For more than 400 years, over 15 million Africans were the victims of the transatlantic slave trade, according to data from the United Nations. By 1860, when the last census before the Civil War was taken, there were 4 million slaves in the South. But three years later, on Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln...

Israel's foreign minister warned Tuesday of "all-out war" with Hezbollah, after the Lebanese military and political group released what it said were videos of sensitive Israeli military sites and of civilian areas. Foreign Minister Israel Katz said Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had threatened his country and that Israel is "very close to the moment of...

Anthony Fauci, who served as a top medical advisor to former President Trump during the coronavirus pandemic, says Trump got the idea of promoting hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for the virus from Fox News host Laura Ingraham. "I believe he wanted so badly for this to go away the way influenza goes away, and...

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) mourned baseball great Willie Mays in a Tuesday statement. “Giants fans — and all Americans — mourn the loss of a San Francisco icon and an all-time great: Willie Mays,” Pelosi said of the former San Francisco Giants player. “The Say Hey Kid was a trailblazer, from the baseball...

The forced hysteria over flags flown at Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's residences is a floor routine in mental gymnastics.

Southwest Airlines announced Tuesday that it is celebrating 53 years in operation by offering $53 flights for a limited time.

The Biden administration approved a $360 million weapons sale to Taiwan Tuesday, the State Department announced. The announcement means the U.S. will be sending the island hundreds of armed drones, missile equipment and related support material, The Associated Press reported. The announcement comes at a time of heightened tension between Taiwan and China, who will...

Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), who chairs the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, announced on Wednesday he was endorsing former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) in the Michigan Senate race.  "There's no doubt Michigan will be the center of attention this November, and with an open Senate seat, we as Republicans have a unique...

Rep. Jamaal Bowman slammed the pro-Israel lobby in the U.S. for funding Westchester County Executive George Latimer during a heated Tuesday night debate.

Mike Pence's organization is pushing Republican leaders in Congress to stop an amendment to expand draft eligibility to women from being passed in the final version of the NDAA.