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(Associated Press) Federal employees who need to certify their vaccination status under a new policy instituted by President Joe Biden, intended to encourage COVID-19 shots, will face disciplinary action and potentially criminal prosecution if they lie on the form. The Biden administration on Friday unveiled the attestation form that employees will...

(Associated Press) A woman who accused New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of groping her breast at the governor's state residence filed a criminal complaint against him, the Albany County Sheriff's office said Friday. The complaint, filed Thursday with the sheriff's office, is the first known instance where a woman has made...

(Headline USA) The St. Louis man who along with his wife was pardoned after waving guns at trespassing liberal marauders has filed a lawsuit to have the guns returned and to have fines the couple paid returned to them. Mark McCloskey, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, argued in a...

(Associated Press) CNN has fired three employees who violated company policy by coming to work unvaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. CNN chief Jeff Zucker told staff members of the firing in a memo sent Thursday that reminded them that vaccines were mandatory if they report to the office or out in...

(Associated Press) Republicans will oppose raising the federal debt limit if Democrats pursue their $3.5 trillion, 10-year plan to strengthen social and environment programs, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday. The Kentucky Republican's threat was the most explicit he has been about his desire to force Democrats to either take the...

(Associated Press) Apple unveiled plans to scan U.S. iPhones for images of child sexual abuse, drawing applause from child protection groups but raising concern among some security researchers that the system could be misused, including by governments looking to surveil their citizens. The tool designed to detected known images of child...

(Headline USA) Alexander Martinez says he fled from homophobia, government persecution and the notorious MS-13 gang in El Salvador only to run into abuse and harassment in America’s immigration detention system. Since crossing the border illegally in April, the 28-year-old has bounced between six different facilities in three states. He...

(Headline USA) Violated, demeaned, humiliated, a horror movie: Those are some of the words 11 women used to describe how Democrat New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo made them feel when he touched, kissed or hugged them or asked invasive questions. On Thursday, Cuomo's legal team launched its latest offensive, a...

(Headline USA) Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered a third attempt at passing an election integrity bill on Thursday, calling another special legislative session to begin this weekend as Democrats who left the state weeks ago in protest still remain in Washington --- except for two of them, who took a...

(Headline USA) As he recovers from one of an increasingly common breakthrough infections of the coronavirus, Sen. Lindsey Graham said Thursday that he has urged former President Donald Trump to press his supporters to get the COVID-19 vaccine, which the South Carolina Republican called --- without evidence --- “the antidote...

(Headline USA) Rep. Ralph Norman, one of the three congressional Republicans suing Speaker Nancy Pelosi over fines for not wearing masks during a vote on the U.S. House floor, has contracted a breakthrough case of COVID-19, the second member of South Carolina's delegation to do so. Norman, who has said he...

(Associated Press) Richard Trumka, the powerful president of the AFL-CIO labor union, has died at age 72, Democratic leaders said Thursday. News of his death was announced by President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Trumka had been AFL-CIO president since 2009, after serving as the organization’s secretary-treasurer for...