Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On the brink of possibly being expelled from Congress, embattled Rep. George Santos defended himself during an hourlong debate on the House floor Thursday. Santos, who is facing his third expulsion vote this year on Friday, debated several lawmakers, including fellow Republicans arguingRead More →
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — If an expulsion vote set for Friday achieves a two-thirds majority, Republican Rep. George Santos would be immediately expelled from the House of Representatives, according to the text of the expulsion resolution. Looking back at the last time a member of Congress was expelled —Read More →
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House is no longer set to vote Thursday on a Republican effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The vote was pulled from the schedule Thursday afternoon, according to a notice from Majority Whip Tom Emmer. It’s not clear yet why leadership pulledRead More →
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Joni Ernst choked on food during a closed-door Republican lunch on Thursday and was rescued by fellow Republican Sen. Rand Paul, who performed the Heimlich maneuver on her. Ernst, from Iowa, later said she was okay and confirmed a reporter’s account of the chokingRead More →
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million civil lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to the White House. Trump, his sons Eric Trump and and Donald Trump Jr., andRead More →
Jason Marz/Getty Images (PHOENIX, Ariz.) — Lori Vallow, who was convicted of killing two of her children in a so-called doomsday plot, has been extradited to Arizona to face charges in connection with the death of her fourth husband. Vallow, 50, was booked Thursday on one count of first-degree murder,Read More →
Daniel Garrido/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. will move to require new planes to be equipped with cockpit voice recorders, or CVRs, to capture 25 hours of information. The move will help prevent critical data from be over written after an incident in which the plane keeps flying more thanRead More →
Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Harvard University and the New York City Department of Education are now being investigated for complaints of antisemitism and Islamophobic discrimination on campus, joining seven other schools and districts following the growing protests and tensions over the Israel-Hamas war. These investigationsRead More →
Sheila Paras/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The man fatally shot by an intruder in his Los Angeles home on Monday night has been identified as Hollywood social activist Michael Latt. Latt, 33, was the founder and CEO of Lead With Love, an organization that works to support “influential women andRead More →
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Dangerous thunderstorms are heading toward Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana on Thursday, bringing possible tornadoes, damaging winds and hail. The tornado threat will ramp up around noon in southeast Texas. The supercell thunderstorms will peak in southeast Texas and the Houston area early Thursday afternoon. TheRead More →
