A blast at a Tennessee explosives factory left multiple people dead Friday morning. The explosion occurred at Accurate Energetic Systems on the border of Humphreys and Hickman counties, about one hour west of Nashville. Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis announced that there were multiple deaths and multiple persons unaccounted for after the 7:45 a.m. explosion […]
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday that federal agents have arrested a man accused of sending a violent death threat through the mail to right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson and his wife, authorities said at a Tampa news conference. Standing before a podium at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Tampa, Florida, Bondi said the suspect, identified […]
President Donald Trump‘s administration announced Friday afternoon that the long-threatened reduction-in-force notices to furloughed federal workers, in response to the government shutdown, have started. “The RIFs have begun,” White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought posted on X. An OMB spokesperson also confirmed to the Washington Examiner that the notices have started and […]
First lady Melania Trump announced that eight children displaced by Russia’s war in Ukraine have been reunited with their families in the past 24 hours. The first lady said she has been in “an open channel of communication” with Russian President Vladimir Putin after she sent a letter urging him to take action on protecting […]
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) brought in just over $3 million last quarter, filling her campaign coffers to about $12 million. Stefanik’s team shared the third-quarter numbers with the Washington Examiner after Axios reported the news. The New York Republican has positioned herself to run for governor in 2026 against incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY), but […]
Major law firms, gambling ventures, and tobacco companies, all entities that could have legal business before Virginia after the elections, cut large checks to Virginia Democratic attorney general nominee Jay Jones, campaign finance records show. These contributions to Jones’s campaign were made before news broke about text conversations in which Jones fantasized about shooting a […]
Calls are mounting for investigations into failures in reignition management and other aspects of the firefighting response to the deadly 2025 Palisades Fire in California. The scrutiny comes after the arrest of a man accused of setting a smaller blaze six days earlier that authorities say sparked the larger inferno. Jonathan Rinderknecht was arrested this […]
As the government shutdown continues with what seems like no end in sight, more Washington, D.C., attractions are closing as they run out of federal funds to keep their doors open to the public. The Smithsonian Institution museums and National Zoo are set to close on Sunday if the shutdown continues into its second weekend. […]
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado dedicated her Nobel Peace Prize to President Donald Trump, thanking him for his help. Machado was awarded the prize on Friday despite a campaign from Trump and his international allies, who said his peacemaking efforts earned him the award. The award put Trump and Machado in an awkward place, […]
President Donald Trump appeared to announce on Friday that he will no longer meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on his trip to Asia, possibly endangering recent talks on a bilateral trade agreement with Beijing. In a Friday post on Truth Social, Trump slammed China’s recent imposition of tougher export controls on rare earth minerals, […]
