The Justice Department acknowledged Thursday that it "inadvertently" withheld evidence from defense attorneys representing a former top FBI official who was involved in the Trump-Russia collusion investigation and is now charged with conspiring with Russia to violate U.S. sanctions.
Australian police have charged a 26-year-old man after he allegedly stole a platypus from a local waterway and showed it off to people on a train and in a shopping center. Queensland police made a public appeal for the identity of a man and woman who were seen on video Tuesday holding the animal that...
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) arrived in Taiwan with a bipartisan delegation this week on the heels of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-Calif.) meeting with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen in California in spite of objections from China. "Being here I think sends a signal to the Chinese Communist Party that the United...
Walmart announced that it will add charging stations for electric vehicles to thousands of U.S. stores by 2030. The company plans to add 1,300 EV charging stations to various Walmart and Sam's Club locations, Vishal Kapadia, Walmart's senior vice president of energy transformation, said in a statement. "With a store or club located within 10...
The FBI accidentally arrested a hotel guest during a training mission in Boston on Tuesday after entering the wrong hotel room. Around 10 p.m. on Tuesday night, FBI agents knocked loudly on the door of a room at the Revere Hotel in downtown Boston where a Delta Air Lines pilot was staying, CBS News Boston...
The system is broken in no small part because Mayorkas has overwhelmed it by releasing unprecedented numbers of undocumented asylum seekers into the country.
Jobless claims are higher than previously thought, according to revised Labor Department figures released Thursday, a potential indicator that the labor market may be weaker than expected. The number of Americans filing for unemployment totaled 228,000 last week, well above analysts’ expectations. Initial jobless claims reached 246,000 the week prior up from the previously reported...
President Biden on Thursday congratulated Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson (D) on Wednesday after he won the mayoral election in the Windy City, the White House said. Johnson, a progressive, defeated former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas, a centrist candidate. He will succeed Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D). Johnson and Vallas were the two top vote-getters...
Story at a glance Exposure to air pollution, even at levels below American and European air quality standards, is associated with an increased risk of dementia, new study results show. Although uncertainties remain, researchers from Harvard University say their findings “suggest consistent evidence of an association between ambient air pollution and clinical dementia.” Fine particulate...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is calling for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to be impeached following a report that he accepted luxurious gifts from a billionaire Republican donor for decades. For years, Thomas took luxury trips and outings on yachts and private jets owned by Dallas businessman Harlan Crow, according to an investigation by ProPublica....