SYNDICATION

(Headline USA) Democratic Rep. Katie Porter of California said Tuesday she will seek the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a fellow Democrat and the oldest member of the chamber. “Especially in times like these, California needs a warrior in Washington," Porter said in a video posted...

(Headline USA) Despite legal setbacks to its student-loan amnesty plan, the White House said it was moving forward with a proposal that it claimed would lower student debt payments for millions of Americans now and in the future, offering a new route to repay federal loans under far more...

(Headline USA) As Brazil's new leftist government reels from mobs of outraged voters protesting the suspicious circumstances surrounding its recent election, former conservative leader Jair Bolsonaro has decamped to a Florida resort, where droves of supporters flock to cheer on their exiled president. Devotees have traveled in recent days to...

(Headline USA) The top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee has requested that the U.S. intelligence community conduct a “damage assessment” of potentially classified documents found in the Washington office space of President Joe Biden’s former foreign-policy think-tank. Rep. Mike Turner sent the request Tuesday to Director of National Intelligence...

(Headline USA) House Republicans began their tenure in the majority Monday by passing a bill that would rescind nearly $71 billion that Congress had provided the IRS, fulfilling a campaign promise even though the legislation is unlikely to advance further. Democrats hope to use extra tax collection to offset spending...

(Headline USA) Nebraska's out-going U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse knows he may be remembered more for his criticisms of former President Donald Trump than for the policies he supported during his eight years in office. Sasse talked about his political legacy with the Omaha World-Herald as he prepared to leave the...

(Headline USA) A Mississippi environmental regulator has denied claims that the state agency he leads discriminated against the capital city of Jackson in its distribution of federal funds for wastewater treatment. In a recently unearthed letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Executive Director Christopher...

(Headline USA) When Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick asked colleges to disavow Critical Race Theory, the University of Texas faculty approved a resolution defending their freedom to decide for themselves how to teach about race. Patrick said he took it as a message to “go to hell.” In turn, Patrick, a...

(Headline USA) After an epic 15-ballot election to become House speaker, Republican Kevin McCarthy faces his next big test in governing a robust, slim majority: passing a rules package to govern the House. The drafting and approval of a set of rules is normally a fairly routine legislative affair, but...

(Headline USA) A woman who ran away from home in Alabama at the age of 20, joined the Islamic State group and had a child with one of its fighters says she still hopes to return to the United States, serve prison time if necessary, and advocate against the...

(Headline USA) CES is a four-day tech convention in Las Vegas that ended Sunday, where this year companies were showing off innovations that could immerse man deeper into virtual reality and make the metaverse a reality. Taiwanese tech giant HTC unveiled a high-end VR headset that aims to compete with...

(Headline USA) Joe Biden inspected a busy port of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border Sunday on his first trip to the region after two years in office. For all of his international travel over his 50 years in public service, Biden has not spent much time at the U.S.-Mexico border....