A woman twice showed up uninvited at Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff's $8 million Malibu home, prompting security to call the sheriff late Friday evening.
Russia’s connection to the rupture of an undersea cable between Finland and Estonia is raising a new bevy of fears over the sabotage of critical power lines. The new incidents come as tensions between the West and Russia and China have risen over the war in Ukraine, and as the world braces for a shift...
A U.S. soldier has died in Iraq from noncombat injuries, according to the Defense Department. Capt. Eric Richard Hart, 34, of Indianapolis, died Saturday, the Pentagon said. Hart was supporting the U.S. military's operations against the designated terrorist group ISIS in Iraq. He was assigned to the 38th Infantry Division within the Indiana National Guard....
Opponents of Alaska’s ranked-choice system are renewing their efforts to overhaul the voting method ahead of 2026 after an effort to undo the system narrowly failed last month. Two groups submitted petitions this month that would get rid of ranked-choice voting and open primaries. One of those groups is also seeking to undo a provision aimed at...
Russia and Ukraine announced Monday a swap of more than 300 prisoners of war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced his team secured the return of 189 Ukrainians, while Russia announced the return of 150 service members. “The return of our people from Russian captivity is always very good news for each of us. And...
The son of North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer (R) was sentenced Monday to 28 years in prison over a police chase and death of a local sheriff’s deputy. Ian Cramer, 43, was charged with manslaughter last December after he crashed his family’s SUV into a police cruiser, concluding an hourlong chase. He killed the sheriff’s...
The German government on Monday accused Elon Musk of trying to influence its February election after the world’s wealthiest person penned an op-ed this weekend backing the far-right political party Alternative for Germany (AfD). “It is indeed the case that Elon Musk is trying to influence the federal election through his statement,” government spokesperson Christiane...
Former President Jimmy Carter died on Sunday at the age of 100. The 39th president and former Georgia governor had received the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts around peace and human rights over the decades. President Biden said Carter “lived a life measured not by words but by deeds.” Biden set Carter's state funeral...
Orlando-based attorney and former President Biden donor John Morgan is weighing a third-party run for Florida governor in 2026. Morgan, who switched his registration from Democrat to independent, told The Hill on Monday that many have urged him to run following his success in leading two separate statewide ballot measures to legalize medical marijuana in...
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr (R) encouraged the state’s top court to not take up Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s (D) appeal of a ruling disqualifying her from criminally prosecuting President-elect Trump. “Lawfare has become far too common in American politics, and it must end. As such, I would encourage the Georgia Supreme Court...
A former U.S. lieutenant general warned Sunday that Elon Musk, the tech billionaire who has become intricately involved in President-elect Trump’s transition, may pose national security risks due to his ties to China and Russia. Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré pointed to the Tesla and SpaceX CEO’s business interests in China, as well as his...
Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) said Monday that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) must lay out his plan to deliver on President-elect Trump’s agenda if he wants to secure her vote for Speaker. In an interview on Fox News’s “Fox and Friends,” Spartz said she is looking at Johnson’s “track record” and thinks “unfortunately we will not...
His unprecedented post-White House pivot into positive actions for a better world in so many fields — including public health — revealed his distinctive genius.
