More than 21,000 people have died from the earthquake in Turkey and Syria as of Thursday night, with tens of thousands more injured after thousands of buildings collapsed before dawn on Monday, killing and trapping people beneath rubble.
President Joe Biden downplayed the severity of the suspected Chinese spy balloon's invasion of United States airspace. He said it was "not a major breach."
A man from Delaware who brought a Confederate flag to the Capitol in the Jan. 6 riot was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday. He was convicted on five charges related to the storming of the Capitol.
Senators in both parties are attempting to figure out how to prevent another surveillance balloon from a foreign adversary from floating over the United States undetected in the future.
Rep. George Santos (R-NY) was found to have been charged with theft related to Amish dog breeders in 2017, but the charges were dropped and his record expunged.