Legislation

Jim Jordan scrambles for votes after 20 GOP defections imperil his speaker bid

Gregory Daniels

CNN  —  Conservative Republican Rep. Jim Jordan called off a second speaker’s vote Tuesday evening while he scrambled behind the ...

California Gov. Newsom signs law to slowly raise health care workers’ minimum wage to $25 per hour

Elaine Hadley

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will raise the minimum wage for health care workers to $25 per hour over the ...

Interest rates, fees under fire as credit card debt tops $1 trillion

Barbara Terrio

Credit card interest rates and debt are at all-time highs. Consumers used their cards to make more purchases amid pandemic-era ...

Government shutdown: Biden signs stopgap measure ahead of midnight deadline

Gregory Daniels

CNN  —  President Joe Biden signed into law the stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown passed by Congress just ...

California raises minimum wage for fast food workers to $20

Elaine Hadley

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new law in California will raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 ...