Sam Bankman-Fried siphoned billions of dollars from unsuspecting customers to fund a lavish lifestyle and buy himself "power and influence" on Capitol Hill and then lied to cover his tracks, federal prosecutors alleged Wednesday in a New York courtroom.
The House has been thrown into a standstill, unable to conduct legislative business until lawmakers elect a new speaker after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was ousted from the top position on Tuesday afternoon.
Ivanka Trump shared on Instagram several photos celebrating her grandmother's 97th birthday. In the social media post on Wednesday, she revealed that Marie Zelnickova, known as "Grandma Babi" in the Trump family, has been living with her in Miami, Florida.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams made another attempt at halting the city’s landmark right-to-shelter policy that has been in place for over four decades. He asked a judge to suspend the mandate given the influx of immigrants.
The Washington Examiner's Byron York discussed how a Republican member of Congress not being eyed for House speaker could win out if the GOP vote gets divided between two established candidates.
Former President Donald Trump trails President Joe Biden by just two percentage points in a hypothetical 2024 presidential election match-up, but majorities of voters said they didn't want either to be president.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) urged former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) replacement on Wednesday to eliminate the motion to vacate after the procedural tool was used to force the latter’s historic ouster.
People all over the United States are reacting to FEMA's Emergency Alert System test going off two minutes early. The government told citizens to prepare for the alert to go off at 2:20 p.m.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre faced a barrage of questions on Wednesday about Tuesday's ousting of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) but repeatedly declined to characterize President Joe Biden's feelings about the situation.
