BOSTON — Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of leaking highly classified military documents on a social media platform, is expected to plead guilty in his federal case, according to court papers filed Thursday. Prosecutors asked the judge to schedule a change of plea hearing for Monday, but no other details were immediately available. […]
President Joe Biden called on former President Donald Trump to “join” him in urging Congress to pass new border legislation during a speech in Brownsville, Texas. During his remarks, Biden cast blame on Trump for tanking a bipartisan border security bill in the Senate earlier this month, and called on House Republicans to “show a […]
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced the city will close four shelters over the course of a month to consolidate resources and save the city $60 million. One immigrant shelter will close per week, with the goal of reducing the city’s budget deficit and consolidating shelters as the immigrant surge has slowed down in the city. […]
The House Oversight and Judiciary committees published on Thursday a transcript of their deposition with Hunter Biden, revealing the contents of an hourslong interview in which the first son contradicted his former business partner and denied his father’s involvement in his foreign business ventures. Republicans on the committee grilled the first son about his business […]
EXCLUSIVE — A bipartisan group of lawmakers is seeking ways to recruit veterans to be hired for vacant positions within federal land management agencies, according to a bill introduced in the House on Thursday. The bill, dubbed the Hire Veterans Act, would work to hire veterans in the U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, and […]
EAGLE PASS, Texas — Former President Donald Trump called the record-setting surge of immigrants crossing the border the “Joe Biden invasion” in a dueling border visit with the president Thursday in Texas. Trump, in remarks delivered near the border, directly blamed Biden for the recent alleged kidnapping and murder of Laken Riley, a University of Georgia […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened “the destruction of civilization” in the event that NATO powers deploy forces into the war in Ukraine. “There is talk about the possibility of sending NATO military forces to Ukraine, but we must remember the fate of previous armies deployed on our country’s territory,” Putin said Thursday in an annual […]
Texas school officials claimed a group of students who placed a full serving of peanuts in an allergic student’s locker as a prank are not guilty of bullying, according to a report. Carter Mannon was 15 when he discovered peanuts among his football gear in the locker room last year, shortly after disclosing his severe […]
Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) will deliver the GOP response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address next week, Republican leaders announced on Thursday. The news was revealed by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) one week before the address, which historically features a rebuttal speech by a […]
The Department of Justice is planning to begin its annual process of renewing a powerful surveillance program that Congress has vowed to reform after revelations surfaced in recent years that the FBI has abused its access to it. Matthew Olsen, assistant attorney general for national security, said in a statement the DOJ is “taking the […]
