A recent Supreme Court decision that limits the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to fight the climate crisis could also hamstring President Joe Biden's authority to cancel federal student loan debt.
Since its founding in 1913, the US Federal Reserve has fought to achieve three goals: maximum employment, stable prices and moderate long-term interest rates. But that's about all that's remained consistent in the central bank's 109-year legacy of monetary policy.
The man accused of attempting to stab New York gubernatorial nominee Rep. Lee Zeldin onstage at a campaign event has been arrested on a federal assault charge, a spokesperson for the US Attorney's Office in the Western District of New York said, after he was released on his own recognizance shortly following an initial arrest Thursday.
A special school board meeting in Uvalde, Texas, to consider whether to terminate the employment of the district's police chief will be rescheduled in the "very near future," said school district Superintendent Hal Harrell. The meeting had been previously scheduled for Saturday before it was canceled.
A wildfire raging for a second day Saturday in central California's Mariposa County outside Yosemite National Park has burned more than 6,500 acres and forced evacuations of rural communities, fire officials said.
President Joe Biden's symptoms "continue to improve" after being diagnosed Thursday with Covid-19, the President's physician said in a Saturday letter.
