None of the circumstances the National Transportation Safety Board described Tuesday in its preliminary report on the March 2 derailment would have triggered the automated positive train control system to stop the trains.
The spending bill enacted over the weekend included $1 million to develop a curriculum for elementary and secondary schools on preventing antisemitism and identity-based hate.
Judge Juan M. Merchan made the ruling Monday. The judge earlier had scolded Donald Trump’s lawyers as he weighed when to reschedule the trial after a last-minute document dump caused a postponement of the original date.
A New York court has agreed to hold off collection former President Donald Trump’s $454 million civil fraud judgment — if he puts up $175 million within 10 days.
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will be stepping down at the end of the year from the top job at the company, which is under pressure from major airlines wanting to know how Boeing plans to fix problems in the manufacturing of its planes
It took lawmakers six months into the current budget year to get near the finish line on government funding, the process slowed by conservatives who pushed for more policy mandates and steeper spending cuts than a Democratic-led Senate or…
Signaling more trouble ahead, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., initiated an effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson as the House began the vote but held off on further action until the House returns in two weeks.
When Mon Valley native Dennis Krisfalusy and his wife Lois were killed in a Mexico earthquake, the name of the Vietnam War veteran was placed on a memorial marker at their grave. His wife’s name was not. That’s because federal law…
Republicans on Tuesday launched an effort to get their voters to cast mail-in ballots in an effort to reduce a Democratic advantage that has helped flip the swing state blue in recent elections.
The Pennsylvania House speaker wants to let qualified residents register at polling places on the day of elections and to permit two weeks of advance voting
The final rule marks a major expansion of EPA regulation under a landmark 2016 law that overhauled regulations governing tens of thousands of toxic chemicals in everyday products, from household cleaners to clothing and furniture.
Trump’s lawyers wrote in a court filing that “obtaining an appeal bond in the full amount” of the judgment “is not possible under the circumstances presented.”
While Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and Republican challenger David McCormick have highlighted their own careers and positions as their pivotal race heats up, the candidates and their political parties have spent almost as much time…
Trump, speaking on a wind-whipped airfield outside of Dayton on Saturday, praised Moreno in the race as an “America first champion" and “political outsider who has spent his entire life building up Ohio communities.”
As the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee listened, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon heard arguments over whether a law that underpins the bulk of the charges is too vaguely worded to enforce against a former president.
“This should be owned by U.S. businesses,” Mnuchin said. “There’s no way that the Chinese would ever let a U.S. company own something like this in China.”
President Joe Biden on Thursday objected to the proposed sale of U.S. Steel to a Japanese corporation, saying it was “vital” for the iconic company to remain American-owned.
President Joe Biden repeatedly told a special counsel he never meant to retain classified information after he left the vice presidency but was at times fuzzy about dates and the paper trail for sensitive documents.