Politics

(WASHINGTON) — As a dangerous heat wave continues to plague tens of millions of Americans across the country, one Texas lawmaker is pushing for heat protections, including water breaks, for those who work outside in the brutal conditions. Rep. Greg Casar, a Democrat, organized a so-called “thirst strike” on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, where […]

(WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration expressed a federal judge’s ruling striking down the Biden administration’s asylum policy that established a “rebuttable presumption” of asylum ineligibility. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said he disagreed with the court’s ruling. “It does not limit our ability to deliver consequences for unlawful entry,” he said. “Do not believe the […]

Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A former intelligence community official testified Wednesday on an alleged covert government program to recover and reverse engineer crashed alien spacecraft. David Grusch, a member of a previous Pentagon office tasked with investigating unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs, said he was informed of the alleged multi-decade program […]

(NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump’s one-time personal attorney Rudy Giuliani won’t contest that he made “false” statements about two Georgia election workers in the aftermath of the 2020 election. The mother-daughter tandem of Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss are suing Giuliani for defamation, follow remarks he made accusing the pair of fraudulently […]

(WASHINGTON) — House lawmakers will examine unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs — better known as UFOs — in a rare bipartisan hearing on Thursday. “We’re not going to bring you in a saucer or a little green man. That’s not what it’s going to be about,” Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett, one of the two Republicans […]

(PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea) — Lloyd Austin’s arrival in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday marked the first time that an American Defense Secretary has visited the island nation reflecting its growing strategic importance as the U.S. tries to rein in China’s growing influence in the South Pacific. That competition with China has escalated American […]

(WASHINGTON) — The Departments of Commerce and Defense signed a memorandum of agreement on Wednesday in an effort to strengthen information sharing and coordination in doling out CHIPS incentive funds — a move top U.S. officials say will shore up national security as China attempts to overtake the United States in semiconductor production. The agreement […]

(WASHINGTON) — The DeSantis campaign continues to shed staff, with more than a third of its original payroll now laid off, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. The latest round of cuts were first reported by Politico and confirmed to ABC News by three people familiar, with one source telling ABC News that low- […]

(WASHINGTON) — Another Biden pup is in the doghouse. The White House and Secret Service are responding to a report of first dog Commander Biden biting several people, including Secret Service agents, at the president’s various residences. U.S. Secret Service emails obtained by Judicial Watch via a Freedom of Information Act request describe 10 incidents of […]

(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden signed a proclamation Tuesday to establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument. Till, the Black 14-year-old who was lynched in 1955 after he was accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, became a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement. His murder highlighted the racism and brutality faced […]