An incident during the New York Police Department’s raid at Columbia University is under review after an officer accidentally fired his weapon. The shot was fired when police entered Hamilton Hall, which had been taken over by pro-Palestinian protesters. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office spokesman Doug Cohen confirmed to the City in a statement […]
Abortion appears on track to be on the ballot in another Republican state after activists say they have gathered an overwhelming number of signatures. Missourians for Constitutional Freedom, an abortion-rights group in Missouri, says it has garnered more than 380,000 signatures for a ballot measure to enshrine abortion into the state’s constitution. The group said […]
A hacking group associated with Russia’s military intelligence agency attacked German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s political party and “some Czech institutions,” according to Western officials and NATO. “We can attribute this cyberattack to a group called APT28, which is steered by the military intelligence service of Russia,” German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock told reporters on Friday. […]
Hope Hicks, a key witness in former President Donald Trump‘s criminal hush money trial, broke down in tears on the witness stand Friday, just moments into cross-examination from her former boss’s lawyer. Hicks was only asked a few questions by Trump attorney Emil Bove before she began to break down into tears. The court immediately […]
EXCLUSIVE — Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are calling for budget cuts to federal agencies that have refused to cooperate with lawmakers’ investigations, accusing the Biden administration of obstructing congressional oversight. In a letter sent to House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) on Friday, a group of 22 House Republicans urged the Oklahoma […]
Actor Mark Hamill was in Washington on Friday to give President Joe Biden his stamp of approval and make a cameo at the White House press briefing. This was Hamill’s third White House visit, but he claimed it was his first time inside the Oval Office. He approached the podium wearing Biden’s classic aviator sunglasses. […]
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — House Republicans highlighted the deaths of slain police officers in a Philadelphia field hearing that laid blame at the feet of District Attorney Larry Krasner. The House Judiciary Committee met in the city on Friday for its fourth hearing focused on urban crime, receiving testimony from family members of those officers who […]
Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) welcomed further investments into the United States as more international companies are driven by “the threat of China.” Youngkin gave an interview to Bloomberg’s The Pulse on Friday to offer his predictions on the economic effect of November’s election. Currently, incumbent President Joe Biden is up for reelection against former President […]
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) handed his phone over to the FBI after receiving a suspicious text, suspecting it of being hacked. According to the senator, speaking at the Hill and Valley Forum, he gave his phone to the agency after receiving a message from a supposed hacker trying to impersonate Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer […]
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) was indicted in Texas on Friday for allegedly accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes from two foreign entities: the government of Azerbaijan and a bank based in Mexico City. Cuellar, a congressman of nearly two decades, and his wife Imelda were both charged by the Department of Justice with conspiracy to commit […]
