WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that the Trump administration was committed to protecting Social Security hours after he said in an interview that a new children's savings program President Donald Trump signed into law "is a back door for privatizing Social ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump lashed out at Sen. Josh Hawley on Wednesday after the Republican's proposal to ban stock trading by members of Congress — and the president and vice president — won bipartisan approval to advance in a committee vote. It's the second time in as ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — On this day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed legislation into law that launched Medicaid, creating a U.S. health care safety net for millions of low-income Americans in what would become one of the crowning achievements of his domestic legacy. A year earlier, ...
DETROIT (AP) — It was September 2012 and dozens of residents looked on as police cordoned off the area around a shed just northeast of Detroit. Low whispers about what — or who — officers were searching for grew to more excited chatter when the name Jimmy Hoffa started floating around ...
PARKERSBURG — Green Street in Parkersburg is closed through Friday between Fifth and Sixth streets, for a train derailment, according to the West Virginia Division of Highways. Motorists are asked to plan accordingly. Inclement weather or unforeseen circumstances could change the work schedule.
PARKERSBURG — The new President of West Virginia University is spending the week traveling to historic and cultural sites all around the state, including in Parkersburg at the Blennerhassett Hotel. President Michael Benson and his team, along with WVU donors, students and alumni, were ...