(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Two weeks since Democrats finally ended the longest federal shutdown in history --- surpassing by more than a month the record they set last year --- the Senate unanimously passed a resolution via voice vote that would stop its own members from receiving paychecks during...
(Headline USA) Sen. Bill Cassidy was decisively defeated in Saturday’s Republican primary in Louisiana, unable to convince voters that he deserved another term five years after voting to convict President Donald Trump during an impeachment trial over the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
He finished behind U.S. Rep. Julia...
(Headline USA) Three people were killed and several others were injured after a driver crashed into multiple cars and pedestrians late Saturday night in Oakland, California, authorities said.
The crash happened shortly after 11 p.m., according to officials.
Three people were pronounced dead at the scene and five others were injured, the...
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) With Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., last month having declared that the pro-election-integrity SAVE Act was now off the legislative agenda entirely, a few “America First” lawmakers were stepping up to fill the gap.
On Friday, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., and Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn.,...
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) A report from federal agencies showing discrepancies between population and voter registration in a dozen states may help to explain why Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has forced the election-integrity reform bill known as the SAVE Act off the legislative agenda.
Nearly a quarter of...
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) The man at the heart of the 2016 Russia hoax that sought to usurp the duly elected president of the United States has now set his sights on overthrowing the commonwealth of Virginia.
Steele Dossier architect Marc Elias issued an X post Tuesday that urged Virginia...
(Headline USA) A massive fire and explosion at a lumber mill in Maine's midcoast region killed a firefighter and injured at least 11 other people Friday, authorities said.
The firefighter was found dead at the mill, state officials said. The firefighter was part of a huge emergency response to flames tearing...
(Headline USA) U.S. and Nigerian forces killed a leader of the Islamic State group in Nigeria in a mission carried out Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump said.
Trump announced the joint operation in Africa’s most populous country in a late-night social media post that offered few details. He said Abu Bakr...
(Liam Hibbert, The Center Square) Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has shortened the prison sentence of former county clerk Tina Peters, convicted of election tampering related to the 2020 election.
The move follows months of pressure from President Donald Trump on the high-profile case, with Peters now eligible for parole on...
(Headline USA) The former secretary of public security for Mexico’s Sinaloa state appeared in a U.S. court Friday, days after his arrest in Arizona on charges he and other officials took bribes to help the Sinaloa Cartel smuggle vast quantities of drugs into the U.S.
Gerardo Mérida Sánchez, 66, was not...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Rep. Thomas Kean Jr., (R-N.J.) has vanished from public life, missing from both Capitol Hill and the campaign trail for over two months while his office refuses to provide answers about his whereabouts, the New York Times reported.
The Republican lawmaker last cast a vote in...
(José Niño, Headline USA) PayPal agreed to forgo roughly $30 million in transaction fees to settle a Justice Department probe into allegations that the financial services company adopted unlawful preferences for minority owned businesses, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Justice Department officials had been investigating whether PayPal violated a federal...