Senate plans to vote on bill that would increase Social Security benefits for some pensioners
People who receive income from public pensions may have their Social Security benefits reduced. The Senate may soon vote to eliminate those rules.
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A nonprofit leader, a social worker: Here are the stories of the people on Biden's clemency list
Roughly 1,540 people had their sentences commuted or were pardoned by President Joe Biden on Thursday in what was the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.
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Two Virginia women who came to Congress on a mission prepare to leave at a critical moment
Reps. Abigail Spanberger and Jennifer Wexton are hoping the electoral change they were part of in the 2018 midterms continues.
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Tech companies most threatened by Trump are donating to his inauguration fund
Amazon, Meta, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have all announced $1 million donations to Trump’s inauguration fund.
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Incoming West Virginia state lawmaker arrested after allegedly threatening to kill fellow lawmakers
An incoming West Virginia state lawmaker was arrested Thursday after he allegedly threatened to kill other state lawmakers.
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Biden is on track to appoint more federal judges of color than any other president
As President Joe Biden makes a final push to confirm judicial nominees before his term in office ends, he is on track to have appointed more federal judges of color than any president before him. On Monday, the Senate confirmed Biden’s judicial nominee for the Northern District of Georgia, Tiffany Johnson, making her the 40th Black woman he h... -
US adults not confident Trump can assemble qualified cabinet: AP-NORC poll
Americans may have elected Donald Trump to a second term in November, but that doesn’t mean they have high confidence in his ability to choose well-qualified people for his cabinet or effectively manage government spending.
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Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people
The Senate is pushing toward a vote on legislation that would provide full Social Security benefits to millions of people. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer began the process on Thursday for a final vote on the bill, known as the Social Security Fairness Act.
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SEC charges Cantor Fitzgerald, led by Trump's Commerce pick, with breaking securities laws
Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick is co-chair of the transition team for Donald Trump. The SEC says his firm caused two SPACs to make false statements.
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Low public approval for some Trump Cabinet picks, poll finds
Fewer than a third of Americans support President-elect Donald Trump’s nominations of Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a new AP-NORC poll finds. Follow NBC10 Boston: https://instagram.com/nbc10boston https://tiktok.com/@nbc10boston https://facebook.com/NBC10Boston https://twitter.com/NBC10Boston... -
Ex-FBI informant accused of lying about Biden family pleads guilty
A former FBI informant accused of falsely claiming that President Joe Biden and his son Hunter accepted bribes has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges, according to court papers filed Thursday.
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Trump says it will be ‘hard' to bring down grocery prices, pins hopes on lower energy costs and better supply chains
The pace of food price growth has already slowed dramatically over the past year.
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Trump invites China's Xi to inauguration despite tariff threats on Beijing
President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration next month.
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Donald Trump named Time's 2024 Person of the Year
The announcement was made exclusively on TODAY on Dec. 12.
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Biden to commute sentences of 1,500 ‘non-violent' offenders, in the biggest single-day act of clemency to date
“America was built on the promise of possibility and second chances,” the president said in a statement Thursday.
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Trump plans to scrap policy restricting ICE arrests at churches, schools and hospitals
The incoming Trump administration intends to rescind a long-standing policy that has prevented Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from arresting undocumented people at or near so-called sensitive locations.
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Tania Fernandes Anderson attends 1st City Council meeting after arrest
Embattled Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson was back at work Monday despite calls from colleagues and city leaders to resign after her arrest on federal corruption charges. Just days after her arraignment, Fernandes Anderson stuck to the script while seeming to signal she’s planning to stay in her role. The councilor is facing fi... -
House approves $895B defense bill with military pay raise, ban on transgender care for minors
The House on Wednesday passed a $895 billion measure that authorizes a 1% increase in defense spending this fiscal year and would give a double-digit pay raise to about half of the enlisted service members in the military.
