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Congressional Democrats are weighing a raft of taxes that would target CEO pay and big U.S. companies that buy back shares.

The August 2021 jobs report showed that Black unemployment rose last month compared with declines for white, Asian and Hispanic workers.

"There's no question the delta variant is why today's job report isn't stronger," Biden said at the White House shortly after the data came out.

Sen. Pat Toomey has urged his party not to nominate former President Donald Trump as its presidential nominee in 2024.

Joe Manchin did not rule out backing Democrats' spending bill if they reduce the $3.5 trillion price tag.

'QAnon shaman' Jacob Chansley is among the most notorious supporters of then-President Trump charged with invading the Capitol to oppose Joe Biden's election.

Elon Musk declined to directly weigh in on Texas' abortion law after Gov. Greg Abbott said the Tesla CEO supported his state's "social policies."

A former prosecutor in Georgia was indicted on charges of violating her oath of office and obstructing a police officer in the probe of Ahmaud Arbery's killing.

Donald Trump is wrapping up his summer at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf course after meeting with loyalists and a group of conspiracy theorists.

Tom Barrack, a private equity investor and close friend of ex-President Donald Trump, is accused of advancing the interests of the United Arab Emirates.

Matthew Calamari Jr., son of the Trump Organization's chief operating officer, is expected to testify Thursday before a Manhattan grand jury, a source told CNBC.

Nancy Pelosi said the House will vote on the Women's Health Protection Act after the Supreme Court declined to block a restrictive Texas abortion law.

The decision "is an unprecedented assault on a woman's constitutional rights under Roe v. Wade," Biden said in a searing statement.

The law bars most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy and allows private citizens to file lawsuits against abortion providers.

IRS chief Charles Rettig told Sen. Elizabeth Warren that relying on banks to report on their customers' accounts could help cut the tax gap.

More than 23,000 Afghan refugees deemed to be "at risk" have arrived in the United States, State Department spokesman Ned Price said Wednesday.

The remarks from the highest levels of the Defense and State departments come one day after Biden defended his decision to withdraw from Afghanistan.

Elijah McClain, 23, died after he was stopped by cops while walking in Aurora, Colorado, put in a chokehold and injected with ketamine, a sedative.

Prosecutors warned a judge that Pierce associate Ryan Marshall — who has been appearing in Pierce's absence over the past week — "is not a licensed attorney."

Petitioners say the restrictive Texas abortion law, which took effect Wednesday, would essentially overturn the precedent set by Roe v. Wade.