AP FACT CHECK: Biden’s State of the Union is off on guns, EVs
President Joe Biden related a faulty Democratic talking point about guns in his first State of the Union speech, made his plan on electric vehicles sound more advanced than it...
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FACT CHECK: Trump sticks to election falsehoods on Jan. 6
Former President Donald Trump and his allies on Thursday clung to false claims about the 2020 election and the Jan. 6 Capitol riot as the nation marked the one-year anniversary...
Fauci: CDC mulling COVID test requirement for asymptomatic
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the COVID-19 omicron variant surges across the United States, top federal health officials are looking to add a negative test along with its five-day isolation restrictions...
Democrats try to ‘build back’ after Manchin tanks $2T bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are struggling to pick up the pieces after Sen. Joe Manchin effectively crushed President Joe Biden’s big domestic policy bill. But they face serious questions whether...
Congress mandates new car technology to stop drunken driving
Congress has created a new requirement for automakers: Find a high-tech way to keep drunken people from driving cars.
Biden ‘positive’ on budget deal; Manchin OK with wealth tax
Pivotal Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin appears to be on board with White House proposals for new taxes on billionaires and certain corporations to help pay for President Joe Biden’s scaled-back...
Biden, key senators huddle as Dems drive toward budget deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Deadline driven, President Joe Biden brought two pivotal senators to his Delaware home Sunday for talks aimed at resolving the disputes that have stymied the Democrats' wide-ranging...
AP review: At least 13 auto safety rules are years overdue
After their 16-year-old daughter died in a car crash, David and Wendy Mills wondered whether she would be alive if federal rules on rear seat belt warnings had been issued...
No. 2 House Republican refuses to say election wasn’t stolen
The House's second-ranking Republican, Rep. Steve Scalise, repeatedly refused to say on Sunday that the 2020 election wasn’t stolen, standing by Donald Trump’s lie that Democrat Joe Biden won the...
Democrats seek corporate, wealthy tax hikes for $3.5T plan
House Democrats unveiled a sweeping proposal Monday for tax hikes on big corporations and the wealthy to fund President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion rebuilding plan, as Congress speeds ahead to...