Police in Washington on Wdnesday said they have upped security measures after the New Year's attacks in Las Vegas and New Orleans. “While there is no known threat to the District of Columbia, out of an abundance of caution, MPD has heightened its security posture across the city in light of recent events,” the...
Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) went after Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) on the social media platform X Wednesday for his opposition to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) retaking the gavel. Republican infighting has increased in recent days as Johnson seeks to keep the speakership and President-elect Trump backing his move. “@realDonaldTrump received a mandate...
The House of Representatives must elect a Speaker of the House in order for lawmakers to be sworn-in. Will Mike Johnson make the cut or will he be ousted from his speakership?
At least temporarily on Wednesday, the FBI was clearly concerned that the ISIS-inspired/-directed attack in New Orleans may have been the work of a broader cell of terrorists. Early on Wednesday morning, a U.S. citizen, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, drove a truck at high speed into New Year’s Eve revelers celebrating on New Orleans’s famous Bourbon Street. […]
The car-renting app Turo is in the spotlight after both the cars used in the New Orleans and Las Vegas attacks on New Year's Day were rented through the company. In New Orleans, a pickup truck rammed through busy Bourbon Street, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens while a Cybertruck exploded outside...
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill praised Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday for his help as authorities investigate the Cybertruck explosion outside of the Trump International Hotel that left seven people injured. “I have to thank Elon Musk specifically,” McMahill said. “He gave us quite a bit of additional information in...
President Biden on Wednesday said the individual who carried out an attack in New Orleans that killed at least 15 people posted videos on social media hours earlier indicating they were inspired by ISIS. Biden delivered brief remarks from Camp David following an attack in New Orleans in the early hours of New Year’s Day,...
Louisiana lawmakers on Wednesday condemned the “evil” driving attack in New Orleans, in which a truck plowed through the crowds on Bourbon Street in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day. Ten people were killed and dozens more were injured in the incident that federal law enforcement is investigating as an “act of terrorism.”...
President-elect Trump will hold a rally in Washington the day before he is set to be inaugurated for a second term. The president-elect will hold what is being dubbed a "victory rally" at Capital One Arena on Jan. 19, according to an announcement from his inauguration committee sent out Wednesday. Trump is expected to speak,...