Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump continues to brag and exaggerate about acing a cognitive test as his Republican challenger Nikki Haley highlights his recent stumbles on the trail to suggest he’s getting “confused” as he gets older. Defending himself, Trump has repeatedly appeared to allude to takingRead More →
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Senate negotiators neared an agreement on a long-awaited bipartisan border deal, House Speaker Mike Johnson told ABC News Tuesday that while he hasn’t seen the bill yet, the agreement is a “nonstarter in the House.” “From what we’ve seen, clearly, what’s been suggested in thisRead More →
boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The chief executives of the nation’s top social media companies are being grilled on Capitol Hill over child safety, with lawmakers accusing the tech leaders of failing to protect kids from exploitation and abuse. “Mr. Zuckerberg, you and the companies before us — IRead More →
Photography by Keith Getter (all rights reserved)/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A powerful Pacific jet stream is bringing two dangerous storms fueled by an atmospheric river to the West Coast, the first of which arrives on Wednesday. Seven western states from Washington to New Mexico are on alert for flooding,Read More →
Family of Casey Goodson (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Opening statements began Wednesday in the trial of a former sheriff’s deputy charged in the 2020 fatal shooting of a 23-year-old Black man who was entering his grandmother’s home in Columbus, Ohio. The trial begins more than three years after Casey Goodson Jr.’sRead More →
Tim Drivas Photography/GETTY Images (NEW YORK) — Five asylum-seekers have been arrested on charges they assaulted police officers in Midtown Manhattan, the NYPD said. The assault occurred Saturday afternoon near Times Square as two officers were trying to take a person into custody. According to police, officers attempted to disperseRead More →
danilovi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sea otters are proving to be the Mother Nature’s solution to the preventing coastal erosion, a recent discovery that further demonstrates how conservation efforts can help to restore an ecosystem as a whole. Sea otters were nearly hunted to extinction in the 18th and 19thRead More →
Portland Police Bureau (PORTLAND, Ore.) — Portland, Oregon police are asking for the public’s help to find a woman wanted for her husband’s murder. On Friday morning, officers responded to a missing persons report and found 37-year-old Phillip Pierce shot dead inside a home in Portland’s Lents neighborhood, police said.Read More →
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After long negotiations, the House is set to vote Wednesday on a bipartisan tax bill that would enhance the popular Child Tax Credit to benefit millions of American families. The $78 billion tax package called the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act ofRead More →
Alejandro Mayorkas, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, speaks during a news conference while visiting the U.S.-Mexico border, Jan. 8, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas. (Kaylee Greenlee Beal/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans voted early Wednesday to bring Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas one step closerRead More →
