CHARLESTON — Permitting reform is once again a major focus of U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, and she believes that lawmakers can get a package to the desk of President Donald Trump by the end of the year. Speaking to West Virginia reporters on a conference call Thursday afternoon, Capito ...
CHARLESTON — State Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Mike Stuart was before a different committee Thursday as he prepares for a confirmation as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ top attorney. Stuart, R-Kanawha, was one of several federal nominees before members of the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that set new tariffs on a wide swath of U.S. trading partners to go into effect on Aug. 7 — the next step in his trade agenda that will test the global economy and sturdiness of American alliances built up over ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Slightly less than half of U.S. adults believe that Black people face “a great deal” or “quite a bit” of discrimination in the United States, according to a poll. That’s a decline from the solid majority, 60%, who thought Black Americans faced high levels of ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday reestablished the Presidential Fitness Test for American schoolchildren, a program created in 1966 to help interest young people in following healthy, active lifestyles. Children had to run and perform situps, pullups or pushups and a ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Fireflies are lighting up summer evenings across the U.S. Northeast, putting on dazzling shows in backyards and city parks. There’s no official count, but experts say a particularly wet spring may have created the ideal conditions for young fireflies to grow into adults to ...
