A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration’s bid to unseal grand jury materials used to charge disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein with sex trafficking, instead saying the government is the “logical party” to make any sweeping disclosures. The Trump administration sought to make public the secret grand jury proceedings as pressure from the president’s...
A federal judge on Wednesday tossed a defamation lawsuit against Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) filed after she took to the House floor to accuse a man of being a predator. U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel ruled that, federal law entitles the Justice Department to step in and largely make Mace immune from damages and proceeded to dismiss the case in its entirety. Gergel did...
The motorist believed to be responsible for a series of events that culminated in the explosion of a building in Wilmington, North Carolina, has been charged.
The large majority of Americans think that the spread of false information online is a “major threat” to the U.S., topping terrorism, the state of the global economy and climate change, according to a new survey. The Pew Research Center survey, which was published on Tuesday, found that 70 percent of U.S. adults view the...
The number of Candida auris infections reported to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention this year has nearly tripled in the past three and a half months as health care providers struggle to contain the the drug-resistant and deadly fungus.
Washington, D.C. has experienced a surge in violent crime, with the homicide rate reaching a 20-year high, prompting President Trump to declare a crime emergency and deploy the National Guard to restore order.
President Trump called Wednesday for the resignation of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook following allegations by the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) that she committed mortgage fraud. FHFA Director William Pulte wrote on social media platform X Wednesday morning that Cook had designated two of her houses as her primary residences. “Lisa...
More than 750 current and former staff of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are calling on Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to stop "spreading inaccurate health information" and do more to protect public health professionals in the wake of a shooting at the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
A fire was reported aboard the amphibious USS New Orleans (LPD-18) on Wednesday off the coast of Okinawa. “Crews are responding to a fire aboard USS New Orleans this afternoon, Aug. 20, which is in the vicinity of Okinawa, Japan,” a Navy statement to USNI read. “We will provide more details as they become available.”...
