• Debt ceiling deadline now June 5, giving more time for negotiations

    Debt ceiling deadline now June 5, giving more time for negotiations

    May 26, 2023 10:56 PM EDT

    ... Security and Medicare, or -- and have the Democrats continue to say that we're going to prioritize welfare payments for people that are refusing to work. Geoff Bennett: So, in that last part there, he's referring to work requirements for some federal safety net programs. That has emerged as ...

  • WATCH: Biden nominates Gen. Charles Q. Brown as Joint Chiefs chair

    WATCH: Biden nominates Gen. Charles Q. Brown as Joint Chiefs chair

    May 25, 2023 03:30 PM EDT

    Brown saw that the school “required a different approach and attitude,” said retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Bill Rew. Earlier commandants had tried to institute a new mantra, “Humble, Approachable, Credible," but it had not taken root. Under Brown the cultural shift took hold and remains in place today, said ...

  • WATCH: White House holds briefing after Biden and McCarthy call debt ceiling talks 'productive'

    WATCH: White House holds briefing after Biden and McCarthy call debt ceiling talks 'productive'

    May 23, 2023 02:59 PM EDT

    ... new cuts to food aid by restricting states’ ability to waive work requirements in places with high joblessness. But Democrats have said any changes to work requirements are nonstarters. GOP lawmakers are also seeking cuts in IRS funding and, by sparing defense and veterans accounts from reductions, would shift the ...

  • No agreement yet on debt ceiling, but McCarthy say he's optimistic after meeting

    No agreement yet on debt ceiling, but McCarthy say he's optimistic after meeting

    May 22, 2023 08:58 PM EDT

    ... administration has countered that millions of people could lose coverage. The GOP additionally introduced new cuts to food aid by restricting states’ ability to waive work requirements in places with high joblessness. But Democrats have said any changes to work requirements for government aid recipients are nonstarters. GOP lawmakers are ...

  • Debt limit negotiations resume as McCarthy, Biden plan for pivotal meeting Monday

    Debt limit negotiations resume as McCarthy, Biden plan for pivotal meeting Monday

    May 21, 2023 11:33 PM EDT

    Top Republican negotiator Rep. Garret Graves of Louisiana, speaking alongside McCarthy at the Capitol, said the numbers “are the foundation” of any agreement. Republicans also want work requirements on the Medicaid health care program, though the Biden administration has countered that millions of people could lose coverage. The GOP additionally ...

  • Cities want the millions who biked during the pandemic to keep pedaling

    Cities want the millions who biked during the pandemic to keep pedaling

    May 19, 2023 08:30 PM EDT

    ... new urgency since 2020. The question is whether people stick with their new cycling habit in these closer-to-normal times. On Friday, Bike to Work Day in the U.S., the automatic counters that record each passing cyclist in many cities will get the latest numbers. So far the ...

  • Start mammograms at 40, not 50, U.S. health panel recommends

    Start mammograms at 40, not 50, U.S. health panel recommends

    May 09, 2023 06:35 PM EDT

    ... get the X-ray exams every two years from age 50 through 74. Tuesday’s update -– if the draft proposal is finalized -– would mark a shift in the influential panel’s guidelines although it's not likely to end confusion. Other health groups differ over when and how often to ...

  • The issues behind possible Hollywood writers' strike that could halt film, TV production

    The issues behind possible Hollywood writers' strike that could halt film, TV production

    May 01, 2023 10:25 PM EDT

    ... for decades and decades, TV writers could depend on a broadcast TV season that started in September and ended in May, roughly nine months of work spent producing anywhere between 22 to 24 episodes. How has the shift to streaming up ended that model and really affected writers' compensation? Anousha ...

  • Florida bill allows DeSantis to run for president while governor

    Florida bill allows DeSantis to run for president while governor

    Apr 28, 2023 10:54 PM EDT

    ... he wants to run for president, period. Last time I checked, being governor is a full-time job. Running for president takes a lot of work.” The bill, which makes a number of other changes to Florida election law, passed one day after a federal appeals court upheld a GOP ...

  • Trump lawyer cross examines E. Jean Carroll at rape trial

    Trump lawyer cross examines E. Jean Carroll at rape trial

    Apr 27, 2023 08:11 PM EDT

    ... embarking on a reporting trip for her book, which she originally envisioned as an homage to women who stood up to misbehaving men. The cultural shift changed the thesis of her book and later compelled her to disclose what she said Trump did to her, she said. “I was flummoxed ...