A normally orderly school board meeting in this small city began with an unusual warning that there should be no clapping or shouting. But things soon became so contentious that the meeting was brought to a halt for a 10-minute…
The Trump administration's Justice Department secretly seized months of phone records from four New York Times reporters as part of a leak investigation, the newspaper reported Wednesday. The Biden administration disclosed to the newspaper that the Trump administration's Justice Department…
Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush announced Wednesday night that he's running for attorney general in Texas, setting up a GOP showdown with one of the most high-profile Republican attorneys general in the country, Ken Paxton."I am proud to announce…
Republican Rep. Mo Brooks is avoiding a lawsuit from his Democratic colleague Rep. Eric Swalwell that seeks to hold him accountable for the January 6 Capitol insurrection -- so much so that Swalwell's attorneys hired a private investigator to find…
Online conversation among Trump supporters and QAnon followers on new and emerging social media platforms is creating concern on Capitol Hill that President Donald Trump's continued perpetuation of the falsehood that the 2020 election was stolen could soon incite further…
Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN Español Wednesday that Russia has an obligation to stop cyberattacks like those on the JBS meatpacking plant and the Colonial Pipeline and not "harbor criminal enterprises that engage in these attacks."In an exclusive…
Political wisdom might ordinarily dictate that a president in need of certain senators' votes not publicly scold those lawmakers in public.It might also prevent a leader once labeled "sleepy" by his rival from escaping to the beach in the middle…
President Joe Biden has finalized his plan to distribute millions of coronavirus vaccines worldwide after months of deliberation, according to multiple sources familiar with the plans.Secretary of State Antony Blinken hinted earlier that an announcement was imminent, and the sources…
Three Democratic lawmakers are requesting a federal investigation into the foster care journey of Ma'Khia Bryant and the events leading up to the police shooting that resulted in her death.Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio, Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio and…
President Joe Biden offered to bring his price tag on an infrastructure package down to $1 trillion but wants to ensure it amounts to "new money" -- not redirected from funding already approved by Congress as Senate Republicans have been…
The House Administration Committee announced Wednesday it will hold a hearing to address a new report from the Inspector General of the US Capitol Police related to the deadly riot on Capitol Hill, the first public hearing since the Senate…
Former special counsel Robert Mueller will help teach a University of Virginia Law School class on his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, the school announced Wednesday.The course, titled "The Mueller Report and the Role of the…
Democratic state legislators in Texas staged a dramatic walk-out Sunday night to prevent the immediate passage of a Republican elections bill that would make it harder for some residents to vote. But the bill is not dead: it could get…
Supreme Court public information officer Kathy Arberg will step down on July 3 after some 22 years at the high court, the court announced Wednesday.The announcement -- and the word "retirement" -- came as a jolt to the Supreme Court…
The US Army said Wednesday that it will not investigate former Gen. Michael Flynn for statements he recently made in which he appeared to endorse a Myanmar-style coup occurring in the US."We are aware of the statements LTG (R) Flynn…
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs on Wednesday announced a campaign for governor, releasing a video in which she touts her role as a leading defender of the integrity of the 2020 election and pledges to help Arizona build back…
A man who wore goggles and carried a Trump flag into the Senate chamber on January 6 as the US Capitol was overrun with rioters became the second riot defendant to plead guilty on Wednesday, setting the tone for what…
The US military has issued an apology after soldiers accidentally stormed a factory in Bulgaria that produces processing machinery for olive oil during a training exercise last month.US soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade had been practicing for days how…
A Washington state man was preparing to board an international flight on Friday when he was arrested for allegedly plotting to join ISIS and "wage jihad" on their behalf, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.Elvin Hunter Bgorn Williams, 20, of Seattle,…
Anheuser-Busch, the national brewer that produces Budweiser, announced Wednesday it will give away free alcohol if the nation reaches President Joe Biden's goal to have 70% of US adults receive at least one dose of the vaccine by July 4.The…
