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Republicans are catching up in money and polls as they zero in on Georgia and Nevada as their best shots to flip a seat and win the upper chamber.

The Biden administration will pay for $130 million in new climate initiatives for Pacific Island nations by reallocating money that originally been earmarked for military assistance for Egypt.

With Hurricane Ian lashing the southeast U.S and leaving a path of destruction in Florida, President Joe Biden provided a detailed update Friday on his administration’s response to the devastating storm.

First lady Jill Biden says Republican leaders have underestimated the power of women and that it's up to Democrats to make sure the GOP doesn't make that mistake again.

President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill that finances the federal government through mid-December and provides another infusion of military and economic aid to Ukraine.

Lawmakers in Congress passed a continuing resolution to keep the government open hours before the deadline.

The U.S. on Friday sanctioned more than 1,000 people and firms connected to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including its Central Bank governor and families of Security Council members, after President Vladimir Putin signed treaties absorbing occupied regions of Ukraine into Russia, in defiance of international law. The Treasury Department named hundreds of members of Russia's legislature, leaders of the country's financial and military infrastructure and suppliers for sanctions designations.

The annexation of four Ukraine areas by Russia is widely viewed as illegal by Western officials.

Fed Vice Chair Lael Brainard stressed the need to tackle inflation and the importance of not shrinking from the task until it is finished.

The House is expected to pass a stopgap funding bill with hours to spare before a partial government shutdown would take effect. Members will then head home until after the midterms.

A North Fort Myers trailer park was left in shambles in the wake of Hurricane Ian. (Sept. 29) (AP Video/Cody Jackson)

Putin’s latest provocations once again put Washington in an awful bind.

A jury in Washington has been selected in the seditious conspiracy case against the founder of the Oath Keepers extremist group and four associates.

Days before October 2nd's upcoming presidential election in Brazil, frontrunner Luiz Inacio da Silva is ahead in the polls. (Sept. 29)

Michael Curry, the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, says he has tested positive for COVID-19.

The Senate voted 72 to 25 to pass a funding bill to avert a federal shutdown and fund government operations through mid-December.

Congress is moving quickly to avoid a government shutdown.

The measure, if approved by both chambers, keeps government agencies funded through mid-December.

Martre Oliver, 26, was arrested in Renton, Washington, in connection with the murder of his twin brother, Martese, who was found dead outside a hotel in northeast Portland.

Jackson took the constitutional and judicial oaths at the end of June.

Tens of millions of small U.S. companies will soon be required to submit details on their owners and others who benefit from them.

Vice President Kamala Harris and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will host a forum to highlight how coronavirus pandemic relief dollars have helped support Black- and minority-owned businesses.

The White House says President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and their spouses will attend the ceremonial investiture for Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Some 30 Chinese companies went public on the Nasdaq in the first half of 2021, said Bob McCooey, vice chairman of Nasdaq.

With Hurricane Ian drawing closer to a Category 5 storm. President Joe Biden detailed his administration’s efforts to prepare for the storm and warned residents to heed warnings from officials.

The Supreme Court says it will continue providing live audio broadcasts of arguments in cases.

The Supreme Court shut down public access to hearings in early 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic began spreading across the United States.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says he believes his party now has a 50-50 shot of getting the chamber back less than six weeks away from the midterm elections.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that he believes his party now has a “50-50 shot” of getting the chamber back less than six weeks away from the midterm elections. “We are in a bunch of close races,” McConnell told reporters during a press conference. The comments reflect a greater degree of optimism from the GOP leader after he drew criticism last month from fellow Republicans when he downplayed the party’s chances in the fall elections, saying it would be more likely for the party to gain control of the House than the Senate.

President Joe Biden sought out a deceased congresswoman during his remarks at a hunger conference Wednesday.

So far, the U.S. has committed more than $16.9 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since January 2021.

Biden thanked "all of you here," singling out Rep. Jackie Walorski and other lawmakers. Walorski died in a car wreck in August.

President Joe Biden is warning the oil and gas companies against increasing prices for consumers as Hurricane Ian nears landfall along Florida’s southwest coast.

Counting down Tom Sietsema's Top 5 D.C. area restaurants of 2022.

President Joe Biden says his administration's goal of ending hunger in the U.S. by the end of the decade is ambitious but doable, if only the nation would work together.

The island nation indicated it would not sign up to a declaration proposed by Washington, which aims to counter Beijing's influence in the region.

Pakistan’s foreign minister is recommending cooperation with the Taliban even though many U.S. officials say Afghanistan’s ruling faction have proved unworthy of it.

The Siege of Yorktown, Virginia, began on this day in history, Sept. 28, 1781. Surrounded by Washington's army and French allies by both land and sea, the British realized their cause was hopeless.

President Joe Biden is formally keeping the nation’s cap on refugee admissions at 125,000 for the 2023 budget year, despite pressure from advocates to raise it even higher to meet the need after falling far short of that target this year.

Jill Biden has hosted a White House reading by this year's group of National Student Poets.

The Pentagon will deliver the first two advanced NASAMS anti-aircraft systems to Ukraine in the next two months, providing Kyiv with a weapon that it has pressed for since earlier this year.

The Pentagon will deliver the first two advanced NASAMS anti-aircraft systems to Ukraine in the next two months, providing Kyiv with a weapon that it has pressed for since earlier this year. Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder told Pentagon reporters on Tuesday that six more of the Norwegian-developed weapons will be delivered in the future, as much as a year or two from now. Recent reports that some of the U.S.-provided NASAMS were already in Ukraine were not correct.

As Hurricane Ian threatens Florida, President Joe Biden approved Gov. Ron DeSantis’ request for a federal disaster declaration ahead of the storm Tuesday and says resources to help Floridians are on the move.

Ukraine could — albeit not in all cases — destroy Russia's tactical nuclear weapons before they hit their targets, military expert, director of the New Geopolitics Research Network Mykhailo Samus told Radio NV on Sept. 26.

The cellphones were turned over in July, three sources tell CBS News.

For the first time in a decade, Americans will pay less next year on monthly premiums for Medicare’s Part B plan, which covers routine doctors’ visits and other outpatient care.

For the first time in a decade, Americans will pay less next year on monthly premiums for Medicare’s Part B plan, which covers routine doctors’ visits and other outpatient care. The rare 3% decrease in monthly premiums is likely to be coupled with a historically high cost-of-living increase in Social Security benefits — perhaps 9% or 10% — putting hundreds of dollars directly into the pockets of millions of people. “That’s something we may never see again in the rest of our lives,” said Mary Johnson, the Social Security and Medicare policy analyst for The Senior Citizens League.

Levin sponsored a successful measure earlier this year allowing congressional offices to unionize.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that stablecoins will need greater regulation as they become more widely used by consumers.

All 50 states have received final approval to begin construction on a first nationwide network of electric vehicle charging stations that places one roughly every 50 miles along interstate highways.

Attention, potential car buyers: New electric vehicle charging stations are on their way to highway locations near you. All 50 states received final approval Tuesday to begin construction on a first nationwide network of EV charging stations that places one roughly every 50 miles (80 kilometers) along interstate highways, part of the Biden administration's plan to spur widespread adoption of zero-emission cars. The Transportation Department said it had OK'd EV charger plans from a last set of 17 states, triggering the release of $1.5 billion in federal funds to all jurisdictions nationwide — or $5 billion over five years — to install or upgrade chargers along 75,000 miles (120,000 kilometers) of highway from coast to coast, with a goal of 500,000 EV chargers nationwide.

At the White House, President Biden plans to deliver remarks Tuesday focused on “lowering health care costs and protecting and strengthening Medicare and Social Security."

The Biden administration has an ambitious goal for America: ending hunger in the U.S. by 2030.

The Biden administration is laying out its plan to meet an ambitious goal of ending hunger in the U.S. by 2030, including expanding monthly benefits that help low-income Americans buy food. The administration, in a plan released Tuesday, is also seeking to increase healthy eating and physical activity so that fewer people are afflicted with diabetes, obesity, hypertension and other diet-related diseases. “The consequences of food insecurity and diet-related diseases are significant, far reaching, and disproportionately impact historically underserved communities,” Biden wrote in a memo outlining the White House strategy.

The Biden administration has expanded and extended temporary legal status for several thousand people from Myanmar living in the U.S. until May 2024.

Macron also met with former President Donald Trump for a state visit in 2018.

Snowden, 39, has remained in Russia ever since leaking classified U.S. documents to journalists.

Negotiators have agreed to include more than $12 billion in Ukraine-related aid in a stopgap spending bill that would fund the federal government into mid-December.

President Joe Biden plans to announce a new initiative that would eventually allow consumers to see a more complete price on airline tickets before they buy them.

President Joe Biden will announce a new initiative Monday that will eventually allow consumers to see a more complete price on airline tickets — including baggage and change fees — before they buy, as the White House continues to search for ways to lower costs for Americans amid persistently high inflation. The White House says the new rule from the Transportation Department will prevent airlines from hiding the “true cost” of airline tickets, which would help consumers save money up front and encourage more competition among airlines to offer better fares. Airlines made nearly $700 million on cancellation and change fees last year, according to the White House.

Denver Riggleman, a former GOP congressman, told "60 Minutes" that Mark Meadows received texts about the alternate electors plot days after the election.

The way President Joe Biden sees it, the overturning of Roe vs.

Denver Riggleman, a former adviser to the Jan. 6 committee told "60 Minutes" the White House switchboard called a rioter during breach.

It's been a long road to the upcoming Capitol riot trial of the the leader of the extremist group Oath Keepers.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden hosted Elton John to play on Friday night at the White House’s South Lawn during “A Night When Hope and History Rhyme,” an event funded by A&E Networks and The History Channel.

A New York man who pleaded guilty to lesser charges in a February rape cases is now accused of attacking several more victims days before his sentencing.

President Joe Biden returned to Washington on Friday to attend a democratic event in hopes to gain support for his party ahead of the midterm elections.

An Iowa man has been convicted of charges that he led a crowd of rioters in chasing a U.S. Capitol police officer up a staircase and accosting other officers guarding the Senate.

The Supreme Court doesn’t appear to have found the person who leaked a draft of the court’s major abortion decision last spring.

The Fed's benchmark rate is rising at its fastest clip since 1981. Here's what financial experts say that means for your money.

The referendums, which will set the stage for Russia to formally annex Ukrainian territories under occupation, are not regarded as free or fair.

Hurricane Fiona’s impact was the focus of discussion with FEMA as President Joe Biden was briefed about the ongoing federal government response on Thursday.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen heads to the Durham, North Carolina, area next Tuesday as part of her ongoing national tour to promote the Biden administration’s legislative agenda ahead of midterm elections.

The White House and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists say a Republican-led proposal to ban abortion nationwide after 15 weeks would endanger the health of women and have severe consequences for physicians.

The White House and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists say a Republican-led proposal to ban abortion nationwide after 15 weeks would endanger the health of women and have severe consequences for physicians.

In a stark repudiation of Donald Trump’s legal arguments, a federal appeals court permitted the Justice Department to resume its use of classified records seized from the former president’s Florida estate as part of its ongoing criminal investigation.

Joe Biden has moved closer to providing Taipei with a security guarantee. That makes sense given China’s aggressive behavior.

The White House is reaching out to local governments.

A federal appeals court has permitted the Justice Department to resume its use of classified records seized from Donal Trump's Florida estate as part of its ongoing criminal investigation.

On the same day the Federal Reserve gave a sobering report on the U.S. economy’s trajectory, administration officials highlighted how they have kept some of the nation’s smallest businesses afloat through the pandemic.

President Joe Biden arrived in New York on Wednesday and addressed the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, slamming Russia for its war in Ukraine.

The lawsuit alleges that the migrants were told they were going to Boston or Washington, and were induced with perks like McDonald's gift cards.

Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania sent letters to over a dozen ESG ratings firms requesting details about their ratings standards.

President Biden is expected to focus on Russia's war on Ukraine in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday and will announce new support for countries facing food shortages caused in part by the war, the White House said.

Michelle Obama plans a six-city tour this fall in support of her new book, “The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times,” beginning mid-November in Washington.

At the Dreamforce conference on Tuesday, Salesforce co-CEO Marc Benioff addressed a recent hack at Uber that involved the Slack messaging app.

Flights are now a part of a criminal investigation after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sent 48 migrants from a shelter in San Antonio to the island resort of Martha’s Vineyard last week.

The nominee to head the National Archives is set to face an unusually contentious Senate confirmation hearing this week.

President Joe Biden will speak on Tuesday about a bill that would require super PACs and certain other groups to disclose donors who contributed $10,000 or more during an election cycle.

The Wyoming lawmaker has been one of the few Republicans to openly criticize the former president.

Vice President Kamala Harris is visiting two historically Black colleges in South Carolina to push for voter registration.

The New York Times reported sources said Eric Herschmann warned Trump about the legal liability of keeping classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.

President Biden is in London on Monday for Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, but comments that he made Sunday on the CBS show “60 Minutes” sparked concern from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

The United Nations says it has finally reached a yearslong pledging goal to raise money to remove 1 million barrels of oil from a stranded and rusting oil supertanker off Yemen.

Iran told the United Nations' highest court on Monday that Washington’s confiscation of some $2 billion in assets from Iranian state bank accounts to compensate bombing victims was an attempt to destabilize the Iranian government and a violation of international law. In 2016, Tehran filed a suit at the International Court of Justice after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled money held in Iran’s central bank could be used to compensate the 241 victims of a 1983 bombing of a U.S. military base in Lebanon believed linked to Iran. Hearings in the case opened Monday in the Hague-based court, starting with Iran's arguments.

China has criticized President Joe Biden’s statement that American forces would defend Taiwan if Beijing tries to invade as a violation of U.S. commitments about the self-ruled island.

About 450 pounds of meth worth $1.7 million were seized from an abandoned Hummer near the Canadian border recently, according to Border Patrol's Blaine Station.

Washington made its season debut in The Associated Press college football on Sunday at No. 18, and Penn State and Oregon moved into the top 15 after all three had decisive nonconference victories. A weekend filled with blowouts by highly ranked teams kept the top 10 almost unchanged. No. 1 Georgia picked up six more first-place votes in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank.

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan with at least 17 people injured in the worst-affected Hualien County.

After declining ratings and an exodus of VIP guests, Washington institutions like "Meet the Press" and "Face the Nation" are looking to tweak an old format.