House Democrats are weighing in on the infrastructure negotiations between President Joe Biden and Senate Republicans by calling for a public works boost that would dedicate about $547 billion over five years to roads, public transit systems and rail programs. The proposal from Rep. Peter DeFazio, the Democratic chairman of… Read More

The Supreme Court is leaving in place a $2 billion verdict in favor of women who claim they developed ovarian cancer from using Johnson & Johnson talc products. The justices did not comment Tuesday in rejecting Johnson & Johnson’s appeal. The company argued that it was not treated fairly in… Read More

A co-founder of Black Lives Matter announced Thursday that she is resigning as executive director of the movement’s foundation after criticism from conservatives. She decried what she called a smear campaign from a far-right group over her multimillion dollar real estate empire, but claimed neither that nor recent criticism from… Read More

Gas pumps remained shrouded by plastic bags Thursday at thousands of service stations across more than a dozen U.S. states, but the situation could improve as a pipeline company reported “substantial progress” in resuming operations after a computer hack led to its shutdown. Colonial Pipeline’s owner reportedly paid the $5… Read More

Bernie Madoff, the financier who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, died in a federal prison early Wednesday, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Madoff died at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina, apparently from natural causes, the person said…. Read More