Richard Lardner

Former Michigan State University and USA ...

U.S. Senate set to pass bill requiring quick reporting of abuse claims in response to Larry Nassar scandal

January 30, 2018 at 1:39 p.m.

The Senate is poised to respond to the sex abuse scandal involving sports doctor Larry Nassar by approving legislation that requires governing bodies for amateur athletics to quickly report claims...

Federal workers frustrated by back-and-forth over shutdown

January 22, 2018 at 1:10 p.m.

As Congress appeared ready to reopen the government Monday on the third day of a shutdown, some federal workers said they are frustrated over a political battle that put their...

Signs of government shutdown spotty but symbolic

January 21, 2018 at 7:44 a.m.

Symbols of American promise became emblems of American dysfunction on Saturday when a dispute in Congress over spending and immigration forced scores of federal government agencies and outposts to close...

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., attends a ...

Trump says female senator “would do anything” for money

December 13, 2017 at 10:29 a.m.

Fending off the renewed focus on sexual harassment allegations against him, President Donald Trump lashed out at Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Tuesday, declaring the New York Democrat and frequent presidential...

U.S. Rep. John Conyers resigns from Congress amid harassment allegations

December 5, 2017 at 10:21 p.m.

Democratic Rep. John Conyers resigned from Congress on Tuesday after a nearly 53-year career, becoming the first Capitol Hill politician to lose his job in the torrent of sexual misconduct...

Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., listens during ...

Report: Sen. Franken groped Army veteran during USO tour

November 30, 2017 at 8:42 a.m.

An Army veteran has accused Minnesota Sen. Al Franken of inappropriately touching her more than a decade ago while she was on a military deployment to Kuwait.

Trump demands “much tougher” immigration law after New York attack

November 2, 2017 at 12:06 a.m.

Roused by the first major ISIS-inspired attack on U.S. soil since he took office, President Donald Trump urged swift repeal of an immigration program that brought the suspect to America...

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, right, ...

Current war authority sufficient, top U.S. officials say

October 31, 2017 at 3:06 a.m.

Top U.S. national security officials have warned congressional Republicans and Democrats demanding a new war authorization that existing laws governing combat operations against terrorist groups are legally sufficient and that...

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, right, and ...

Pentagon says Trump’s Afghan troop boost to cost $1 billion

October 3, 2017 at 11:48 p.m.

The U.S. military's top leaders told lawmakers Tuesday that the thousands of additional U.S. troops President Donald Trump has ordered to Afghanistan will cost just over $1 billion a year,...

Senate backs bill to pump $700 billion into military

September 18, 2017 at 10:27 p.m.

The Senate is poised to pass a defense policy bill that pumps $700 billion into the Pentagon budget, expands U.S. missile defenses in response to North Korea's growing hostility and...

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