Muhammed Abdullah Kurtar/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s order to cut off funding to Voice of America (VOA) and several other affiliated pro-democracy media outlets has drawn widespread criticism from press freedom organizations and journalists, who warn it risks severely damaging independent journalism covering some of theRead More →

Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (MADISON, WI) — The Democratic National Committee is set to announce on Tuesday its earliest-ever new election cycle investment into the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, which will see Dane County Judge Susan Crawford, the Democratic-backed candidate, take on Republican-backed Brad Schimel, aRead More →

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is taking aim at one of his predecessor’s final acts in office: preemptive pardons for members of the House Jan. 6 select committee. In a late-night social media post, Trump claimed without evidence President Joe Biden used an autopen to sign theRead More →

Manuel Mazzanti/NurPhoto via Getty Images (CAPE CANAVERAL, FL) — The two NASA astronauts whose return to Earth was delayed for months are on their way home. Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore left the International Space Station on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft early on Tuesday and began an aboutRead More →

San Bernardino Sheriff’s Office (LOS ANGELES) — A sheriff’s deputy died in a police chase after his patrol car crashed into a bystander’s car and then slammed into a light pole, splitting the vehicle in half, police said. The chase began on Monday morning shortly before 11 a.m. in SanRead More →

Allen Ferguson in a family photo. (Courtesy of family) (OKLAHOMA CITY)– An Oklahoma father is being remembered as a hero after officials say he died while trying to save his son in wildfires that ravaged the state last week. Allen Ferguson, a “beloved” youth wrestling coach from Chandler, died fromRead More →

Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The wing of a Delta plane struck the runway as it was coming in for a landing at LaGuardia Airport on Sunday evening, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. At approximately 10:10 p.m. on Sunday, the plane’s “left wing struck the runwayRead More →

Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Despite the deadly storms over the weekend, one of the core government facilities tracking severe thunderstorms and tornadoes, is listed on the website of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency as one with a planned office closure. The Storm Prediction Center — one ofRead More →

Allison Robbert for The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge has scheduled a hearing at 5 p.m. ET Monday to address the question of whether the Trump administration knowingly violated a court order when it handed over more than 200 alleged gang members to El Salvadoran authorities overRead More →

Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s three planned book tour events scheduled for this week were abruptly postponed Monday morning because of “security concerns.” Schumer, promoting his new book “Antisemitism in America: A Warning,” faced backlash over voting for the House-approved government funding bill that averted a shutdownRead More →