Chief Justice Roberts’ Wife Is Latest Supreme Court Spouse To Spark Ethics Concerns
The wife of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is facing scrutiny for potential conflict of interests after a former colleague warned the Justice Department and Congress about her role…
Nikki Haley Planning Feb. 15 Launch for 2024 White House Bid
Nikki Haley is moving closer to making her presidential campaign official. On Wednesday, supporters of the former South Carolina governor will get an email invitation to a Feb. 15 launch…
House GOP plans vote to remove Omar from Foreign Affairs as soon as Wednesday
House Republican leaders are prepared to hold a vote as soon as Wednesday to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the Foreign Affairs Committee. Plans to move ahead on the vote come…
Veterans sue Biden administration over new gun restriction
Gun rights activists have filed a pair of lawsuits seeking to challenge a Biden administration rule requiring gun owners to place firearms that can be modified to become rifles on…
Biden administration blocks controversial mine to protect major salmon fishery
US environmental authorities on Tuesday blocked a huge gold and copper mine project in Alaska's pristine salmon-rich Bristol Bay. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) move is a victory for environmental…
U.S. Rep. Santos to recuse himself from committee assignments, lawmakers say
U.S. Representative George Santos, who has admitted to fabricating much of his resume, told fellow Republican lawmakers on Tuesday he would not serve on committees for now, lawmakers said. House…
Fact Check-Screenshot of Fox News broadcast claiming white women are the greatest threat to world peace is altered
A Fox News graphic presenting results of a survey on the greatest threats to world peace has been digitally altered and shared on social media. In the edited version, the…
AI: World likely to hit key warming threshold in 10-12 years
The world will likely breach the internationally agreed-upon climate change threshold in about a decade, and keep heating to break through a next warming limit around mid-century even with big pollution cuts,…
Biden rejects F-16s for Ukraine as Russia claims advances
The United States will not send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, President Joe Biden said, as some Western allies mull heeding the war-torn Eastern European nation's request for the advanced weaponry as it…
Fact Check-Georgia schools’ cardiac arrest awareness form predates the COVID-19 pandemic
A “Student/Parent Cardiac Arrest Awareness Form” from the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) was first issued in 2019 to educate parents about the risk of cardiac arrest in young athletes…
Trump lawsuit: Former president sues Bob Woodward over interview recordings for book “Rage”
Former President Trump at the South Carolina State House on Jan. 28. Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images Former President Trump on Monday filed a lawsuit against journalist Bob Woodward for $49…
Biden plans to end the Covid public health emergency this spring in a major shift to federal response
The Biden administration in May plans to end national and public health emergencies tied to the coronavirus, signaling a new approach to how the federal government views Covid almost three…
Astronomers Suggest More Galaxies Were Formed in the Early Universe Than Previously Thought
The discovery of such a vast number of galaxies in the early universe suggests a potential revision of prior knowledge on galaxy formation.Exploring the universe’s earliest galaxies with NASA’s new…
$100 repair bill sparked Half Moon Bay shooting, prosecutor says
Authorities say Chunli Zhao, 66, shot and killed four workers and wounded a fifth employee Monday at California Terra Garden. He then went to nearby Concord Farms, where he had worked previously,…
House passes bill tying oil reserve sales to federal leasing
CongressRepublican measure faces veto threat and a Democratic Senate"This bill is about restoring America’s energy security,” said its sponsor, House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll…
Tyre Nichols’s parents accept invitation to attend State of the Union
The parents of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old who died after being beaten by Memphis police during a traffic stop, have accepted an invitation to President Biden’s State of the Union…
Russia Says Nuclear Arms Treaty With U.S. May End After 2026
Russia's deputy foreign minister said in an interview published on January 30 that it was "quite possible" the New START nuclear arms control treaty with the United States would end…
DOJ ‘actively working’ to brief senators on Biden and Trump classified documents
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has told the Senate Intelligence Committee it is “actively working” to brief lawmakers about the potential risks to national security after classified documents were discovered…
McCarthy says he’ll meet Biden on Wednesday to talk debt ceiling
House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Sunday said he will meet with President Joe Biden on Wednesday to discuss raising the federal debt ceiling while controlling government spending, adding…
Schiff, Swalwell and Omar condemn GOP bid to remove them from committees
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) criticized Republicans' bids to boot him and Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from their committee assignments while supporting far-right members in their own…