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WASHINGTON — The GOP-led Senate on Wednesday rejected a war powers resolution aimed at restricting President Donald Trump’s ability to carry out further military action against Iran. The vote was 47-53, short of the simple majority needed to move the resolution to the Senate floor. Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was the only Democrat to […]

A New York City daycare owner and her husband were sentenced Wednesday in the fentanyl poisoning death of a 22-month-old boy in their care. A jury found Grei Mendez, 38, and Felix Herrera Garcia, 37, guilty of second-degree murder last year as well as assault in the New York case, according to the Bronx District […]

Four siblings who were long-time friends of Michael Jackson are accusing the late pop star of being a “serial child predator” who preyed upon then when they were as young as “seven or eight” years old in a new bombshell lawsuit filed last week in California. Edward, Dominic and Aldo Cascio and their sister Marie-Nicole […]

The Republican-led House Oversight Committee voted Wednesday to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi for testimony on the department’s handling of records related to Jeffrey Epstein. The motion to subpoena Bondi passed by a vote of 24-19. Five Republicans voted in favor of the subpoena, including Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., who put forward the motion. The […]

A man awaiting trial on a murder charge for allegedly killing his daughter’s alleged abuser won the Republican nomination for county sheriff in Arkansas, according to the Arkansas secretary of state’s office. Aaron Spencer scored over 53% of the vote in the Republican primary, defeating incumbent sheriff John Staley and another candidate, the state results […]

A recall of Trader Joe’s items after glass was found in rice was significantly expanded on Tuesday to more than 36 million pounds of product, officials said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a news release that 36,987,575 pounds of various ready-to-eat and frozen chicken and pork fried rice, ramen, and shu mai dumpling […]

WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday voted to scuttle an effort by Republican Rep. Nancy Mace to shed more light on sexual misconduct allegations against members of Congress. Mace, a conservative Republican who is running to be governor of South Carolina, forced a floor vote on her resolution directing the House Ethics Committee to make […]

WASHINGTON — Trump administration officials are in discussion with Kurdish leaders in northern Iraq and northwestern Iran about potentially arming groups opposed to the Iranian regime, according to three people with knowledge of the discussions and an Iraqi Kurdish official. The discussions are taking place as Washington explores ways to increase pressure on Tehran following […]

Democrat Alex Holladay prevailed in a special election on Tuesday for a state legislative seat in Arkansas, marking the ninth time since President Donald Trump took office last year that the party has flipped control of a state legislative seat in a special election. In that same time, Republicans have not flipped a single state […]

An unlikely band of prominent business, religious, government and academic leaders have set aside their political differences and signed onto a new declaration of human rights for the AI age. The Pro-Human AI Declaration, released Wednesday and backed by more than 40 organizations, asserts the importance of humans and human values as AI becomes increasingly […]