Lawyers for Christa Pike warned months before Tennessee attempted to execute her that her medical conditions and difficult-to-access veins could make lethal injection especially dangerous, arguing that the state’s execution protocol risked subjecting her to excruciating pain. Pike, 50, survived two doses of pentobarbital during a Sept. 30 execution attempt and was taken to a […]

The Iran-backed Houthis vowed to lead a strong retaliatory response if the U.S. military strikes Yemen after President Donald Trump condemned the armed rebel group’s recent attacks against Saudi Arabia. “If the U.S. becomes involved in the aggression against Yemen, we will not deliberate over the decision to respond,” Houthi political bureau member Mohammed Al […]

New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is set to give her first press briefing Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. The White House has been without a head spokesperson since former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt stepped down from the post at the end of August to spend more time with her young family. ROB […]

Katie Zacharia will hold her first briefing as the new White House press secretary Tuesday morning, exactly three weeks — and roughly twelve hours — before polls close in the 2026 midterm elections. Zacharia takes over at a precarious political moment for President Donald Trump, with Republicans facing the prospect of losing their congressional majorities […]