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(Headline USA) he House Ethics Committee recommended Monday that the House censure Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C., after finding that he engaged in persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct toward two young female aides in his congressional office. A censure registers the House’s deep disapproval of a lawmaker's conduct that does not...

(Headline USA) Two people have died in the cyclospora outbreak in Michigan, state health officials announced Monday, the first deaths confirmed in the United States related to the microscopic parasite. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said both people had underlying health conditions that may have been impacted...

(Headline USA)  Investigators on Monday were trying to determine what led a 24-year-old man to open fire at an Idaho fast-food restaurant over the weekend, in an attack that left three people dead and seven others wounded before authorities say he killed himself. Police Chief Matthew Hicks said Sunday detectives...

(Headline USA) A federal judge is allowing the Department of Homeland Security to go ahead for now with plans to build a border wall through a levee system protecting a small Texas town on the border with Mexico, rejecting arguments by the town that the wall could lead to...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The FBI wants roughly 158 years to produce nearly 1 million records from a secret room in the bureau’s headquarters, according to the transparency group Judicial Watch, which is suing for the records. The secret room at FBI headquarters was revealed by FBI Director Kashyap Patel and then-Deputy...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Foreign nationals who get arrested for driving drunk on American roads are now losing their visas, according to a report by John Binder of Breitbart News. The State Department unveiled the policy this week and framed it around protecting the public. “The Trump Administration is keeping...

(Headline USA) Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has issued a formal order terminating President Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” to compensate conservatives persecuted during the Biden administration---a move that follows weeks of negotiations with two Republican senators who were blocking his nomination to become attorney general. A spokeswoman for Texas...

(Headline USA) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pitched President Donald Trump and other American officials on helping Ukraine win permission from tech titan Elon Musk to use his Starlink satellite communications system to guide strikes inside Russia. The push for expanded use of Starlink comes as Zelenskyy looks for alternate ways...

(Adam Herbets, The Center Square) Some of the biggest checks in California politics never touch a campaign account. Most of them were written because Gov. Gavin Newsom asked for the money, totaling more than $340 million. Elected officials are increasingly taking advantage of state laws that allow them to solicit...

(Headline USA) U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, said his former son-in-law, U.S. Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, should not be serving in the House and should “seek professional help” as Miller defended himself against allegations of domestic abuse in a live video on X on Sunday. Moreno, who has been publicly restrained...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump said on Saturday night that he decided to hold off on launching major strikes on Iran that he said would have inflicted “military terror” on the country, which came after media reports said he was ready to significantly escalate the war. “The USA is locked and...

(Headline USA) Wildfires in eastern Washington state forced the evacuation of 60,000 people in the Spokane area while destroying at least 600 homes, businesses and other structures, authorities said Sunday. The fires in and around Spokane, the state's second largest city, burned about 8.2 square miles over the weekend and were...