Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Republicans senators returned to Washington after Thanksgiving recess to a renewed peppering of questions about President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, a familiar refrain emerged: trust the confirmation process. “That’s why we’re going to take the normal process, vet all the nominees, and give everybodyRead More →
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (MORRIS COUNTY, N.J.) — The FBI is investigating after large drones were spotted flying over central New Jersey over the last two weeks. The “cluster of what look to be drones and a possible fixed wing aircraft” have been recently sighted along the Raritan River,Read More →
Shenghua Wen was allegedly moving items to North Korea by concealing them in shipping containers; FBI (LONG BEACH, Calif.) — An undocumented Chinese national living in the U.S. has been charged with procuring and shipping guns, ammunition and electronics to North Korea, according to federal prosecutors. Prosecutors say Shenghua WenRead More →
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WILMINGTON, Del.) — Two days after President Joe Biden issued a blanket pardon to his son Hunter Biden, the younger Biden’s federal gun case in Delaware was terminated Tuesday by the judge overseeing the case. “In the absence of binding precedent” for a case thatRead More →
Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) A U.S. Secret Service agent fired shots near the home of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen early Tuesday morning after a confrontation with occupants in a vehicle near her residence. At about 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, an agent working in the vicinity of Yellen’s home “observedRead More →
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A wintry blast is slamming the Great Lakes region with 3 to 5.5 feet of snow — and more lake effect snow is in the forecast for later this week. Monday’s intense lake effect snow band from Lake Michigan brought 7.5 inches of snow andRead More →
Chair of the Democratic National Committee Jaime Harrison bangs the gavel on the first day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Aug. 19, 2024. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Democratic National Committee is hoping to highlight down-ballot successes last month asRead More →
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ever since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was picked by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, he has been vocal about his plans to “Make America Healthy Again.” Kennedy has vowed to crack down on dyes in the food industryRead More →
Central Press/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Republican president-elect pledges support for expansive tariffs as a means of protecting U.S. businesses and hamstringing global competitors. That description may conjure up former President Donald Trump, but it also applies to Herbert Hoover, who led the country nearly a century ago during theRead More →
Jordan Vonderhaar/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Texas has the potential to become a major producer of green hydrogen due to its existing energy infrastructure, according to researchers. That infrastructure is making Texas a “valuable case study” in decarbonizing states that currently produce a high volume of fossil fuels,Read More →
