Justice Brett Kavanaugh said Thursday that he was “hopeful” that the Supreme Court would take “concrete steps” to move forward to address ethics issues at the high court. Speaking at a judicial conference in Ohio, Kavanaugh referred to Chief Justice John Roberts’s comments from May, when he said the justices were committed to addressing ethical...

Russia is holding "sham elections" in its occupied territories in Ukraine in an attempt to give its presence more legitimacy, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday during his visit to the war-torn nation. Local and municipal elections are being held in four fully or partially occupied regions of eastern Ukraine: Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and...

For the second time, the Miami-Dade County School Board rejected a proposal that would've made October “LGBTQ history month," according to multiple reports. The 5-3 decision came around 1 a.m. Thursday morning, after dozens of public speakers representing both sides of the issue made their respective cases. A similar item was proposed last year before also...

An attorney for Peter Navarro called for a mistrial Thursday, just after the former economic adviser to former President Trump was convicted of contempt of Congress. Stanley Woodward, who represented Navarro in his contempt of Congress case, claimed that jurors, who deliberated for nearly five hours before reaching a verdict, went outside during their break...

{beacon} Evening Report Thursday, September 7   © AP Are you ready for some football? A wide field of 2024 presidential hopefuls are courting a very specific group this week: The all-important football constituency. If you tune in tonight to catch the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs face the Detroit Lions in...

U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper has dismissed a crucial mineral rights lawsuit by Twin Metals, another setback to the company's proposed copper-nickel mine in northern Minnesota.

The House Judiciary Committee is investigating alleged misconduct by a prosecutor on Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team, accusing the office of engaging in “abusive tactics."

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., has been showered with support amid an onslaught from the Biden administration against his holds on military nominees being passed by the Senate in bulk.

A Tipp City, Ohio, school board member caused a stir Tuesday when she gave a Nazi salute to the district president, who she denounced as a "dictator."

Former adviser to President Donald Trump Peter Navarro was convicted Thursday of contempt of Congress charges after refusing to cooperate with a House investigation into Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots in Washington, D.C.