(Headline USA) A jury in London acquitted Kevin Spacey of sexual assault Wednesday after the Oscar winner's star turn as a witness in his own defense spared him a possible prison term and offered him hope of a career comeback after six years without a job.
Tears rolled down Spacey’s...
(Headline USA) President Joe Biden was set for talks with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni on Thursday, welcoming the leader who has won praise from the U.S. administration for her strong backing of the U.S.-led effort to assist Ukraine as it tries to fend off Russia's invasion.
That was unlikely to...
(Headline USA) The chief executive of Coutts Bank, long known as the bankers for Britain’s royal family and nobility, has stepped down amid the furor surrounding populist politician Nigel Farage’s complaints that his account was closed because of his political views.
It follows an alarming trend among in which many...
(Headline USA) As hundreds of Black Lives Matter rioters and vandals have remained uncharged for their part in widespread mayhem and destruction, a high school student who protested at the U.S. Capitol, was accused of assaulting a police officer and sat in a Senate floor chair reserved for the...
(Headline USA) A federal judge on Tuesday vacated the military conviction of Bowe Bergdahl, a former U.S. Army soldier who pleaded guilty to desertion after he left his post and was captured in Afghanistan and tortured by the Taliban.
The ruling from U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton in Washington says...
(Headline USA) Opening a new front in legal battles over college admissions, the U.S. Department of Education has launched a civil rights investigation into Harvard University's policies on legacy admissions.
Top colleges' preferential treatment of children of alumni, who are often white, has faced mounting scrutiny since the Supreme Court...
(Headline USA) Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., briefly left his own press conference on Wednesday after stopping his remarks mid-sentence and staring off into space for several seconds.
McConnell approached the podium for his weekly press conference and began speaking about the annual defense bill on the floor, which...
(By Jon Miltimore, FEE) Despite the many economic challenges people are facing today, including stubbornly high inflation and 401ks that are still reeling from the worst stock market drop since 2008 , many contend that we’re witnessing the triumph of “Bidenomics.”
The White House has been touting statistics showing 13.2 million jobs have been created during the...
(By Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) On the same day the U.S. Department of Justice filed a civil complaint against Texas over a floating barrier of buoys strung together in the Rio Grande River, Gov. Greg Abbott sent a letter to President Joe Biden saying that Texas has a...
(Headline USA) The lead prosecutor in the controversial case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter says he is willing to testify publicly this fall, setting up a clash with House Republicans who have demanded he come in soon for a closed-door interview.
In a two-page letter to Rep. Jim Jordan...
(Headline USA) Elon Musk has unveiled a new “X” logo to replace Twitter's famous blue bird as he follows through with a major rebranding of the social media platform he bought for $44 billion last year.
The X started appearing at the top of the desktop version of Twitter on...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) – Leaders of major metros around the U.S. have pushed for more progressive immigration policies in recent years by declaring themselves safe havens for illegal immigrants. Now, however, as the realities of the financial and social impacts of those policies sink in, some local...