The Hill - As the national debt has risen to more than $34 trillion and counting, Washington remains deeply divided on what to do about it. Congress suspended the debt ceiling last year, which limits how much the Treasury can owe to cover the governm...
(Reuters) - Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Patrick Harker on Wednesday said he still thinks just two interest-rate hikes this year is “likely appropriate,” but signaled he is open to more if needed.
USA Today - PYEONGCHANG, South Korea – The U.S. women’s breakthrough in cross country has been two decades in the making, through years where they showed up at the Olympics with little chance to beat the Europeans, through periods in which it was almost impossible to find talent that could trudge it out on the international stage and through dozens of World Cup events where Kikkan Randall was sometimes the only member of her gender on the team.
ABC News - A stalled frontal boundary continues to bring flooding rain, severe storms, freezing rain and snow from Texas to Michigan. More than 5 inches of rain has been reported in parts of Midwest over the last 24 hours sending many rivers into major flooding.
ABC News - North Korea has changed its tune -- at least along the DMZ, or Korean Demilitarized Zone, a two-and-a-half-mile-wide buffer of landmines and booby traps that separates it from South Korea.
WASHINGTON (AP) — As a grieving Florida community demanded action on guns, President Donald Trump on Tuesday directed the Justice Department to move to ban devices like the rapid-fire bump stocks used in last year’s Las Vegas massacre. It was a small sign of movement on the gun violence issue that has long tied Washington in knots.
MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) — The Rev. Billy Graham, who transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism, becoming a counselor to presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, died Wednesday. He was 99.
ABC News - The dozen-plus indictments filed by special counsel Robert Mueller last week roiled U.S. politics and detailed a remarkable Russian operation to influence American public opinion. But for those wondering whether the indictments might now lead to arrests or extradition from Russia for its 13 alleged conspirators, the short answer: no.
ABC News - While parts of the Rockies have seen 30 inches of snow the last few days, other parts of Utah have seen 22 inches, creating white-out conditions and leading to more than 200 accidents just in the northern part of the state.
ABC News - Large majorities of Americans say neither President Donald Trump nor Congress are doing enough to try to prevent mass shootings like the one that took 17 lives in Parkland, Florida, last week, with improved mental health screening and treatment leading the public’s preferences for action.
BEIRUT (AP) — Intense Syrian government shelling and airstrikes on rebel-held Damascus suburbs killed at least 98 people in what was the deadliest day in the area in three years, a monitoring group and paramedics said Tuesday.
