Hochul included the bill in a package of 29 bills that she vetoed, all of which either created commissions or required the state to conduct studies. Altogether, the bills would have cost the state $24 ...

They have until midnight on June 4 to adjourn with a new two-year state budget on the governor's desk. While lawmakers have ...

President Joe Biden is scheduled to sign a bill on Sunday that will expand Social Security benefits for certain government retirees but weaken the program’s strained finances. The Social Security ...

A look at news events in March 2024: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, meets with Prime Minister of Italy ...

IN November 2023, with 52% of the vote, Daniel Noboa became the youngest president in Ecuador’s history, after being elected ...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday vetoed a once-bipartisan effort to add 66 federal district judgeships, saying ...

On Monday, President Joe Biden vetoed the JUDGES Act, which would have added 66 new judges to the federal courts. The move ...

A top ally of President Biden is "disappointed" after he vetoed a bill that would have increased the number of federal judges currently serving. Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., who served as a campaign ...

WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden on Dec 23 vetoed legislation to add 66 new judges to understaffed federal courts nationally, a once widely bipartisan measure that would have been the first ...

The president had threatened to veto the bill because he didn’t want to give the president-elect new appointment opportunities, according to one of the outgoing president’s closest allies.

The White House had said at the time that Biden would veto the bill. “The House of Representative's hurried action fails to resolve key questions in the legislation, especially regarding how the ...