Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks about security during a news conference ahead of Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on Feb. 7, 2024. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — House Majority Leader Steve Scalise plans to return to Capitol Hill this week inRead More →
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has passed a $95 billion foreign aid bill for Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine, setting up a showdown in the House of Representatives, where Republican leaders have resisted such legislation. The Senate voted 70-29 to approve the bill early Tuesday,Read More →
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A major winter snowstorm is hitting the northeastern United States on Tuesday and could wreak havoc on roadways from New York City to Boston. The fast-moving storm is expected to last only from Tuesday morning to Tuesday afternoon, but it could bring up to 1Read More →
Caspar Benson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Some of former President Donald Trump’s closest Senate allies were out in force on Monday defending his comments over the weekend that even further call into question Trump’s commitments to the United States’ NATO allies. Multiple Republican senators backed Trump’s remarks on Saturday that he’dRead More →
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON0 — House Republicans will seek testimony from special counsel Robert Hur in addition to requests made Monday for documents, including transcripts and audio recordings, stemming from Hur’s report released last week on the investigation into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents, multipleRead More →
WABC-TV (NEW YORK) — One person was killed and five others wounded in a shooting at a subway station in the Bronx Monday evening, police said. Around 4:30 p.m. ET, officers responded to 911 calls of a shooting at the Mount Eden Avenue station and found six people shot, NewRead More →
Alexandr Kolesnikov/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Show a little love to the planet this Valentine’s Day by celebrating in more sustainable ways. The holiday is actually quite carbon-intensive due to consumer behavior in the U.S., research shows. For Valentine’s Day, U.S. citizens buy about 36 million heart-shaped boxes, 180 millionRead More →
Noel Hendrickson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Inflation data to be released on Tuesday will show whether price increases resumed a monthslong slowdown in January. The report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics follows a slight acceleration of price increases in December. That jump in inflation complicated the Federal Reserve’sRead More →
pablohart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has canceled a trip to Brussels this week following his hospitalization due to “an emergent bladder issue,” a U.S. defense official said Monday. The Pentagon had announced last week that Austin would be traveling to Brussels to attend a monthly meetingRead More →
Hill Street Studios/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — American Values 2024, the super PAC supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential bid, aired an ad during Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday night rebooting a commercial aired during the 1960 presidential campaign for the candidate’s uncle, former President John F. Kennedy. TheRead More →
