President Biden called for stiffer background checks during a speech to a gun safety group Tuesday, hours after his son Hunter was convicted by a jury of lying on his firearm application.
Hunter Biden's conviction on federal gun charges Tuesday ignited a feverish debate, including among conservatives, over whether the law he was found guilty of violating is unconstitutional.
North Carolina lawmakers on Tuesday approved legislation to increase penalties for people who wear masks in public while committing crimes or while blocking traffic during protests. A previous version of the bill — which amends the state statues on masking — failed to get the necessary support after facing blowback for removing a health exemption...
A vote to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress could be on thin ice, with almost half a dozen Republican lawmakers expressing reservations about backing the move to censure him in an expected Wednesday vote. Two sources familiar with internal conversations told The Hill that at least five GOP members have expressed...
Actor Kevin Spacey broke down Tuesday while speaking about the financial challenges he faces following years of legal battles over allegations of sexual harassment. The former "House of Cards" actor, speaking in an interview on "Piers Morgan Uncensored" that aired Tuesday, revealed his house in Baltimore is being foreclosed on and being sold at auction...
Rep. Nancy Mace has won the Republican primary for her House seat in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, fending off a challenger from within her own party, according to Decision Desk HQ. Mace defeated Catherine Templeton, avoiding a runoff and inching her campaign closer to securing another term in the lower chamber, even as she...
The California Fish and Game Commission has finalized a regulation prohibiting the larger Department of Fish and Wildlife from using certain toxic insecticides on lands under its jurisdiction. Specifically, the action will forbid the application of neonicotinoid pesticides — often called "neonics" — which pose a threat to birds, bees and other critical pollinators. The...
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), chair of the House Armed Services Committee, slammed President Biden as "offensive and wrong" for objecting to a provision in the annual defense bill that grants a major pay raise to junior enlisted troops. The White House Office of Management and Budget said in a Tuesday statement that it "strongly opposes...
The White House condemned the pro-Palestine protest outside of the Nova exhibit in New York, which honors the victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. In a statement Tuesday, White House spokesperson Andrew Bates called the demonstrations “horrifying behavior.” “The events at yesterday’s memorial to those murdered at the Nova music festival are...
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Tuesday moved to dismiss his lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, after alleging they failed to adhere to the company's founding mission to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI) for the benefit of humanity. Musk's attorney submitted the request for the case's dismissal "without prejudice" in San Francisco Superior...