed through a debt plan.
Biden commutes sentences of 31 nonviolent drug offenders, outlines prison rehabilitation plan
The White House is looking to uplift those coming out of the US prison system with a “fresh start,” according to a fact sheet from the administration.
Republican Asa Hutchinson emphasizes ‘farmland values’ in formal 2024 presidential campaign launch
Former Republican Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson formally launched his 2024 presidential campaign on Wednesday in his hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas.
This week in politics: McCarthy unveils debt limit proposal; Feinstein substitute plan foiled
Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s debt limit plan is being slammed by the White House, but first he’ll have to get the proposal through the thorny House.
This week in politics: Tim Scott takes a step closer to 2024; Feinstein pressed to resign
Republican Tim Scott formed an exploratory committee for 2024.
Meanwhile, Democrat Dianne Feinstein is facing calls within her own party to resign.
Tim Scott launches 2024 exploratory committee, moving closer to challenging Trump, other GOP rivals
If elected, Tim Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, would make history as the country’s first Black GOP president.
This week in politics: Donald Trump arrested; the ‘Tennessee three’; Majorie Taylor Greene for Senate?
Donald Trump’s criminal case will test the U.S. legal and political system; Tennessee expulsion brings gun reform debate back into national spotlight.