Of all the communities across America impacted by the government shutdown, the population of endangered black-footed ferrets may be among the smallest and most vulnerable. This rare species, safeguarded under the protection of the Endangered Species Act, teeters on the brink of extinction, with about 300 existing in the wild. Now, with biologists from the
Dominion Voting Systems, one of the nation’s largest election technology companies, has been acquired by St. Louis-based Liberty Vote. The acquisition caps a half-decade that saw Dominion thrust into the public eye amid false accusations of election rigging. Liberty Vote announced the purchase of Dominion Thursday afternoon. The company, which is the nation’s largest provider
Washington — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to halt a nearly $1.5 billion judgment for making false claims that the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School was a hoax. Jones, the host of the show InfoWars, is asking the high court to freeze enforcement of the record-breaking sum that
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, broke with GOP leaders in Congress on their approach to the shutdown on Thursday, warning of the possible impact for her party in the midterm elections. Greene has claimed the president isn’t always getting the best advice. And the GOP firebrand said on CNN that “I don’t think
A judge is set to rule on a lawsuit filed by the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago seeking to prevent the National Guard from being deployed by the federal government over their objections. A hearing in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois began at 11 a.m. CT. Judge
Washington — President Trump is going to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Friday morning for what the White House says is his “routine yearly checkup,” just six months after undergoing what the White House at the time described as his “annual physical examination” at the same facility. When asked, the White House declined to
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, broke with GOP leaders in Congress on their approach to the shutdown on Thursday, warning of the possible impact for her party in the midterm elections. Greene has claimed the president isn’t always getting the best advice. And the GOP firebrand said on CNN that “I don’t think