STATE AND LOCAL

Tuesday's meeting comes just over a week after Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that the U.S. could run out of money to pay its debts as soon as June 1.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill giving Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Board extensive authority over the Disney World park.

House Republicans are putting pressure on the Biden administration's oversight of digital assets in a letter to the White House's Council of Economic Advisors.

President Biden's nominee to lead the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Ann Carlson, once praised environmental policies that aim to "raise energy prices."

Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown urged young residents in the Buckeye State to take up trade jobs and insisted they “don't need a college degree."

Across the U.S., the pandemic shift to remote or hybrid work has left office buildings empty. Now, instead of tearing them down, some owners and investors are giving them "new life."

Tech billionaire Elon Musk discussed artificial intelligence, the economy, and "the future" with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Wednesday

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators will soon introduce legislation that would set a minimum legal age for children to use social media and regulate how algorithms can target kids.

Pennsylvania senators John Fetterman and Bob Casey joined fellow Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio in introducing legislation aimed at increasing railway safety.

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., traded barbs at a hearing regarding the coffee company's treatment of union organizing on the "billionaire moniker."

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., says he will receive thousands in campaign donations he received from the failed Silicon Valley Bank if there is evidence of malfeasance.

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation has indefinitely delayed the vote on President Biden's nominee to head the Federal Aviation Administration.

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown on Tuesday said lawmakers will hold a hearing next week on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin condemned President Biden's administration after the president vetoed a resolution that would nullify the Department of Labor's proposed rule on ESG standards.

President Biden formally sent Julie Su's nomination to be the next secretary of labor to the senate on Tuesday, the White House announced.

Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., a member of the Joint Economic Committee, claimed President Biden's budget proposal shows he's "not serious" about negotiating with Republicans.

Republicans in the House and Senate are hammering President Joe Biden over his newly unveiled budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2024, and House GOP said their budget is coming soon.

House Republicans are looking at ways to avoid a debt default, including by exemption debt and entitlement payments from the debt ceiling once the ceiling is reached.

A first responder testifying about the Norfolk Southern toxic train derailment in Ohio says the decision to vent and burn five tank cars instead of one widened the “impact” area.

The House Ways and Means Committee will consider a bill on Thursday that would prioritize federal spending if the U.S. hits the debt ceiling later this year.