Metal shrapnel from Marine Corps live-fire training struck a California Highway Patrol vehicle on the same day as Vice President JD Vance's visit to Camp Pendleton.
President Trump used small stairs to board Air Force One after Secret Service discovered a suspected hunting stand with clear sight line to presidential plane at Palm Beach airport.
Federal and local authorities are still working to determine a motive after a gunman opened fire on an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Dallas on Wednesday. One detainee was killed and two others were critically injured in the incident. The suspected shooter, identified as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn, died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound....
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) says a new memo from the White House budget office warning that mass firings could be on the table if there’s a government shutdown is “an attempt at intimidation.” Schumer, who was scheduled to meet with Trump at the White House Thursday to discuss a funding deal before Trump...
The firing of a Texas professor and subsequent resignation of the university's president are illustrating a statewide battle on when and how LGBTQ topics are discussed on college campuses. State lawmakers say what the Texas A&M lecturer did was illegal, opponents say academics are losing their free speech rights and at least one other...
Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa’s debut at the United Nations this week was met with fascination, excitement and optimism, even as Syria’s road to fully joining the international community is fraught with pitfalls. On Wednesday, al-Sharaa became the first Syrian head of state to address the U.N. General Assembly in nearly 60 years, presenting his new...
Lawmakers in both parties fighting to force the Trump administration to release all the federal files on Jeffrey Epstein took a big step closer to their goal this week. Adelita Grijalva’s victory on Tuesday in a special House election in southern Arizona sends another Democrat to Capitol Hill — and secures the deciding endorsement of...
Department of Justice (DOJ) officials’ public statements regarding Luigi Mangione have likely broken court rules, a federal judge overseeing the case said on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett, an appointee of former President Biden, directed the prosecutors to advise Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche that “future violations may result in sanctions, which could include...
The White House budget office on Wednesday indicated mass firings could be on the table in the event of a government shutdown as Congress faces a stalemate on negotiations in the days leading up to the government funding deadline. A memo from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) reviewed by The Hill indicates that...
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said it will “immediately increase security” at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities across the country after the Wednesday deadly shooting at ICE’s field office in Dallas, where one detainee was killed. "In light of today's horrific shooting that was motivated by hatred for ICE and the other unprecedented acts...
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday that shooting down Russian fighter planes entering NATO airspace is “on the table.” “My opinion is we have to defend every square centimeter [of] territory, and that means if there's an intrusion in the airspace, after warning, after being very clear, of course, the option...
