Lori Lightfoot's tenure as mayor of Chicago has ended, marked by four years of grappling with rising crime rates and keeping the city afloat during nationwide pandemic. Both her job performance and electability of her opponents led to her becoming the first incumbent to lose an election since 1989.
Paul Vallas, the top challenger in Chicago's mayoral race to incumbent Lori Lightfoot (D), has earned enough votes to move to a runoff in April, the Associated Press reported Tuesday night.
FBI Director Christopher Wray confirmed Tuesday that the FBI believes the virus responsible for COVID-19, which forced the world into quarantine, "most likely" stemmed from a lab leak in China and not from an animal.
Officials in Pennsylvania unsealed the search warrant for Bryan Kohberger that led to his arrest in connection to the murders of four University of Idaho students in November 2022.
FBI Director Christopher Wray claimed he had "total confidence" in the team investigating the pipe bombs that were placed outside of the Republican and Democratic national headquarters on Jan. 6, 2021, despite no arrests being made.
Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Mark Warner (D-VA) said the briefing by the Justice Department to the Gang of Eight on classified documents "left much to be desired."
House China Committee Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) characterized U.S. relations with China as an "existential struggle" during his opening remarks for the panel's first prime-time hearing.
