A federal judge will require special counsel Jack Smith to seek permission before making any additional filings in former President Trump’s case for election interference, a small victory for the former president as the court otherwise declined to advance a filing designed to hold prosecutors in contempt. The effort from Trump to censure prosecutors came after...

A new national hotline to prevent potential mass shooters from carrying out acts of violence was launched by a group of Florida advocates Thursday. The new hotline will be monitored 24/7 by staffers who have been trained to talk with potential mass shooters leading up to a planned shooting. Sean Cononie, an advocate who runs...

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) will investigate the environmental impact of idled “zombie” coal mines in response to an October request from several congressional Democrats, a GAO spokesperson confirmed. In October, Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and seven House Democrats wrote to the GAO to ask for a probe into such mines, which often qualify as...

Rather than reducing emissions, punishing the clean American oil and gas industry will drive up methane emissions on a global scale.

The Georgia judge overseeing former President Trump’s criminal case scheduled a hearing next month to weigh accusations that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) hired her romantic partner as a top prosecutor on the case. Judge Scott McAfee scheduled the hearing for Feb. 15 and directed Willis to respond to the allegations in writing...

Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips rolled out his platform for artificial intelligence (AI) development during a campaign speech in New Hampshire.

A group of Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature have introduced a bill that would prohibit hunters from poaching antlerless deer for several years.

The Senate passed the second "laddered" short-term spending bill that will keep government agencies funded through March 1 and March 8.

New Mexico Republican Reps. Stefani Lord and John Block have filed articles of impeachment against Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham over gun control.

No Labels, the centrist group that's moving toward potentially launching a third-party unity presidential ticket, asks the Justice Department to investigate possible "conspiracy."