The Georgia state Senate hosted Laken Riley’s father, Jason Riley, in its chambers, and he asked it to act on the over a million immigrants “making families nervous.” The University of Georgia student’s body was discovered on campus on Feb. 22. Riley was allegedly murdered by Jose Ibarra, an illegal immigrant living near campus who […]
Russia aborted the launch of three astronauts to the International Space Station moments before they were scheduled to lift off Thursday, but the crew was safe, officials said. The Russian Soyuz rocket was to carry NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Oleg Novitsky of Roscosmos and Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus from the Russian-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan. The […]
Attorney General Merrick Garland dismissed the idea that he should have withheld then-special counsel Robert Hur’s report on President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents. Speaking at a press conference, Garland said his release of the full report was in line with the traditional approach and necessary for transparency. He said his actions reflected his […]
Hours after Donald Trump announced he is suing ABC News and This Week host George Stephanopoulos for comments made during an interview with Rep. Nancy Mace, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel referred to the former president as “the great white supremacist.” Kimmel made the remark as he was discussing Trump’s civil fraud case Wednesday night. Judge […]
Angry protesters at the University of Memphis disrupted a speech by Kyle Rittenhouse on Wednesday night, as hundreds of demonstrators gathered to shout down a discussion about the Second Amendment. Rittenhouse is best known for killing two attackers and injuring another in 2020 in defense of his own life during Black Lives Matter riots in […]
Satellite imagery analyzed by the United Nations shows that roughly 35% of all buildings in the Gaza Strip have been damaged during the Israel–Hamas war, while more than 10% have been destroyed. The United Nations Satellite Center released an update on Wednesday regarding the destruction caused by nearly six months of war in the enclave. […]
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign is asking 1 million of his supporters to save Trump Tower from being seized to secure a $454 million bond in his New York civil fraud case. If Trump cannot secure his total bond amount, state prosecutors can start seizing some of his assets. In a Wednesday message, the presumptive […]
The Tennessee Senate on Thursday approved a nearly $2 billion tax and refund for businesses, a proposal designed to prevent threats of a potential lawsuit even as critics warned the so-called solution was rushed without being properly vetted and shrouded in mystery. Starting last fall, Republican legislative leaders say a law firm representing a large […]
House Republican leaders are poised to waive a key voting rule that requires lawmakers to release legislative text at least 72 hours before a vote as Congress races to avoid a weekend government shutdown. The House is likely to vote on its final spending bill on Friday, just one day after lawmakers unveiled the “minibus” […]
A California police department says it will stop using Lego heads to block the identities of suspects featured in its photos after the toy company complained. The Murrieta Police Department had been editing photos to comply with a state law that forbids law enforcement from sharing photos of suspects for nonviolent crimes. However, Lt. Jeremy […]
