Politics

STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The FBI on Thursday made a probable cause arrest in North Dighton, Massachusetts, in connection with the leaked documents probe. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Jack Teixeira was taken into custody in relation to the investigation into “alleged authorized removal, retention and transmission of classified national defense information.” […]

ilbusca/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — The Democratic National Committee’s decision to have Chicago host its 2024 convention caps a lengthy decision making process, leaving many Democrats pleased but others in rival cities wishing they had gotten the nod. The DNC announced on Tuesday that the Windy City will hold the nominating convention, the party’s first full […]

Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is proposing a rule that, if finalized, would open eligibility for Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges to recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program. On Thursday, the White House announced the Department of Health and Human Services is planning to put […]

Chris duMond/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Florida House of Representatives on Thursday passed a six-week abortion ban that would replace the state’s 15-week ban. The bill now heads to the governor’s desk for his signature. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has said he would sign a six-week ban should it be sent to his desk. The […]

Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Thursday said it would take the fight over an abortion pill to the Supreme Court after an appeals court ruling that would restrict access to the widely-used abortion pill mifepristone. The appeals court ruling was set to take effect early Saturday morning. “The Justice Department strongly disagrees […]

ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The D.C. Court of Appeals has declined to answer whether then-President Donald Trump was acting within the scope of his employment when he allegedly defamed writer E. Jean Carroll when denying her rape claim. Carroll sued Trump for defamation over statements he made in 2019 when he denied her claim […]

Westend61/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. and international government agencies are urging software manufacturers to “revamp” the design of certain software to take the burden of cybersecurity flaws out off of the customer. Historically, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the FBI, the NSA and a host of international law enforcement agencies say that “technology […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Coordinated groups of inauthentic accounts have been attempting to influence online conversations around the 2024 elections for the better part of a year, according to a recent investigation conducted by Cyabra, a social analysis firm. According to the Israel-based firm, someone created thousands of automated Twitter accounts that appear to […]

Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa.) — Rain or shine. Sleet or snow. Just not on the Sabbath. Former U.S. Postal Service letter carrier Gerald Groff spent every day for seven years delivering the mail in a rural corner of southeast Pennsylvania — except for Sundays when he would attend worship services and rest. But […]

Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is pausing a key effort to reform and increase asylum processing at the border, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed on Wednesday. First introduced last year, the new asylum processing policy had allowed asylum officers with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to grant or deny claims. […]