An Army veteran was sentenced Friday to six months in prison for violating probation, months after being charged for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, The Associated Press reported. Kevin Loftus, 56, was attempting to leave the country and join the Russian Army in its nearly three-year-long war against Ukraine....
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) joined the growing number of figures calling on the Biden administration and lawmakers to act on the mysterious drone sightings in New Jersey and other parts of the country. "In order to allow state law enforcement to work on this issue, I am now calling on Congress to pass...
Congress has passed a comprehensive federal judgeships bill, the first since 1990, to address the massive caseloads across the lower federal courts nationwide, but President Biden has threatened to veto the bill.
President Biden marked the 12th anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut on Saturday with a fresh pitch for Congress to act on gun reform legislation. Biden in a press release touted his administration's efforts to combat gun violence but argued that there was more to be done — especially as his...
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who was hospitalized during a trip to Luxembourg, underwent hip surgery early Saturday, according to a spokesperson. “Earlier this morning, Speaker Emerita Pelosi underwent a successful hip replacement and is well on the mend," Ian Krager, a spokesperson for the lawmaker, said in a statement. "Speaker Pelosi is grateful...
The obesity rate among U.S. adults fell in 2023 for the first time in over a decade, according to a new study released on Friday. The study published in the journal JAMA Health Forum found that obesity nationwide has dropped from 46 percent in 2022 to 45.6 percent last year. The researchers also discovered that obesity...
If the U.S. had held Israel accountable for the killing of other Americans like Rachel Corrie or Shireen Abu Akleh, perhaps Israeli soldiers would not feel so emboldened to kill Americans, and other civilians, today.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that U.S. officials have been in "direct contact" with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Syrian opposition group that effectively led to the collapse of Bashar Assad's regime in the country, the Associated Press reported. “Yes, we have been in contact with HTS and with other parties,” Blinken said Saturday...
Former House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., underwent successful hip surgery overseas after her fall in Luxembourg, her office revealed in a statement.