Tag: Legislation
What to know about the congressional push to expand Social Security benefits
WASHINGTON -- The House has passed legislation that would provide full Social Security benefits to millions of people, pushing it one step closer...
NYC bans forcing tenants to pay real estate brokers hired by landlords
NEW YORK -- Mandatory broker fees, an unusual feature of New York City apartment hunting long reviled by renters, will be banned under...
Australian states back national plan to ban children younger than 16 from social media
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Australia’s states and territories on Friday unanimously backed a national plan to require most forms of social media to bar...
Germany's leader expected to lead country with minority government after coalition collapse
BERLIN -- After German Chancellor Olaf Scholz dramatically fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner of the pro-business Free Democrats in a late-night move after...
House Speaker Johnson says GOP may try to repeal CHIPS Act, then walks it back
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that Republicans “probably will” try to repeal legislation that spurred U.S. production of semiconductor chips,...
Wisconsin's GOP Senate candidate Hovde defends not knowing much about the farm bill in a dairy state
MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde has repeatedly defended his self-professed lack of knowledge about the U.S. farm bill in...