Georgia State Sen. Colton Moore, who demanded a special session of the legislature for an investigation of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D), was indefinitely suspended from the chamber's GOP caucus Thursday. “Despite the fact 32 of 33 Republican State Senators, the Governor, Lt. Governor, Speaker of the House, and the Chairman of the...
A construction worker in San Francisco died Thursday after a trench collapsed under a sidewalk on him, trapping him under an estimated eight to ten feet of dirt and concrete, fire officials said. More than 50 firefighters spent over two hours trying to rescue the buried worker in the Lower Haight neighborhood, but he did...
Michael Douglas says today’s political climate — and the role money plays in it — would make Gordon Gekko absolutely giddy. The “Wall Street” actor, who famously played the devious financier Gekko, weighed in on what his character might think about moolah mixing with politics during a Thursday interview with Steve Scully on SiriusXM’s “The Briefing.” “What...
Home mortgage rates have reached the highest figure since 2000, as the average borrowing rate for 30-year home loans topped 7.31 percent this week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. The new figure is a slight increase from last week’s 7.19 percent. A year ago it was 6.70 percent. The rate continues to climb, in...
President Joe Biden agreed to meet up with a climate protester who heckled his remarks during his speech Thursday in Tempe, Arizona, about protecting democracy and honoring the late Sen. John McCain.
A New York State Appeals Court rejected former President Trump’s request to delay a civil trial stemming from New York Attorney General Letitia James’ investigation into his businesses, scheduling the beginning of the trial for early next week.
House Republicans have released a document alleging an email exists where Hunter Biden says his legal problems will "go away" when his dad is elected president.
A Washington mayor called 911 to report "far right" petitioners. But the businessman behind the initiatives says they're nonpartisan, "commonsense" solutions.
Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker unleashed an assault on Republican state lawmakers over their criticism of his secret deal with a Chinese electric vehicle company.