A United Nations special group focused on sexual violence in conflict found "clear and convincing information" that Hamas, recognized as a terrorist organization by the U.S. government, committed rape and sexualized torture during an Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel. UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, led a...
Former President Trump was initially poised to spend Monday sitting in yet another courtroom, watching jury selection in his federal election case in what would have been the first day of his first criminal trial. Instead, that trial’s date was punted, and the day handed Trump a legal victory in the form of the Supreme...
The federal government's free at-home COVID-19 test program will be suspended beginning Friday in response to a drop in respiratory diseases. The Biden administration brought back the free test program last year ahead of the respiratory viral season. By going to COVIDtests.gov, households could order a free pack of four at-home COVID-19 tests. This most...
President Biden has approved a federal disaster declaration sought by Republican Vermont Gov. Phil Scott over severe flooding seen across much of the state in December.
A new Republican-backed bill in the Missouri legislature would require educators to register as sex offenders if they are found aiding transgender minors in their "social transition."
Former President Donald Trump holds a five-point lead over President Biden in a new New York Times poll among voters who favored Biden by 10 percentage points in 2020.