Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally gunning down UnitedHealth Group chief executive Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street, pleaded not guilty on Monday to state murder charges that brand him a terrorist. Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) filed a lawsuit against the House Ethics Committee on Monday. The commissioner is expected to release a […]
Congress was scrambling to avert a partial government shutdown on Friday, hours after more than three dozen Republicans rejected a demand by President-elect Donald Trump to use the measure to lift the nation’s debt ceiling. The White House is abandoning its plan to cancel student loans for more than 38 million Americans. This is the […]
A state appeals court on Thursday removed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the Georgia election case against President-elect Donald Trump and others. The new ruling means it will be up to the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia to find another prosecutor to take over the case. Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing […]
The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Wednesday to hear a bid by TikTok and its China-based parent company, ByteDance, to block a law intended to force the sale of the app by Jan. 19 or ban it on national security grounds. Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) reaffirmed his innocence in a statement on social media […]
President-elect Donald Trump is suing The Des Moines Register for alleged election interference, according to a court filing. The lawsuit names the Register and top pollster J. Ann Selzer in a case over the newspaper’s final presidential election poll. Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes told CNN that investigators are looking into online posts and a […]
Together with President-elect Donald Trump, SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son announced a $100 billion investment in the United States over the next four years during a visit to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Monday. Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has issued his first statement since being toppled from power, saying he was evacuated to […]
Former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi suffered an injury on a trip to Luxembourg and has been admitted to a hospital for evaluation, her office said in a statement on Friday. Vice President-elect JD Vance has invited Daniel Penny to Saturday’s Army–Navy game as a private guest. Penny was acquitted on Monday in […]
President-elect Donald Trump has been named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” for the second time. Time says that since he started running for president in 2015, it’s likely that no single person has played a larger role in changing the course of politics and history than Trump. President Joe Biden will commute the sentences […]
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is testifying before a House committee on Wednesday on the withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. 13 U.S. service members were killed during the withdrawal, when ISIS-K suicide bombers attacked Abbey gate at Kabul airport. The Supreme Court is allowing investors to proceed with a class-action lawsuit against microchip company Nvidia. […]
U.S. President Joe Biden touted his administration’s economic record at Washington’s Brookings Institution on Tuesday and warned against a reprise of Republican “trickle-down economics” during President-elect Donald Trump’s second term. The statements could be Biden’s final major speech on the economy. Armed rebels who overthrew Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime are forming a transitional government. […]
Daniel Penny, the former U.S. Marine who used a chokehold to restrain a homeless man, Jordan Neely, on a New York City subway car was found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide on Monday. The White House said officials are communicating with contacts on the ground in Syria to seek information about Austin Tice, an American […]
A federal appeals court panel upheld a law on Friday that could lead to a ban on TikTok within weeks. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied TikTok’s petition to overturn the law—which requires TikTok to break ties with its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, or be banned by mid-January 2025. […]
The gunman is still at large and a manhunt continues on Thursday after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in an ambush in New York City on Wednesday morning. The New York Police Department released photos of the assailant, asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the individual. The acting director of the […]
The CEO of UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson, was shot and killed in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning in what appears to have been a targeted attack. Thompson was about to attend the company’s annual investor conference at the New York Hilton Hotel. The gunman remains on the loose and a manhunt is underway. President-elect Donald Trump […]
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on Tuesday, vowing to eliminate “anti-state” forces as he struggles against an opposition that controls the country’s parliament and that he accuses of sympathizing with communist North Korea. The South Korean parliament voted to lift the martial law declaration. The Chinese Commerce Ministry announced on Tuesday […]
President Joe Biden began his long-promised visit to Africa on Monday to showcase a U.S.-backed railway project in Zambia, Congo, and Angola that he has pushed as a new approach to countering China’s influence in the region. This marks the first time a U.S. president has visited Angola. Closing arguments are set for Monday in […]
According to the National Retail Federation, a record 183 million people are expected to shop in-store and online between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday this year. Despite the convenience and ease of online shopping, about two-thirds of Black Friday shoppers surveyed said they plan to shop in stores on Friday. At least six Democratic members of […]
The White House announced on Wednesday that three American citizens imprisoned for years in China have been released and are returning to the United States in a deal negotiated by the Biden administration. Mark Swidan, Kai Li, and John Leung had been designated by the U.S. State Department as wrongfully detained. The Thanksgiving holiday rush […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet was scheduled to convene on Tuesday to discuss a proposed cease-fire with the Lebanon-based Hezbollah terrorist group. Among the remaining issues was Israel’s demand to reserve the right to take military action should Hezbollah violate its obligations under the emerging deal. Mexico and Canada reacted on Tuesday to […]
The Israeli ambassador to the United States said on Monday that a cease-fire deal to end fighting between Israel and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah terrorist group could be reached “within days.” Among the issues that remain is an Israeli demand to reserve the right to act should Hezbollah violate its obligations under the emerging deal. President […]
