The dramatic 911 call has been released from the day University of Idaho students discovered one of their friends unconscious in what would become a shocking quadruple murder case that captivated the country. A crying woman told the dispatcher, “Something has happened in our house, and we don’t know what.” Another woman took the phone…
President Donald Trump visited the Justice Department on Friday — a move that comes as he has sought to assert control over the nation’s top law-enforcement agency that brought two historic prosecutions against him, which were thwarted by his 2024 election victory. He used the setting to repeat his now familiar accusation that the Justice…
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took to the Senate floor Friday morning to defend his decision to support a Republican short-term funding bill that will effectively help avoid a government shutdown at the end of the day. His surprise reversal, first announced Thursday evening — a day after he said he and Democrats would try to…
Republican Congressman Chuck Edwards, R-N.C., was confronted by angry constituents during a town hall meeting on Thursday night about President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s sweeping cuts across the government. “How do you justify cuts to staff of the VA helping veterans, especially those with long term care needs,” asked one constituent who was met…
Measles is continuing to spread across the United States, as outbreaks grow in western Texas and New Mexico. Between the two states, 256 cases have been confirmed as of Thursday, mostly in those who are unvaccinated or with unknown vaccination status, according to state health officials. At least one unvaccinated school-aged child in Texas has…
As the tariff war between Canada and the U.S. heats up, President Donald Trump on Thursday once again pushed hard to make Canada the 51st state. And the question keeps coming up every time he does: Is he serious? On the same day, even his own nominee to be the U.S. ambassador to Canada suggested…
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer announced Thursday night that he plans to vote to keep the government open, signaling that there will almost certainly be enough Democratic votes to advance a House GOP funding bill before a shutdown deadline at the end of the day Friday. In remarks on the Senate floor, Schumer conceded a…
President Donald Trump’s administration has asked the Supreme Court to significantly narrow nationwide injunctions issued by three different federal judges blocking his executive order redefining birthright citizenship in the U.S. The emergency applications ask the justices to take a “modest” step and roll back the judges’ restrictions on Trump’s Day 1 order, allowing federal agencies…
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced Thursday morning that he will not run for U.S. Senate or governor in the state of Michigan, potentially clearing the way to possibly mount a run for president in 2028. “I care deeply about who Michigan will elect as Governor and send to the U.S. Senate next year,…
LONDON — Russian President Vladimir Putin visited a command center in Kursk on Wednesday, ordering troops there to “destroy” all Ukrainian formations remaining in the contested border region. “Your task is to completely destroy the enemy, which has entrenched itself in the Kursk region and is still conducting warfare here, and fully liberate the Kursk…
