Second round of Child Tax Credit checks hits accounts

Federal data shows fewer families struggled to pay their bills after the July round of the new monthly payments.

• Aug 13, 2021

Moderate Dems threaten passage of $3.5 trillion spending proposal

Moderate Democrats say they won't consider a $3.5 trillion spending proposal before the bipartisan infrastructure bill is law.

• Aug 13, 2021

How new census data may shift the balance of power in the U.S.

Republicans' control of key state legislatures could give them the means to gerrymander Democrats out of their slim majority in the House of Representatives.

• Aug 13, 2021

Surgeon general on what lies ahead for COVID - "The Takeout"

Murthy told "Takeout" host Major Garrett "it's just a matter of time" before COVID booster shots are required.

• Aug 13, 2021

Texas Senate passes voting bill after Dem's 15-hour filibuster

There are still not enough House lawmakers present for a quorum because more than 50 Democratic representatives have not been at the Capitol Building since mid-July.

• Aug 12, 2021

U.S. defends border policy as migrant arrests reach 21-year high

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas warned would-be migrants that "they will be turned back" unless they qualify for U.S. humanitarian protection.

• Aug 13, 2021

Pentagon sending troops to Kabul to help evacuation of U.S. Embassy

A U.S. official says Kandahar "is in the process of falling."

• Aug 12, 2021

Texas communities and border agents scramble to shelter migrants

Communities along the U.S.-Mexico border are scrambling to house a growing number of migrants seeking legal asylum.

• Aug 12, 2021

Census Bureau releases data used to redraw congressional maps

The bureau's data will take weeks to sort out, but commissions and legislatures can now begin to draw maps after months of delays.

• Aug 12, 2021

Senator Rand Paul failed to timely disclose wife's stock trade

In early 2020, Kentucky lawmaker's wife bought stock in a company that developed coronavirus treatment.

• Aug 13, 2021

Judge rules Dominion defamation case against Trump allies can proceed

A federal judge cleared the way for a defamation case​ by Dominion Voting Systems to proceed against Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani and Mike Lindell.

• Aug 12, 2021

Biden says GOP won't let U.S. default amid debt ceiling standoff

"They're not going to let us default," Mr. Biden said in response to a question on the debt ceiling. "$8 trillion of that is on the Republican conscience."

• Aug 12, 2021

Texas governor files challenge to end Dallas County mask mandate

A federal judge on Tuesday night temporarily halted an order from Abbott that banned mask mandates.

• Aug 12, 2021

What we know about the "unprecedented" Capitol riot arrests

Seven months after the attack, more than 570 people had been arrested in what the government calls "the most complex investigation ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice."

• Aug 11, 2021

ICE deportation agents ordered not to detain crime victims

By minimizing the "chilling effect" of potential deportation, the policy change can encourage undocumented immigrants to contact law enforcement, ICE argued.

• Aug 11, 2021

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