A West Virginia man has become the eighth person charged in an alleged plot to attack a UFC event at the White House and kill government officials and others attending the event. Federal prosecutors said Chandler D. Scaggs, 21, of Chapmanville, West Virginia, was taken into custody this week. A two-count indictment returned in Columbus, […]
The man accused of assassinating conservative political activist Charlie Kirk said he wished “he hadn’t done it,” according to new testimony. A Utah judge on Thursday heard from the former roommate and romantic partner of 23-year-old Tyler Robinson, who said Robinson admitted to the fatal shooting and expressed regret. Lance Twiggs’ testimony came as prosecutors continued laying out […]
President Donald Trump says he will not sign the housing affordability act that passed Congress last month. In a Truth Social post Friday, the president said his decision is “in protest over the fact that the United States Senate is not capable of passing THE SAVE AMERICA ACT.” The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act […]
The mystery surrounding Sen. Mitch McConnell’s health took another turn Friday after CNN published exclusive video from the morning of his June 14 medical emergency, offering the first public glimpse of the longtime Kentucky Republican since his hospitalization. First responders were called to McConnell’s Washington home for a report of an unconscious person in cardiac arrest. […]
Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign is pushing deeper into Russia, increasing pressure on Moscow’s energy system and forcing the Kremlin to defend targets far beyond the front lines. Ukrainian drones struck Russia’s largest refinery in Omsk on Monday, sparking fires nearly 1,500 miles from Kyiv-controlled territory. The strike marked a major expansion of Ukraine’s deep-strike campaign, […]
In a contentious free speech battle between a New Jersey news outlet and a school district, a New Jersey judge has upheld a prior restraint that squelched coverage of a campus security incident — and broadened the order to all members of the press. In the order issued late Thursday, Judge Thomas Daniel McCloskey of […]
As ABC’s “The View” faced intensifying allegations of liberal bias from the Trump administration and the looming prospect of federal regulation, the popular daytime talk show made an unusual plea for help. “‘The View’ has welcomed your favorite guests and covered the issues you care about for nearly 30 years,” the broadcast network, owned by […]
President Donald Trump switched jets as he left Turkey on Wednesday, after the Secret Service urged him not to fly in the Mideast on his new Air Force One during renewed hostilities with Iran. Trump had flown to Ankara aboard the Boeing 747-8 donated by Qatar, but returned partway on an older presidential aircraft. People […]
The Smithsonian Institution has responded to the White House’s 162-page document released over the July Fourth holiday weekend criticizing the group and the National Museum of American History for “extreme political activism.” In a letter obtained by The Washington Post, Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch wrote to staff members that he and other officials were […]
Syria will soon no longer carry the scarlet letter of being a state sponsor of terrorism in the world. Losing that title, now carried by just a handful of countries, will open up a literal world of economic opportunities for Syria’s new government that it hasn’t seen since the 1970s. The Trump administration has officially […]
