A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the negligence of the United States government was mostly responsible for the 2017 mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, one of the deadliest mass shootings in recent history.US District Judge Xavier…
A federal court judge on Wednesday denied a motion to stop the implementation of parts of Georgia's new voting law, ahead of state legislature runoff elections next week.In the ruling, US District Judge J. P. Boulee declined to block parts…
Then-President Donald Trump allegedly praised Adolf Hitler during a discussion with his White House chief of staff John Kelly in 2018 while on a trip to Paris to commemorate the armistice after World War I, according to excerpts of an…
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday an additional $50 million in funding to enhance air pollution monitoring and improve air quality in low-income communities and communities of color.The announcement of new funds comes as the agency ramps up its investments…
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday compared officials carrying out President Joe Biden's latest Covid-19 vaccination push to Nazi-era "brown shirts," just weeks after apologizing for her comments comparing Capitol Hill mask-wearing rules to the Holocaust.Responding to remarks from Biden…
Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas revealed in a video circulating online that he wants to jam Democrats' legislative goals so Republicans can win the 2022 midterms.In the video posted by Democratic activist Lauren Windsor on Tuesday, Roy was asked…
President Joe Biden on Wednesday pushed for generational investments in human infrastructure to expand the social safety net, asserting that he'll continue to make the case for his plans "until the job is done."Biden made the case for policies that…
Two US service members were injured Wednesday in a rocket attack targeting the al-Asad airbase in Iraq which hosts US, Iraqi, and coalition forces.Col. Wayne Marotto, the spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, tweeted that the airbase was attacked by 14…
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is finalizing a House GOP roster for a Democratic-led investigation into the deadly January 6 insurrection, canning the idea of a boycott on adding Republicans to the panel on the theory that it's better to…
A group of mayors recently pressed US immigration officials on Covid-19-related travel restrictions that remain in effect and threaten to further hurt their local economies. The question on their minds: Why has cross-border travel, which has been suspended for more…
Former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter mark 75 years of marriage on Wednesday, a union that spans decades of public service from rural Georgia to the White House and beyond.The couple has been side by side…
The FBI has infiltrated a "Bible study" group in Virginia that after the January 6 riot had members discussing surveilling the US Capitol and their wish for secession from the US, and investigators closely followed one member's plans to build…
A 98-year-old World War II veteran, Pete DuPré, played the Star-Spangled Banner on the harmonica before the US women's soccer team's final pre-Olympics match, a Monday friendly against Mexico.Then a bunch of right-wing media outlets and commentators invented a false…
When Zalmay Niazy was a 9-year-old boy in Afghanistan, he said, he was playing with some friends one day when a group of Taliban rode into town and demanded that he bring them some bread -- or else his family…
The way airlines handle extra, optional fees -- such as the charges to check a bag or reserve a specific seat -- could change under a set of rules being developed by the Biden administration.The rules -- requiring faster refunds…
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams will be the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, CNN projects, following the latest ranked-choice count of primary voters, a tally that for the first time included the lion's share of nearly 126,000…
Republican candidates in a spate of 2021 races and in the 2022 midterms are increasingly focusing their campaigns on the baseless claim that voter fraud was a rampant problem in the 2020 election.Some GOP contenders are still falsely asserting that…
Republican Gov. Jim Justice issued a stark warning to West Virginians on Tuesday as he urged more of his state's residents to get a Covid-19 vaccine: "If you're not vaccinated, you're part of the problem.""If you're out there in West…
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will hold separate events Thursday to focus attention on Democratic efforts to combat voter suppression and protect voting rights nationwide, Democratic officials tell CNN.Harris will announce the expansion of the Democratic National…
The White House is racing to finalize a government-wide strategy on how to respond to ransomware attacks that will deter companies from paying out ransoms to cybercriminals as the Biden administration grapples with yet another major attack on a US…
