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Updated Feb 28, 2024 - Politics & Policy

Supreme Court to hear Trump's absolute immunity claim in Jan. 6 case

Photo of demonstrators holding a "Trump" sign outside the Supreme Court building
Updated Feb 28, 2024 - Politics & Policy

Biden's annual physical shows "no new concerns": White House doctor

President Biden speaks outside

Exclusive: Biden campaign torches Trump after GOP blocks IVF bill

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Congress reaches deal to punt government shutdown

House Speaker Mike Johnson, wearing a dark blue suit, white shirt, red tie and glasses speaks outside the White House.
Feb 28, 2024 - Economy

Lunar New Year awareness drives business experiments

A Chinese New Year parade featuring lion dance performers in a black and white photo

McConnell's legacy: Conservative courts for a generation

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Feb 28, 2024 - World

Scoop: U.S. weighs airdropping aid into Gaza as land deliveries slow

Palestinian people walk among rubble as they survive under difficult conditions at Jabalia Refugee Camp in Gaza on February 26, 2024

McConnell replacement race kicks off earlier than expected

Photo illustration of senators John Thune, John Barrasso and John Cornyn emerging from a foggy background.

Here's the science and math behind leap day

"Insane": Historic winter heat wave smashes records across U.S.

Map showing the surge of warmth and cold air behind it on Feb. 27, 2024. Image: Pivotal Weather.
Updated Feb 28, 2024 - Politics & Policy

McConnell's exit haunted by poisonous relationship with Trump

McConnell, Trump, McCarthy
Updated Feb 28, 2024 - Politics & Policy

McConnell to step down as Senate GOP leader after 2024 election

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, wearing a dark gray suit, light blue shirt and purple tie, walking out of the Senate chamber.
Feb 28, 2024 - Business

Donald Trump's financial rescue has a hiccup

Illustration of a happy and mad President Trump-shaped emojis
Feb 28, 2024 - Technology

Bumble to relaunch as Gen Z breaks up with dating apps

A person is holding a mobile phone with the Bumble dating app logo on its screen, in Athens, Greece, on 31 January 2024
Updated Feb 28, 2024 - Health

Frozen embryos shouldn't be considered people, two-thirds of Americans say

Updated Feb 28, 2024 - Business

Bitcoin tops $60K, highest in over 2 years

Illustration of a traffic light with the green light featuring a bitcoin symbol

Scoop: Crypto super PAC unloads on Porter in California

Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) speaks during a small rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court calling for ethics reform
Feb 28, 2024 - Business

Employment rate for Americans with disabilities reached record high in 2023

Feb 28, 2024 - Business

How a $1 billion gift could transform a Bronx medical school

Illustrataion of a doctor holding an MRI scan of a one hundred dollar bill.

Tammy Murphy hits NRA in first ad in New Jersey Senate race

Screenshot from Tammy Murphy ad
Updated Feb 28, 2024 - Politics & Policy

Four big takeaways from Michigan's Democratic and GOP primaries

Literature urges Michigan voter to vote "uncommitted" in Tuesday's Democratic primary.

Whiplash and relief: How Biden chief of staff Jeff Zients has changed the West Wing

White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients
Feb 28, 2024 - Economy

First look: Where the economic distress is less

Feb 28, 2024 - Business

The "she"-conomy is booming and expanding

Feb 28, 2024 - Health

Biden may have limited options to protect IVF treatment

Photo illustration of a collage of Alabama, medical diagrams of human eggs turning into embryos, and President Biden.

School chiefs struggle to craft AI policies

Illustration of a zero and a one balancing on the tip of a pencil
Feb 28, 2024 - Technology

Biden executive order targets U.S. data sales to adversaries like China, Russia

Illustration of hand stopping arrow cursors

Poll: Most Americans cool to Christian nationalism as its influence grows

AI brings us a new kind of bug

Animated illustration of bugs made out of binary code separating themselves from a larger block of code and crawling away.
Updated Feb 28, 2024 - Energy & Climate

Wild weather threatens much of U.S. with snow, tornadoes, heat and fires

An NWS weather map of forecast temperatures in the U.S. showing near-record highs in the southeast U.S. and wintry lows in the Midwest.

Nikki Haley: "Very possible" GOP has shifted towards Trump

Republican presidential candidate, former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign event at Wings Over the Rockies Exploration of Flight museum on February 27, 2024 in Centennial, Colorado.

Michigan's "uncommitted" vote sounds alarm for Biden

Joe Biden at a podium

Top House progressives make under-the-radar visit to Cuba

Rep. Ilhan Omar, wearing a blue headscarf, black blazer and black shirt with beaded necklaces, and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, wearing a baby blue blazer with white stripes, a white shirt and a turquoise necklace.

It's all up to Mike Johnson now

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