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Mike Kelly

GOP lawmakers push to abolish popular free Direct File federal tax return program

Marie Pelton, Jim Victor and their butter sculpture

At Pennsylvania Farm Show, 1,000-pound butter sculpture celebrates state’s dairy farmers

Richard Hudson

House Republicans propose bill to preempt state gun safety laws

Scott Perry

Republicans move to repeal law that saves older Americans billions in health care costs

Donald Trump

Trump says he now supports elimination of federal debt ceiling

Joe Biden at health care costs event

New cap on Medicare Part D out-of-pocket prescription costs goes into effect

Former Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins chats with reporters in New York, Nov. 27, 1945, as she arrives from Europe aboard the Queen Mary, after she headed the American Government's delegation to the International Labor Organization conference in Paris.

Biden establishes a national monument for the 1st female Cabinet secretary

Pumpjacks draw out oil and gas from well heads as wildfire smoke hangs in the air near Calgary, Alberta, May 12, 2024.

Trump tariff threats cast a shadow over Canadian oil imports

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell holds a press conference in the Federal Reserve Headquarters in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, December 18, 2024.

Federal reserve rate cuts to slow in 2025

U.S. Supreme Court

Americans’ trust in nation’s court system hits record low, survey finds

In this image taken with a drone, Jason Kwapi operates a combine, at left, during soybean harvesting on the Voss farm near Palo, Iowa, Oct. 2, 2024.

US economic growth accelerated in third quarter

A view the Capitol in Washington DC, United States on July 12, 2024.

AI enters Congress: Sexually explicit deepfakes target women lawmakers