Former President Donald Trump still wants a wall on the southern border. And he said it's Democrats' fault it hasn't happened yet.On this wet, humid Wednesday on the South Texas border, Trump met with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Texas Lt.…
Friends and family members of a US Capitol rioter charged with dragging a police officer into the violent mob told a federal judge that he was actually trying to help the officer despite video of the harrowing incident showing him…
A federal agency announced Wednesday evening that it will launch an investigation into what caused the building collapse in Surfside, Florida.The announcement of the full technical investigation from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a small agency within the…
While states feared the coronavirus pandemic would wreak havoc on their budgets and force them to slash services, it turns out that many are doing far better than they predicted.So instead of cutting spending in the wake of the pandemic,…
Donald Rumsfeld, the acerbic architect of the Iraq war and a master Washington power player who served as US secretary of defense for two presidents, has died at the age of 88.The pugnacious businessman, bureaucrat and former lawmaker helped drag…
A day after the New York City Board of Elections botched a dry run of its new ranked-choice vote-counting process, the beleaguered office released updated results that found Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams narrowly in the lead.Former Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn…
A Manhattan grand jury on Wednesday indicted the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, according to people familiar with the matter.The charges, which people familiar with the matter told CNN earlier Wednesday are related to alleged tax…
A pair of US senators are asking the Biden administration to intervene and remove expiration dates on flight credits issued to airline passengers during the coronavirus pandemic.Democratic Sens. Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut on Wednesday asked…
New York prosecutors investigating the Trump Organization are scrutinizing cash bonuses as part of their focus on whether the company failed to pay taxes on benefits provided to some of its employees, people familiar with the matter say.The interest in…
President Joe Biden on Wednesday will meet with governors from Western states about the threat of wildfires and announce new wildfire response initiatives amid a record-breaking heat wave in the region, a senior administration official said.During a call with reporters…
President Joe Biden announced eight new federal judicial nominations on Wednesday as the White House seeks to maintain its rapid pace of nominations -- and confirmations -- to the federal bench. The announcement, which marked Biden's fifth wave of judicial…
The House voted Wednesday to create a new select committee that will investigate the deadly January 6 attack on the US Capitol, in a vote falling mostly along party lines that signals the political fight to come over the panel's…
The Covid pandemic deprived the Supreme Court of its courtroom for oral arguments, its intimate conference room for deliberations and, as is evident these days, the bench where dissenting justices can vent.At the end of each Supreme Court session, individual…
Attorney General Merrick Garland said Tuesday that the Justice Department has informed news industry leaders it will change its regulations around seeking records from journalists, in what appears to be a win for media outlets.News organizations have pushed for lasting…
Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas blamed President Joe Biden for porous borders, waning support for police officers and "a crime wave of unprecedented proportions" Tuesday night in Iowa.Cotton joined the ranks of prospective 2024 Republican presidential candidates to make early…
Public school students in Rhode Island are one step closer to having access to free feminine hygiene products after the state's Senate approved a pair of bills on Tuesday that would provide cost-free pads and tampons to students in grades…
Microsoft on Wednesday will argue forcefully before Congress that the US government has abused the use of gag orders to keep subpoenas and warrants secret in law enforcement investigations, and will call for new restrictions on their use.Microsoft's vice president…
Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar said Tuesday that she would support adding a "reality-based" Republican to the select committee being established by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to investigate the January 6 insurrection.Asked by CNN's Jake Tapper on "The Lead" about the…
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will appoint Randy Moore as the new chief of the US Forest Service, making him the first African American to lead the agency once sworn in, Vilsack announced Monday.Moore, a longtime employee of the Forest Service,…
A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a request to block a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention order that prohibits landlords nationwide from evicting certain tenants who fail to pay rent amid the Covid-19 pandemic.The court's order means…
