Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas faced scrutiny in a congressional hearing over appointing three individuals to an advisory panel of intelligence experts who had previously endorsed the view that a story about Hunter Biden's laptop was Russian disinformation.
The House Ethics Committee on Thursday unanimously concluded that Rep. George Santos of New York should be referred to the Justice Department because there is "substantial evidence" he misused campaign funds, filed false reports on his donations and engaged in other forms of fraud.
The House Ethics committee in a scathing report Thursday said it has amassed "overwhelming evidence" of lawbreaking by Rep. George Santos of New York that has been sent to the Justice Department, concluding flatly that the Republican "cannot be trusted" after a monthslong investigation into his conduct.
The NAACP has joined growing calls for political leaders to demand an end to the violence in the Middle East as the Israel-Hamas war rages in the Gaza Strip. Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the 114-year-old organization, said in a statement this week that the violence overseas has ripple effects across the entire world. ...
Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) announced Thursday that he will not run for reelection in 2024, opening a competitive seat in the heart of Michigan. Kildee, 65, said a cancer diagnosis this year sparked a need to reassess his career plans. “For most of this year, I saw myself continuing to serve and was actively planning...
Demonstrators seeking a cease-fire in Israel's war with Hamas blocked traffic on the Boston University bridge connecting Cambridge to Boston on Thursday morning. The protestors were calling in part for Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) to support their calls for a cease-fire, according to the Associated Press. In a post on X, a platform formerly known...
Organizers of the protest outside the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters Wednesday night said 90 of its demonstrators were injured after skirmishes broke out with police. Members of the Ceasefire Now Coalition said hundreds of people attended a candlelight vigil outside the DNC building in Washington to demand a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war and...
More than 94,000 electric customers in Florida were without power mid-morning on Thursday, as the eastern coast of the state was inundated with heavy rain overnight. According to PowerOutage.us, which tracks outages across the country, that number is falling, down from more than 100,000 earlier Thursday morning. A slight risk of excessive rainfall was in...