By Kathryn Hardison The Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit on Wednesday to block Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.’s proposed acquisition of EverWatch Corp. The department alleges that Read more
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Supreme Court: As Breyer retires, when will Ketanji Brown Jackson start?
The Senate on voted to confirm the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson earlier this year to the Supreme Court. Jackson is set to become the first Black woman to Read more
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer retiring on Thursday at noon
It’s official: Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will be stepping down on Thursday, after the court releases its final two rulings for the current term. Breyer, 83, who was appointed Read more
This city is ‘the epicenter of the housing crisis,’ says a Biden administration official
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge dubbed sunny Miami the “epicenter of the housing crisis in this country” during a visit Tuesday. Fudge made that stark Read more
Companies paying abortion travel costs for employees include Target, Yahoo
The Supreme Court has voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, and many companies are offering to help their employees find reproductive care outside of their home states — which may Read more
Opinion: Who’s who of chip and tech companies band together to pass mega-semiconductor bill in Congress
More than 120 companies including Intel, Nvidia and Texas Instruments recently signed a letter urging Congress to accelerate negotiations to get a bill passed that would massively scale chipmaking in the Read more
June 2022 will be remembered as the month that ‘finished off Donald Trump’: analysts react to January 6 hearings
Washington has been consumed by speculation surrounding the the House January 6th committee hearings, after a surprise hearing this week featuring a former Trump administration aide who said that the Read more
‘We shouldn’t have to be doing this’: North Dakota’s only abortion clinic has one month to pack up and move to Minnesota — but raises $815,000 on GoFundMe
After 21 years at its current location in downtown Fargo, N.D., Red River Women’s Clinic will be moving to Moorhead, Minn. The new location is a 15-minute drive away across Read more
Manchin on abortion ruling: ‘I trusted Justice Gorsuch and Justice Kavanaugh’
Americans reacted on Friday to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that established a constitutional right to abortion access. In the court’s ruling Friday, Read more
Institutional investors have bought hundreds of thousands of single-family homes, many in Black communities. Critics say it’s creating a ‘generation of renters’
Democratic lawmakers are scrutinizing whether the American dream of a suburban home and white picket fence is being seized upon by large institutional investors, costing working people a shot at Read more