The FBI had more than two dozen informants in Washington surrounding the chaos of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, and four of them entered the building as part of the protests, an inspector general said Thursday.
The IRS on Thursday said it has sweated an additional $1.3 billion from wealthy tax cheats, thanks to enhanced reviews and audits paid for by the budget-climate law President Biden signed two years ago.
The Senate will vote next week on legislation to repeal two Social Security provisions that limit benefits for some government workers, restoring their full access to Social Security payouts.
Under normal circumstances, widespread reports of drones flying over the mid-Atlantic region would cause concern. Small, unmanned, flying objects hovering over cities in one of the most densely populated areas in the country raise many red flags. However, the fact that the Biden administration is seemingly clueless about who or what is behind the apparent […]
House Democrats did not learn a lesson from the 2024 elections in which the GOP swept into a federal trifecta and made gains across the country. They are instead deciding to become even more radical and even more hysterical than ever before. The two most high-profile, high-exposure House committees are the Judiciary Committee and Oversight […]
The rapid legalization and spread of on-demand online sports betting have been damaging for athletes, fans, and anyone caught up in the craze that is fueling a multibillion-dollar industry. Having sports gambling readily available on smartphones, easily connected to people’s bank accounts, has made it far easier than ever before for bettors to fall into […]
An extremely persistent and highly mobile "forever chemical" byproduct is contaminating many mineral water brands sold across Europe, researchers have found. Evaluating the contents of 19 brands of mineral water, a recent analysis from the Pesticide Action Network Europe identified a compound called trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) in 10 of the water brands. TFA is not officially defined...
Lawmakers are sprinting to pass legislation that will keep the government’s lights on ahead of the Dec. 20 shutdown deadline as President-elect Trump’s Cabinet picks continue to make their case to senators on Capitol Hill on Thursday. Although a complete government shutdown is unlikely, members on both sides of the aisle have plenty of work...