Two people are dead and 18 are injured after a small plane crashed into the rooftop of a commercial building in Southern California on Thursday, according to authorities. Ten of the people injured were transported to a nearby hospital while the other eight were treated and released on the scene, Kristy Wells, a Fullerton Police...
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Thursday that House Republicans will investigate the disbanded House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Johnson hit President Biden in a post on the social platform X for awarding the Presidential Citizens Medal to former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Rep. Bennie...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) criticized President Biden's administration's handling of homeland security following the deadly New Orleans truck attack, arguing they did not prioritize “the right things.” Johnson said he spoke to Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) and the state's Attorney General Liz Murrill (R) who he said are "doing a great job" on the...
President-elect Trump announced numerous appointments Thursday night, including a team that will work in the Treasury Department and those who will serve as foreign ambassadors.
On Tuesday, 23-year-old Kamel Hawkins was charged with second-degree assault and attempted murder after shoving an unsuspecting stranger in front of an incoming 1...
A harrowing chapter in American history remains shrouded in mystery: Who planted pipe bombs outside offices of the Democratic and Republican national committees in Washington on the eve of the attack on the Capitol?