In the wake of the Colonial Pipeline and JBS ransomware attacks in recent months, the head of the nation's leading cybersecurity agency says these events are a harbinger of what's to come on the cyber front and there needs to…
Former Attorney General William Barr, in a newly released book excerpt, said he suspected then-President Donald Trump's claims of widespread election fraud were "all bullsh*t," but that he launched unofficial inquiries into some of them to appease his boss.The comments…
Republican Sen. Mitt Romney on Sunday called on members of his party to "move on" from Donald Trump's 2020 election lies, equating the former President's return to rally-style events to wrestling entertainment as Trump goes after those who defied him."Well,…
Braxton Simpson made a joyous announcement to her 264 YouTube subscribers this spring."Fully vaccinated!" Simpson said, drawing out the final word as she bounced with glee."I wanted to take you guys along this process to help you make a better…
When US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid in Rome, the Israeli foreign minister pledged to fix the politicized relationship between the two countries, even as he cited "serious reservations" over the Biden administration's efforts…
Former US Sen. Mike Gravel, an Alaska Democrat who garnered national attention by reading the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record and waged two unsuccessful bids for president, has died at age 91.Gravel's daughter, Lynne Mosier, confirmed his death to…
The infrastructure deal President Joe Biden heralded this week alongside Republicans and Democrats -- and subsequently imperiled with a rogue comment afterward -- appeared back on track Sunday, even as its durability going forward remained an open question.Republican senators, who…
Rep. Madison Cawthorn, a freshman Republican from North Carolina, has called himself a "big history buff" and a "lover of history."But Cawthorn -- who, at age 25, is the youngest member of Congress -- keeps getting historical facts wrong.Cawthorn also…
Sen. Mitt Romney, a key Republican negotiator in infrastructure talks, said Sunday that he's "totally confident" President Joe Biden will sign a bipartisan bill a day after the President attempted to clean up comments that threatened the deal."I am totally…
Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, who has been fighting for years to change the way the military prosecutes sexual assault cases, is poised to finally remove those cases from the military's chain of command after the Pentagon's civilian…
It was a bad week for the Big Lie -- former President Donald Trump and his allies' false claims that widespread fraud is to blame for his 2020 election loss.In one battleground state, Republican senators issued a report that eviscerated…
President Joe Biden on Saturday tried to walk back remarks from earlier this week when he said he wouldn't sign a bipartisan bill on infrastructure unless it came paired with a reconciliation proposal for "human infrastructure," the latest in a…
GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene would like to serve on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's select committee to investigate the January 6 insurrection, the Georgia freshman told CNN in an interview Thursday."Sure. She should put me on the committee. That would…
Last Sunday, CNN "State of the Union" co-anchor Dana Bash pressed White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on the Biden administration's approach to Nord Stream 2, a controversial and nearly completed pipeline that will carry natural gas from Russia…
At first glance, the bipartisan infrastructure deal that emerged this week seemed like a ripe opportunity for President Joe Biden to take a dig at his predecessor, whose attempts at focusing on roads and bridges often went awry."Welcome to infrastructure…
Former President Donald Trump kicked off his revenge tour against Republicans who defied him in the aftermath of the 2020 election on Saturday, using a sizable event here in Lorain County to lambast Ohio Rep. Anthony Gonzalez for voting to…
When Attorney General Merrick Garland appeared before cameras Friday to announce a lawsuit challenging Georgia's new voting restrictions, it was the timing and the Justice Department's strategy that intrigued voting rights experts.That's because the lawsuit -- triggering the latest dispute…
The US intelligence community on Friday released a hotly anticipated report on what it knows about a series of mysterious sightings of unidentified flying objects by Navy pilots and others.The report, which examined 144 reports of what the government terms…
Video shot on January 6 captures a US Capitol rioter with a lengthy criminal history heckling police with a bullhorn and spraying an unknown substance toward them.Sean McHugh of Auburn, California, is accused of obstruction and assaulting officers with a…
White House aides prepared a draft proclamation last June to invoke the Insurrection Act as then-President Donald Trump debated deploying active-duty US soldiers in response to protests after the death of George Floyd, The New York Times reported Friday, citing…
