A 76-year-old woman who stole benefits sent to her dead mother from the Department of Veterans Affairs has been ordered to pay back nearly half a million dollars.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced on Monday he tapped two conservatives who held out on him getting the gavel, Reps. Ralph Norman (R-SC) and Chip Roy (R-TX), to serve on the powerful House Rules Committee.
The U.S. Navy christened a ship named for former Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. He presided over cases pertaining to civil rights issues during the turbulent 1950s and ‘60s.
A team of international investigators has collected evidence of a “wide range of sexual abuse” inflicted on Ukrainian children during Russia’s invasion, according to a member of the United Nations commission.
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) is the latest supporter of a Texas Senate bill that would ban citizens from China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran from purchasing land in the state.
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) defended his state's decision to exclude an Advanced Placement class on African American studies in his state's high school curriculum Monday. He said the state wanted "education, not indoctrination."
An Australian mining company has been cited for endangering a 6-inch desert wildflower less than a week after the Department of Energy signed off on a $700 million conditional loan for the company to mine lithium in Nevada.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said he won’t wade into the battle over who will lead the Republican National Committee, a race that is already dividing the party.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s hesitance to give main battle tanks to Ukraine has provoked open doubts about whether the European heavyweight wants Russia “to lose this war,” as a top NATO ally diplomat put it.
