The Biden administration plans to speed up court cases for recently arrived migrant families who are seeking asylum, the Department of Homeland Security announced Friday.The move is reminiscent of previous attempts to quickly hear cases under the Obama and Trump…
Most Americans reject QAnon-linked conspiracy theories and believe that Donald Trump lost legitimately in 2020, a set of new polling finds. But a substantial minority within the Republican party endorses some of those theories, and most continue to baselessly question…
A federal judge granted a request by prosecutors in New York to appoint an independent person to review materials seized from Rudy Giuliani's home and office in late April.In a decision posted Friday, US District Judge Paul Oetken said he…
Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday became the first woman to give the commencement speech at the United States Naval Academy when she addresses the 2021 graduating class.During the speech, Harris touched on some of the biggest threats to the…
President Joe Biden on Friday delivered a message of hope and optimism on the declining number of Covid-19 cases and increased vaccination rates ahead of the Memorial Day weekend in a speech in northern Virginia.Biden outlined the progress the nation…
President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Friday renewing a White House initiative charged with advancing "equity, justice, and opportunity" for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, including coordinating a "comprehensive" federal response to the rise in anti-Asian…
The Pentagon's watchdog found that the DC National Guard's use of low-flying helicopters in response to protests in DC on June 1, 2020, over the death of George Floyd was "reasonable," but the mission was mired in confusion.The report from…
One in 10 people charged in the US Capitol insurrection are veterans or current servicemembers, according to a CNN review of court documents and Pentagon records.At least 45 of the approximately 450 overall defendants have ties to the US military,…
A crucial Senate vote on a bill to create an independent inquiry to investigate the deadly January 6 Capitol Hill riot failed Friday, falling short of the 10 Republican votes needed to advance and illustrating GOP efforts to move on…
President Joe Biden's instructions to the US intelligence community to redouble its efforts in investigating the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic came on the heels of intelligence officials informing the White House that they possessed unreviewed evidence necessitating greater computer…
Lawmakers in Louisiana sent a bill that would prohibit transgender girls and women in the state from competing on girls' and womens' public elementary, secondary and college sports teams to the state's Democratic governor on Thursday, who will likely issue…
Federal prosecutors are investigating whether some Ukrainian officials helped execute a sweeping plan to meddle in the 2020 US election, people with knowledge of the matter told The New York Times.The investigation out of Brooklyn includes scrutiny of whether Ukrainian…
Documents due in DC Superior Court on Friday could clear the way for the Trump Organization's chief financial officer to be deposed as part of a DC attorney general lawsuit that alleges former President Donald Trump's 2017 inaugural committee abused…
Babak Namazi, whose brother and father are detained in Iran, is living in fear that his family members could be left behind again as the Biden administration is engaged in a diplomatic effort to salvage the Iran nuclear deal.Namazi's deep…
The Justice Department is taking six immediate steps to improve its efforts to combat the spike in hate crimes, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced in a memo to department employees Thursday, including expanding access to different languages.Thursday's memo follows a…
Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin issued an executive order on Thursday banning mask mandates while Gov. Brad Little was unaware and out of town."The lieutenant governor did not make Gov. Little aware of her executive order ahead of time," Marissa…
The top Republican in Wisconsin's state Assembly is hiring retired police officers to investigate November's election, joining a growing list of presidential battlegrounds where GOP state officials are looking for evidence to support former President Donald Trump's lies about widespread…
The Biden administration will not seek to reenter the Open Skies Treaty with Russia in response to that country's "failure to take any actions to return to compliance," a State Department spokesperson said Thursday.The 1992 treaty allows member countries to…
President Joe Biden on Thursday criticized Republican lawmakers who have touted parts of the Covid-19 economic relief law that benefit their constituents despite having voted against the law, saying: "Some people have no shame."No Republican in Congress voted for the…
The Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin warning that events associated with the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre could be targets for racial violence, according to a source familiar with the warning.These events "probably are attractive targets…
