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The Justice Department announced on Friday that it is launching a task force to address the rise in threats against election officials, according to a memo sent to all federal prosecutors and the FBI."The Department of Justice has a long…
A Boy Scout troop searches for shelter, Conan O'Brien smokes weed on air and Tom Brady raps "Hamilton." Here are the must-watch videos of the week.An explosive examinationAn explosion detonated around 100 miles off Florida's coast registered as a 3.9…
The first Capitol rioter to be sentenced for crimes committed on January 6 downplayed the deadly attack Thursday, days after she apologized to a federal judge for her actions during the riot.Anna Morgan-Lloyd, who spent 10 minutes inside the Capitol…
President Joe Biden named Jessica Stern as the US Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons on Friday, reinstating a position that existed under the Obama administration but was not filled by President Donald Trump/Stern currently serves…
New York City is often seen as the essence of big city liberalism.There's no question that it's a Democratic city -- with a six-to-one Democratic registration advantage over Republicans, who are also outnumbered by independent voters. But that deep blue…
After many failed efforts, it may finally be infrastructure week in America. A bipartisan group of US Senators has agreed to a roughly $1.2 trillion package of infrastructure reforms that President Joe Biden said he will support. The package has…
The top US general repeatedly pushed back on then-President Donald Trump's argument that the military should intervene violently in order to quell the civil unrest that erupted around the country last year. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley often found…
The Justice Department announced Thursday that it has charged a US Capitol riot suspect with assaulting a cameraman during the January 6 attack, saying the Illinois man is the first insurrection defendant to be arrested for allegedly harming a member…
A White House staffer and former Texas state representative are among those suing several participants of a "Trump Train" that allegedly harassed a Biden campaign bus last October in Texas, claiming in a lawsuit filed Thursday that the Trump supporters…
From the moment Joe Biden announced he would run for the White House, he made it clear the driving motivation behind his presidency would be strengthening America's commitment to democratic norms, under assault from forces foreign and domestic. As President,…
An extraordinary heat wave could hit the northwestern US this weekend, with triple-digit temperatures all the way up to Oregon. To make matters worse, people in some of these places may not have AC, since such record-breaking temps are almost…
The NCAA plans to implement interim measures that would allow college athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness (NIL).The measures are intended to be in place by July 1, NCAA president Mark Emmert said in a memo sent…
President Joe Biden will validate a foundational pillar of his presidency on Thursday -- a quest to court Republicans across Congress' poisoned divides -- if he signs off on a hard won bipartisan infrastructure deal.Biden's patience seems to have delivered…
Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island defended his family's ties to an exclusive beach club in the state on Wednesday but apologized for "failing to address" what he called the "lack of diversity" at a sailing club to which…
A Missouri judge blocked Medicaid expansion in the state on Wednesday, saying the ballot initiative that voters approved last year was unconstitutional.The court action stems from Republican Gov. Mike Parson's decision last month not to expand Medicaid to roughly 275,000…
As soon as the election returns started coming in Tuesday night in New York City, it was clear things had not gone well for mayoral candidate Andrew Yang. In the first round of rank choice voting tabulations, he finished a…
Chief Justice John Roberts reminded America of his conservative bona fides on Wednesday as he touted property rights and rejected a California regulation that allows labor union organizers temporary access to agriculture property.The decision was a manifestation of one of…
The most senior general in the US military, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, offered a forceful rebuke of renewed efforts from Republican members of Congress to question the Defense Department's diversity efforts and alleged embrace of "critical race theory."Responding…
A Trump supporter who spent 10 minutes inside the US Capitol during the January 6 insurrection was sentenced to probation Wednesday, avoiding jail, becoming the first rioter to learn their punishment in the riot investigation.At a hearing in DC federal…
A Trump supporter who spent 10 minutes inside the US Capitol during the January 6 insurrection was sentenced to probation Wednesday, avoiding jail, becoming the first rioter to learn their punishment in the riot investigation.At a hearing in DC federal…
