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FILE - Pedestrians and a food delivery man are seen outside the Trump building on Wall Street, in New York's Financial District, March 23, 2021. New York Judge Arthur Engoron, ruling in a civil lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, found that Trump and his company deceived banks, insurers and others by massively overvaluing his assets and exaggerating his net worth on paperwork used in making deals and securing loans.

NY Attorney General Letitia James has a long history of fighting Trump and other powerful targets

September 28, 2023, 1:53pm Latest News

Letitia James fixated on Donald Trump as she campaigned for New York attorney general, branding the then-president a “con man” and ″carnival barker” and pledging to shine a “bright light into every dark corner of his real estate dealings.” Read story

A monitor displays information about Federal Reserve interest rate on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged for the second time in its past three meetings, a sign that it's moderating its fight against inflation as price pressures have eased.

Stock market today: Wall Street ticks higher as pressure eases from the bond and oil markets

September 28, 2023, 1:15pm Business

Wall Street ticked higher to trim its sharp loss for September after pressure squeezing it from the oil and bond markets relaxed a bit. Read story

FILE - House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks to the chamber for procedural votes to advance appropriations bills, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday night, Sept. 26, 2023. McCarthy is digging in on his refusal to take up Senate legislation designed to keep the federal government fully running beyond midnight Saturday, Sept. 30. (AP Photo/J.

McCarthy rejects Senate spending bill while scrambling for a House plan that averts a shutdown

September 28, 2023, 12:51pm Latest News

A government shutdown appeared all but inevitable as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy dug in Thursday, vowing he will not take up Senate legislation designed to keep the federal government fully running despite House Republicans' struggle to unite around an alternative. Read story

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, arrives as the House Oversight Committee begins an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

House Republicans start making their case for President Biden impeachment inquiry at first hearing

September 28, 2023, 12:25pm Latest News

House Republicans launched a formal impeachment hearing Thursday against President Joe Biden, promising to “provide accountability” as they probe the family finances and business dealings of his son Hunter and make their case to the public, colleagues and a skeptical Senate. Read story

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, center left, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy center right, talk during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023.

NATO’s secretary-general meets with Zelenskyy to discuss battlefield and ammunition needs in Ukraine

September 28, 2023, 7:56am Business

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss the status of the war and needs of troops on Thursday, the day after Russia accused Ukraine’s Western allies of helping plan and conduct last week’s missile strike on the Black Sea Fleet’s headquarters on the annexed Crimean Peninsula. Read story

Slightly fewer number of Americans apply for jobless benefits as layoffs remain rare

A hiring sign is displayed at a retail store in Vernon Hills, Ill., Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week(AP Photo/Nam Y.

September 28, 2023, 7:51am Business

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits inched up modestly this week after reaching their lowest level in eight months the previous week, as the labor market continues to defy the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes meant to cool it. Read story

New study suggests looser WA drug laws do not mean more overdose deaths

A box of Narcan sits in the Savage Sisters' community outreach storefront in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Wednesday, May 24, 2023. Generically known as Naloxone, the medication used revive people who have stopped breathing, doesn't reverse the effects of xylazine. Philadelphia officials stress that naloxone should still be administered in all cases of suspected overdose, since xylazine is almost always found in combination with fentanyl.

September 28, 2023, 7:38am Health

As drug overdoses continue to claim lives and policymakers at all levels try to address the problem, new research examining Washington and Oregon suggests there isn’t a link between decriminalizing drug possession and a rise in fatal overdoses. Read story