20+ min ago  (229+ words) “It is clear to me your leadership will be a continuation of what we have seen so far at the Trump Department of Justice,” Hirono told Blanche. “You are more likely to be called the Department of Retribution and Corruption....

57+ min ago  (560+ words) WASHINGTON — Whether President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. Attorney General, Todd Blanche, will move forward to the full Senate may rest entirely on retiring Texas Sen. John Cornyn, who said he is still undecided. One major sticking point for…...

1+ hour, 6+ min ago  (183+ words) Time could be running out for the bi-annual clock changing ritual known as daylight saving time. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday that would make daylight saving time permanent. That would bring an end to "falling back…...

4+ hour, 57+ min ago  (721+ words) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will deliver a primetime address this week that he says will include a focus on elections, suggesting he could revisit long-debunked conspiracy theories about his 2020 defeat to Democrat Joe Biden. The speech comes as he’s escalated…...

1+ hour, 27+ min ago  (141+ words) Within this year’s enacted budget, there is a provision that delays until 2029 a report from a state commission to study reparations for slavery in New York. The idea behind reparations is that the legacy of discrimination against Black people in…...

2+ hour, 2+ min ago  (348+ words) The reaction remains mixed one day after New York became the first in the nation to place a moratorium on new hyperscale data centers. Gov. Kathy Hochul says New York will “lead the way in creating the strongest standards in…...

10+ hour, 41+ min ago  (775+ words) WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche confronted skeptical questioning at a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday about the creation of a fund to compensate President Donald Trump's allies and a tax immunity deal for the president as he aimed to lock…...

2+ hour, 27+ min ago  (115+ words) Charlotte, Triad and mountains 1. Duke Health to join State Health Plan as access provider 2. 'We believe it was an act of retaliation': Wilson courthouse shooting renews conversation about safety 3. Nearly 5 years later, Gastonia family unveils billboards asking who killed John…...

8+ hour, 45+ min ago  (186+ words) GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Members of the Ford family and the President Gerald R. Ford Historical Legacy Trust gathered Tuesday morning at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum to mark what would have been President Gerald R. Ford's 113th birthday. Susan Ford…...

3+ hour, 24+ min ago  (418+ words) Gov. Kathy Hochul's statewide moratorium on new data center permits is drawing mixed reactions. The executive order, issued Tuesday, halts new state environmental permits for data centers as officials develop statewide rules addressing energy use, water consumption and protections for…...