Lawyer for lawmaker in video to troops threatens suit after failed charges

Washington — An attorney for one of the lawmakers who appeared in a video telling members of the military to reject “illegal orders” demanded that the top federal prosecutor in Washington preserve records for a potential lawsuit if her office takes any further action related to the video. Abbe Lowell, an attorney for Democratic Rep.

McConnell released from hospital after weeklong stay for “flu-like symptoms”

Washington — Sen. Mitch McConnell was released from the hospital Tuesday, more than a week after he checked himself in for “flu-like symptoms,” a spokesman for the Kentucky Republican said Wednesday.  “He is feeling better and will be working from home this week on the advice of his doctors,” McConnell’s spokesman said.  In a Feb.

‘No One Can Cause Even the Slightest Damage to Our Missiles’: Iran Talks Tough on Ballistic Missile Program Amid Negotiations With Trump Admin

President Trump has said that a good deal with the Islamic Republic would mean ‘no nuclear weapons, no missiles’ Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi (Getty Images), President Donald Trump (Getty Images) Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said Wednesday that “no one can cause even the slightest damage” to the Islamic Republic’s ballistic missiles, flatly rejecting

UC Santa Cruz Ethnic Studies Department Distributed Stoles With Palestinian Flag and Keffiyeh Designs at Graduation Ceremony, New Photos Show

The ceremony is one example of how the University of California system has created ‘conditions that can predictably produce hostility, exclusion, and targeting’ of Jewish students UC Santa Cruz department logo (YouTube), picture of graduation ceremony A University of California, Santa Cruz, department bestowed students with graduation stoles featuring Palestinian flags and keffiyehs—headdresses often worn

Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin to Exercise Leverage Over China With Chipmaking Equipment Controls

Chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Rep. John Moolenaar speaks during an event in Washington on Feb. 11, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to work with the Trump administration to limit China’s access to equipment that could enable it to achieve self-sufficiency in advanced

Airspace closure followed FAA, Pentagon spat over drone-related tests, sources say

The unexpected but brief airspace closure in the Texas border city of El Paso stemmed from disagreements between the Federal Aviation Administration and Pentagon officials over drone-related tests, multiple sources close to the matter told CBS News.  The Pentagon had undertaken extensive planning on the use of military technology near Fort Bliss, a military base

US Sanctions Hezbollah Finance Operatives

Hezbollah members salute and raise the group’s flags during the funeral of their fallen comrades Ismail Baz and Mohamad Hussein Shohury, who were killed in an Israeli strike in Shehabiya, Lebanon, on April 17, 2024. AFP via Getty Images The United States sanctioned financial operatives and entities linked to Hezbollah, the State and Treasury departments