The federal budget deficit soared to $1.1 trillion for the first half of fiscal 2023, the Congressional Budget Office estimated Monday, $430 billion more than in the same time frame the previous year.
Govs. Maura Healey (D-MA) and Gavin Newsom (D-CA) announced plans Monday to stockpile the abortion pill mifepristone after a federal judge ordered the Food and Drug Administration to suspend its approval of the pill on Friday.
Sen. Bob Casey's (D-PA) decision to seek a fourth term in 2024 gives Senate Democrats another battleground state incumbent to rely on as they defend their slim majority.
A family of five was displaced on Easter Sunday night after a three-story, single-family home caught on fire near Potomac, Maryland. The fire reportedly resulted in $2 million in damage, including $1.5 million in structural damage and $500,000 in contents.
The Justice Department asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to stay a Texas judge's order to suspend the Food and Drug Administration's approval of a common abortion drug, asking for intervention no later than Thursday at noon.
The Department of Education has initiated a federal civil rights investigation into Loudoun County Public Schools over its response to two sexual assaults in 2021 that occurred in district high schools.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a "runaway" supermassive black hole that left behind a never-before-seen star trail across a great distance.
