Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s path to becoming the nation’s top law enforcement officer may now hinge on a meeting he had Thursday with survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse. Blanche returned to Capitol Hill Thursday for a second day of his confirmation hearing where Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said he won’t vote to advance the nomination until Blanche meets face-to-face with Epstein survivors. Tillis says he’s “trying to get […]

A new analysis affirmed what researchers have long hypothesized: Police receive more referrals to drug test pregnant Black people far more often than their white counterparts.  The findings came from an analysis that The Marshall Project, Mother Jones, CBS News and Reveal jointly published Thursday after reviewing child welfare data from eight states. Referrals stemmed […]

President Donald Trump says foreign governments are still targeting U.S. elections, and he’s promising to lock them down. Plus, one senator demanded Todd Blanche meet with Jeffrey Epstein survivors before earning his vote. The meeting happened, but it left some of those survivors deeply dissatisfied. And wildfire smoke is spreading across the U.S., turning skies […]

Flash flooding in Texas has turned deadly, with at least two people killed since heavy rain began earlier this week.  Gov. Greg Abbott announced the deaths Thursday, saying one man died near Comfort, Texas, and another near Uvalde. He urged Texans to stay out of floodwaters and to move to higher ground if conditions become […]

When President Donald Trump addressed the nation Thursday night on election interference and foreign meddling, only some networks, including CBS and Fox News, interrupted regular programming to carry his remarks. The president took notice, calling out ABC and NBC for declining to air the speech and once again labeling them “fake news.” He went further, […]

When two major news networks, NBC and ABC, chose not to air President Donald Trump’s primetime address on Thursday, it caused a stir in the White House and on social media.  The president took time during his address to specifically call out the organizations, saying they should have their broadcasting licenses revoked. Meanwhile, Americans on […]

Andy Burnham moved a step closer to becoming Britain’s next prime minister Friday after Labour formally confirmed him as its new leader. The former Greater Manchester mayor is expected to replace Keir Starmer next week, when King Charles III asks him to form a government. In his first speech as Labour leader, Burnham promised to […]

Press freedom groups are calling on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to return cell phones it seized from fringe progressive writer Max Blumenthal, just days after far-right activist and conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer demanded that federal authorities arrest him.  The action is part of a war, it would seem, between fringe corners of the […]

President Donald Trump on Thursday night announced the immediate declassification of intelligence he says shows China illegally attained 220 million U.S. voter files. The president called it the “largest compromise of election data in history.” This was one of a handful of claims Trump stated Thursday night. U.S. spy agencies, Trump said, started learning about […]

Emergency room visits for tick bites hit their highest levels since 2017 earlier this season, likely driven by an “out of the ballpark” surge in Lone Star ticks that can trigger a permanent allergy to red meat. The U.S. is home to three main species that humans encounter: American dog ticks; black-legged, or deer, ticks; […]