Pop star Taylor Swift and her mother, Andrea Swift, have donated $50,000 to a family that lost its father from COVID-19 last year.The GoFundMe donation page was started by a family friend after the father of five, Theodis Ray Quarles, lost his...
Jay Leno this week apologized for jokes he told over the course of his career that targeted Asian Americans.During a Zoom call with the leader of activist group Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA), Leno discussed his past jokes, which...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared to seek a middle ground in a case involving a warrantless police search of a Rhode Island man’s home and seizure of his guns based on the officers’ belief he was at serious risk of self-harm. Several of...
The White House on Wednesday reinstated government accountability measures that were stripped during the final days of the Trump administration.A new memo from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) revamps the good governance provision in the...
Fox News contributor and former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer on Wednesday predicted that Senate Democrats will move to nix the Senate filibuster on gun reform legislation after multiple deadly mass shootings. During an...
A rainbow lifeguard tower painted to honor Pride month was destroyed in a fire early Tuesday, California authorities said.The Long Beach Fire Department said in a statement that the tower, located alongside the shoreline, was “engulfed” in flames...
Watchdog groups call them the "Disinformation Dozen."
Orders for U.S. manufactured goods experienced a drop in February following nine months of growth, according to a Wednesday report from the Department of Commerce. Last month, orders for items from U.S. factories dropped by about 1.1 percent, a...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) plans to reintroduce a bill that would redesign the asylum system, seeking to block migrants from entering the U.S. by establishing refugee processing centers abroad.It would also make it harder for refugees to claim...
Prince Harry will be joining the Aspen Institute’s six-month commission aimed at tackling misinformation. The institute announced on Wednesday that the Duke of Sussex will be joining the “Commission on Information Disorder.” The commission will be...
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday sharply criticized new bills being offered by Republicans in dozens of states that would place limits on the ability to vote.Schumer, testifying before t...
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday sharply criticized new bills being offered by Republicans in dozens of states that would place limits on the ability to vote.Schumer, testifying before the Senate Rules Committee on a...
Editorial staff at the self-publishing platform Medium are being offered buyouts and its VP of editorial content is leaving the company as it once again retools its approach to creating its own journalistic content, CEO E...
New videos published by The New York Times on Wednesday show the moments that Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick was attacked with chemical irritants during the Jan. ...
President Biden's German Shepherds Major and Champ have officially returned to the White House following an alleged biting incident in which a White House staff member sustained minor injuries.Jill Biden's press secretary confirmed to CNN that...
Capitol security officials have finished removing outer perimeter fencing that had been surrounding the complex since a day after the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection.The acting House sergeant-at-arms announced Friday that the outer fence stretching...
A Louisville, Ky., police officer was nominated for an award at his department just days after he was placed on leave for firing pepper balls at a television crew covering protests against racial injustice.Demonstr...
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Wednesday that he's barely spoken to President Biden since the Jan. 20 inauguration, accusing the White House of shifting to the "hard left.""I don't believe I've spoken with him since he was...
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Wednesday that he's barely spoken to President Biden since the Jan. 20 inauguration, accusing the White House of shifting to the "hard left.""I don't believe I...
A former Texas state trooper has been arrested after being accused of sexually assaulting two women during traffic stops last year.The FBI in Houston tweeted on Wednesday that Lee Ray Boykin Jr.,...
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt (R) on Wednesday announced his bid to fill Sen. Roy Blunt's (R) seat.Schmitt, who has served as the state’s attorney general since 2019, officially announced his campaign on Fox and Friends, saying that the...
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) signaled on Wednesday that he would support changing the Senate's rules if Republicans block voting rights legislation.King, who has long been viewed as wary of changing the filibuster, la...
Pope Francis on Wednesday issued a decree calling for a 10 percent pay cut for cardinals and reduction of salaries for clerics in the Vatican in an effort to save the jobs of other employees.The Vatican announced t...
Two more women came forward Tuesday with allegations of sexual misconduct against Deshaun Watson, a quarterback for the Houston Texans, bringing the total number of women accusing him of lewd or nonconsensual sexual behavior to 16.In two...
