Piketty's latest book: 1,200 pages about ending inequality

The famed economist has some ideas for reducing income inequality, like a 90% tax on the wealthiest estates

• Sep 12, 2019

Trump administration releases $250 million in military aid for Ukraine

The move comes ahead of a Senate Appropriations panel debate where both parties were set to rebuke the administration

• Sep 12, 2019

Trump campaign will fly massive banner over Dem debate in Houston

The president will also be speaking in Baltimore at roughly the same time Democrats take the debate stage Thursday

• Sep 12, 2019

Publix asks customers not to openly carry guns in its stores

A growing number of big retail chains are requesting that customers leave their firearms behind

• Sep 12, 2019

House Democrats approve guidelines for Trump impeachment hearings

While mostly technical, the committee's vote will also move to install new procedures for its inquiry

• Sep 12, 2019

Trump agrees to 2-week delay in boosting China tariffs

Tariffs slated to rise to 30% on October 1 will now be delayed, giving some breathing room to trade talks

• Sep 12, 2019

145 CEOs implore Senate to "take action" on gun legislation

The push for more aggressive gun reforms comes in the wake of recent shootings in Texas and Ohio

• Sep 12, 2019

Judge rules Hastert victim broke terms of hush-money deal

Hastert's lawyers said the 2010 deal was void after his victim spoke about it to others

• Sep 12, 2019

House approves bill to bar oil drilling off U.S. coasts

Lawmakers said the bills would protect U.S. coasts from drilling that can pollute crucial waters — and lead to disasters such as the 2010 BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico

• Sep 12, 2019

Biden and Warren to take center stage at 3rd debate

Since the previous two debates have divided the field in half over two nights, Warren and Biden have not yet appeared alongside each other

• Sep 11, 2019

SCOTUS rules Trump administration can enforce border asylum ban

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Trump administration to enforce its most ambitious effort yet to make it more difficult for migrants to seek asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border

• Sep 11, 2019

Trump administration isn't granting temporary protection for Bahamians

Hurricane Dorian wreaked havoc on the Bahamas, leaving thousands homeless

• Sep 11, 2019

Government watchdog to probe Trump's land seizures to build wall

Congress' independent watchdog will investigate the administration's intensifying efforts to seize private land to build barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border

• Sep 11, 2019

Chinese businesswoman convicted in Mar-a-Lago trespass case

Yujing Zhang was convicted Wednesday of trespassing at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago club and lying to Secret Service agents

• Sep 11, 2019

House Democratic leaders divided on how to describe impeachment inquiry

The House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote Thursday on formalizing the rules of the impeachment inquiry

• Sep 11, 2019

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