(Headline USA) The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down Democrat Gov. Tony Evers's statewide mask mandate on Wednesday, stripping the governor of one of his last remaining tools to attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
The conservative-leaning court ruled 4-3 that Evers violated state law by unilaterally issuing multiple emergency...
(Headline USA) The CEO of Georgia-based Delta Air Lines said Wednesday that the state’s new election law overhaul is “unacceptable” and “based on a lie,” after the company faced criticism that it didn’t speak out forcefully enough in opposition to the bill when it was being considered by the state’s...
(Headline USA) The Biden administration for the first time Tuesday allowed journalists inside its main border detention facility for migrant children, revealing a severely overcrowded tent structure where more than 4,000 people --- including children and families --- were crammed into a space intended for 250 and the youngest were...
(Headline USA) Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, a prominent conservative in Congress and a close ally of former President Donald Trump, said Tuesday he is being investigated by the Justice Department over a former relationship but denied any criminal wrongdoing.
Gaetz, who represents parts of western Florida, is accused of having...
(Headline USA) The House Ethics Committee upheld a $5,000 fine against Rep. Louie Gohmert on Tuesday after he was accused of failing to submit to a full security screening when entering the chamber's floor last month.
The penalty levied on the Texas Republican was imposed after the House adopted screening...
(Headline USA) President Joe Biden's pleas for states to stick with mask mandates were being largely ignored Tuesday as several Republican governors stayed on track to drop the requirement in their states.
Biden and the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Americans must continue to wear...
(Headline USA) A vicious attack on an Asian woman as she walked to church near New York City's Times Square is drawing widespread condemnation and raising alarms about the failure of bystanders to intervene.
A lone black assailant was seen on surveillance video late Monday morning, kicking the 65-year-old woman...
(Headline USA) Beyond roads and bridges, President Joe Biden is trying to redefine infrastructure not just as an investment in America the place, but in its workers, families and people.
The first phase of his "Build Back Better" package to be unveiled Wednesday in Pittsburgh would unleash $2 trillion in...
(Associated Press) Former President Donald Trump could face questioning under oath about a former “Apprentice” contestant's sexual assault allegations against him, following a ruling from New York's highest court Tuesday.
Evidence-gathering has been on hold in Summer Zervos's defamation lawsuit since Trump asked the high court last year to declare the...
(Associated Press) A Michigan barber who defied Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and reopened his shop last spring during the coronavirus pandemic was fined $9,000 for violating licensing rules, including joining a protest where hairstylists cut hair on the Capitol lawn.
Karl Manke will appeal the penalties in court, his lawyer said.
The Board...
(Headline USA) "Nonbinary" New Yorkers who currently must declare themselves as male or female to receive Medicaid, food stamps and other public assistance said in lawsuit filed Monday that the state is discriminating against them by failing to provide an X gender option.
The lawsuit filed against state and city...
(Headline USA) When former President Donald Trump was asked to list those he considers the future leaders of the Republican Party, he quickly rattled off names including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sens. Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz.
Conspicuously absent from the list: Mike Pence.
The former vice president is steadily reentering...