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Fed Chair Jerome Powell testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 2, 2020. The Fed said on Wednesday it will continue providing support to the economy despite surging prices.

Federal Reserve Will Continue Supporting The Economy Despite Surging Prices

The Fed is maintaining its easy money policies for now in an effort to speed the economic recovery. It left interest rates near zero despite a jump in consumer prices.

Congress President Jose Williams gives thumbs up after lawmakers verbally voted to remove President Pedro Castillo from office in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. Peru's Congress voted to remove Castillo from office Wednesday and replace him with the vice president, shortly after Castillo tried to dissolve the legislature ahead of a scheduled vote to remove him.

Peru swears in a new president amid constitutional crisis

Vice President Dina Boluarte was sworn in Wednesday as Peru's next president after Congress voted out President Pedro Castillo shortly after he dissolved the legislative body.

A sign in Imperial Beach on June 28, 2020, warning swimmers of sewage-contaminated water.

Settlement reached in long-running cross-border sewage litigation

The agency tasked with overseeing wastewater infrastructure in the Tijuana River Valley will mitigate and address cross-border water flows.

The former site of the Hill Top Women’s Reproductive Clinic, an abortion provider in El Paso, Texas, sits empty and for sale. The clinic closed in March 2020, as Texas tightened its abortion laws. The state has now banned abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade.

After Dobbs, troops seeking abortions may face long drives, career risks, privacy concerns

More than 100 military installations are in states where abortion is now banned.

Shoppers at Apple Tree Supermarket in Chula Vista on April 20, 2022.

Black households hit harder by inflation, UC San Diego study finds

Black families experience higher and more volatile inflation, impacting prices on groceries and household essentials, according to a report published Monday with research from UC San Diego's School of Global Policy and Strategy.

Martin Shkreli leaves after appearance on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform Committee, Feb. 4, 2016.

'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli has been released from prison

Shkreli, a former pharmaceutical executive known for raising the price of a life-saving drug by 5,000%, was sentenced to seven years in prison for securities fraud in 2018.

Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., the current chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, who's shown here in 2018, has introduced a bill to try to protect the 2030 census and other future head counts from political interference.

A new bill could help protect the census after Trump-era interference

After years of census meddling by former President Donald Trump's administration, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., has introduced a bill that could help protect future counts from interference.

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin answers questions from the media as she arrives at a federal court in Manhattan on February 15, 2022, in New York.

Sarah Palin files to run for the late Alaska Rep. Don Young's seat

The former vice presidential candidate filed with the Federal Election Commission to run for the late Don Young's House seat. Former President Trump endorsed Palin on Sunday.

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has officially declassified an image first tweeted by President Trump in 2019.

Trump tweeted an image from a spy satellite, declassified document shows

More than three years after his tweet, the U.S. government has formally declassified the image from one of its most powerful spy satellites.

In this courtroom sketch, Ghislaine Maxwell gives her statement in federal court, in New York, on June 28, 2022.

Ghislaine Maxwell is sentenced to 20 years in prison

"Today's sentence holds Ghislaine Maxwell accountable for perpetrating heinous crimes against children," U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a tweeted statement.

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