Dec 30 Trump's tax returns released Friday after long fight By Michael R. Sisak, Jill Colvin, Associated Press The documents provide the most detailed picture to date of his finances over a six-year period, including his time in the White House, when he fought to keep the information private in a break with decades of precedent. Continue reading
Dec 29 Watch 2:55 News Wrap: Ukraine hit with the biggest wave of Russian missiles in weeks In our news wrap Thursday, Ukraine was hit with the biggest wave of Russian missiles in weeks, South Korea staged large-scale military drills after North Korean drones violated airspace this week, the Jan. 6 committee withdrew its subpoena of former… Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch 9:49 Netanyahu once again prime minister with most far-right government in Israel's history By John Yang, Dan Sagalyn Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in Thursday as prime minister of Israel, but his cabinet and his government's platform are controversial. David Makovsky is a long-time Israel watcher and director of the Project on Arab-Israel Relations at the Washington Institute for… Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch 8:50 Legislative accomplishments of outgoing Congress and where it fell short By Lisa Desjardins, Saher Khan The 117th Congress is coming to an end and with it ends the Democrats' full control of the legislative branch of government. Despite the narrow margins of the last two years, lawmakers ushered through historic legislation like the bipartisan infrastructure… Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch 8:09 Leahy reflects on nearly 50 years in Senate as he prepares to retire When he retires this January, Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy will leave the presidential line of succession and the seat he's called home for nearly half a century. But before he steps down, he takes a moment to sit down with… Continue watching
Dec 29 Biden outpaces predecessors with diverse judicial nominees By Seung Min Kim, Colleen Long, Associated Press The White House and Senate Democrats are closing out the first two years of Joe Biden’s presidency having installed more federal judges than Biden’s two immediate predecessors. Continue reading
Dec 29 New York opens its 1st legal recreational marijuana dispensary By Bobby Caina Calvan, Associated Press The first legal dispensary for recreational marijuana in New York is ringing up its first sales, opening up what is expected to be one of the country's biggest and most lucrative markets for cannabis. Continue reading
Dec 29 U.S. Census Bureau redefines the meaning of urban areas in America By Mike Schneider, Associated Press More than 1,100 towns, hamlets and villages in the U.S. lost their status as urban areas as the U.S. Census Bureau released a new list of places considered urban based on revised criteria. Continue reading
Dec 29 Serbia revokes troop alert, removes some roadblocks along Kosovo border By Radul Radovanovic, Associated Press Serbia has revoked combat readiness of its troops on the border with Kosovo as Serbs started removing more than a dozen of roadblocks in the north of the state. Continue reading
Dec 29 More changes to state voting laws expected in the new year By Nicholas Riccardi, Acacia Coronado, Associated Press Even with proponents of Trump's election lies roundly defeated during this year's midterms, advocates on both sides of the voting debate are bracing for another round of election-related legislation. Continue reading