Washington — President Biden is visting East Palestine, Ohio on Friday, just over a year after a freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed in the small village near the Pennsylvania state line. Mr. Biden is set to receive a briefing from local officials on the recovery efforts and continued response in the aftermath of the
Fulton County prosecutors declined to call District Attorney Fani Willis to the witness stand for additional questioning Friday, after she forcefully defended herself and accused defense attorneys of lying as part of a bid to disqualify her and her office from prosecuting the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump. Lawyers representing Trump
Bless their little hearts (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Journalists are having a rough start to 2024, and this past week was a particularly bad one. Media layoffs continued as the Intercept, a pugnacious left-wing blog, slashed more than a dozen positions due to “significant financial challenges.” CNN’s ratings have slumped to a record low under President
Washington — Charles McGonigal, the former top counterintelligence official at the FBI’s New York office, was sentenced to more than two years in prison on Friday for concealing at least $225,000 in cash he received from a former Albanian intelligence officer. McGonigal pleaded guilty in September to one count of hiding from the FBI the
A day after White House spokesman John Kirby announced Russia is working on anti-satellite capabilities, President Joe Biden said on Friday there is “no evidence” that Russia is moving forward on implementing such a program. The president made the comments after speaking to reporters in Washington about the death in jail of Russ… Original News
The judge overseeing the civil fraud case against former President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization has issued his long-awaited ruling. Judge Arthur Engoron handed down his judgment in a 92-page decision on Friday, ordering them to pay over $350 million in penalties. Trump is expected to appeal. The judge’s decision comes five weeks after
Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.) said Friday that he will not enter the 2024 presidential race, quashing speculation that he might launch a third-party independent campaign. “I will not be seeking a third-party run. I will not be involved in a presidential run,” the Democratic senator said during a speech at West Virginia University. Some