President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday night that he has selected Linda McMahon to serve as secretary of the Department of Education, a department he has pledged to abolish. The position requires Senate confirmation. McMahon, 76, currently co-chairs Trump’s transition team. McMahon previously held the role of administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) during […]

Dozens of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy campaigners have been jailed after a landmark trial that saw them convicted of subversion under China’s National Security Law (NSL) for their participation in a 2020 primary election that was deemed illegitimate by the government. Despite international condemnation following its verdicts against the pro-democracy campaigners in May 2023, […]

Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Nov. 17 urged the Senate to impose sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) if it continued to pursue arrest warrants for Israeli officials over the Israel–Hamas war in Gaza. In June, the House of Representatives passed a bill aimed at imposing sanctions on those involved in […]

A Southwest Airlines plane was hit by gunfire while preparing for takeoff at Dallas Love Field airport in Texas on Friday night, but no injuries were reported from the incident, according to the airline. The Southwest Airlines flight 2494 was taxiing for departure to Indianapolis when a bullet “apparently struck the right side of the […]

“Guardians of the Galaxy” star Chris Pratt and his wife Katherine Schwarzenegger have welcomed their first son together and revealed the name of their baby boy. The couple said they were “overjoyed” to share the birth of their third child named Ford Fitzgerald Schwarzenegger Pratt, who will join their two daughters, Lyla and Eloise. “Mama […]

OpenAI said on Friday that ChatGPT had denied more than 250,000 requests to generate images of U.S. presidential candidates ahead of the Nov. 5 general election. The artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot blocked requests to generate images of former President Donald Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and Sen. JD […]

A couple who owned a Colorado funeral home where 190 decaying bodies were discovered last year is expected to appear in state court for a plea hearing on Nov. 8 after being charged with hundreds of counts of corpse abuse. Jon Hallford, 44, and Carie Hallford, 47, owners of the Return to Nature Funeral Home […]

Voting for the 2024 presidential race in the small town of Dixville Notch in New Hampshire has concluded, with an even split of votes between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Dixville Notch, located near the U.S.-Canada border, kicked off Election Day with its tradition of casting ballots after the stroke of […]

North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles into the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan early on Nov. 5. Both South Korea and Japan reported the launches, in which missiles have landed outside Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The short-range missiles were fired from the Sariwon area of North Korea’s North Hwanghae province at about […]

A federal judge ruled on Sunday that Iowa election officials may continue to follow Secretary of State Paul Pate’s directive to challenge the ballots of 2,176 registered voters who have been identified as possible noncitizens. The ruling came as a recent Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa poll forecast Vice President Kamala Harris leading in Iowa by […]

The United States will deploy more bombers, fighter jets and warships to the Middle East in a bid to enhance its military posture as a carrier strike group prepares to depart, the Pentagon said on Friday. U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered the deployment of ballistic missile defense destroyers, fighter squadron and tanker aircraft, […]

A former Louisville police officer was convicted on Friday of violating Breonna Taylor’s civil rights during the 2020 raid at her apartment that resulted in her death. The jury found that former officer Brett Hankison used excessive force against Taylor when he fired 10 shots during the botched raid at Taylor’s apartment, though none of […]

Japan was plunged into political uncertainty on Sunday after snap elections saw the ruling coalition led by new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba lose its parliamentary majority for the first time in 15 years. Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and coalition partner, Komeito, secured 215 seats in the 465-seat lower house, falling short of the 233 […]

The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the GOP’s bid to restore seven election rules recently passed by the State Election Board, which had previously been struck down by a judge. The Republican National Committee (RNC) and the Georgia Republican Party had filed a petition on Oct. 17 appealing a previous ruling from Fulton County […]

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Thursday that it had deported a group of Chinese illegal immigrants on Oct. 15, the second removal flight to China this year. The DHS described the initial flight in June as the largest removal flight since 2018. The department did not specify the number of people […]

A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order on Thursday to prevent Florida’s health officials from taking action against television stations that aired advertisements supporting a ballot measure aimed at rolling back the state’s abortion restrictions. U.S. District Chief Judge Mark Walker of the Northern District of Florida ruled in favor of Floridians Protecting Freedom, […]

China’s military launched a new round of war games around Taiwan on Oct. 14, deploying planes and ships around the self-ruled island in what Bejing described as a “stern warning” to “separatist” forces. Taiwan’s defense ministry said it will deploy “appropriate forces” to safeguard its sovereignty. The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) military launched its “Joint […]

A U.S. soldier was sentenced on Friday to 14 years in prison for trying to help ISIS in plotting an ambush on U.S. troops stationed in the Middle East, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Cole Bridges, also known as Cole Gonzales, 24, of Stow, Ohio, pleaded guilty to terrorism charges last year. His […]

The Justice Department (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against Virginia on Friday, alleging that the state violated federal law by removing potential noncitizen voters from the rolls too close to the general election. In a court filing, the DOJ alleged that Virginia’s voter removal program violated the “Quiet Period Provision” in the National Voter Registration Act, […]

A federal judge on Thursday approved the release of redacted evidence related to a brief filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith that disputes former President Donald Trump’s claim of immunity in his federal election case. The redacted appendix is part of Smith’s 165-page brief, which argued that Trump can still be prosecuted for his alleged […]