simon2579/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. and Iraq will begin formal talks in coming days that officials say could lead to the eventual withdrawal of American troops in the country, a major milestone in the years-long effort by the two countries to fight the Islamic State. The decision to moveRead More →
Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While highlighting new and ongoing infrastructure investments across the country, President Joe Biden on Thursday continued to praise the recent GDP report that found the nation’s economy grew at a 3.3% annual pace — much more rapid than expected — and he gave credit toRead More →
by Marc Guitard/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Thursday pushed back hard on Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s latest showdown with President Joe Biden over who controls the southern border. In a statement posted on X on Wednesday, Abbott claimed the situation with immigrants crossing into Texas wasRead More →
ABC News (NEW YORK) — It’s an old Hollywood story: some criminal suspects believe they can outrun the law, and escape their charges, by fleeing to Mexico. But when fugitives who commit a crime in the United States cross the southern border, the U.S. government requires some external help inRead More →
George Family Photo (MONT BELVIEU, Texas) — A judge has ordered a trial to take place and determine if a school district can continue penalizing a Black Texas high school student for the length of his dreadlocks which would run afoul of the state’s CROWN Act, a law which protectsRead More →
Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf (NEW YORK) — A 25-year-old woman died from an allergic reaction after eating a cookie sold by the grocery chain Stew Leonard’s that was not properly labeled as containing peanuts, officials and her attorneys said. Stew Leonard’s issued a recall thisRead More →
Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — An attorney for ex-DOJ official Jeffrey Clark made his case for access to communications between Fulton County prosecutors and the White House counsel’s office on Thursday, claiming that the Georgia election interference case against his client was brought with “political purpose.” Harry MacDougald, Clark’sRead More →
Jason Marz/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Marcus Eriz has been found guilty of murder in the Orange County, California, road rage incident that killed 6-year-old Aiden Leos in 2021. Eriz was convicted of second-degree murder, shooting into an occupied vehicle and two felony enhancements of the personal discharge of aRead More →
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial this week in New York City to determine whether he will have to pay former Elle magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll additional damages for defaming her in 2019 when he denied her allegations of sexual abuse. LastRead More →
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Communities in the southern and eastern United States are grappling with dangerous floods from heavy rainfall, while dense fog envelops a swath of the country. Major flash flooding on Wednesday affected areas from Louisiana to Mississippi, where localized rainfall totals ranged from 5 to 9Read More →
