Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., will resign from the Senate after significant pressure from Democrats to do so following a guilty verdict in his federal corruption case. A resignation letter from the senator was entered into the congressional record on Tuesday by Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., who was acting as chair of the Senate. Menendez informed...
Republican Rep. Eli Crane of Arizona visited Butler, Pennsylvania, on Monday with a bipartisan group of lawmakers and raised several questions about the attempted assassination of former President Trump. Crane, a former Navy SEAL sniper, filmed himself on the rooftop from which Thomas Crooks shot at Trump with a rifle, wounding the Republican candidate’s ear,...
A gunman entered a nursing home in a quiet Croatian town on Monday and opened fire, killing six people including his mother, officials said. The dead were mostly in their 80s and 90s, the prime minister said. The national police chief, Nikola Milina, said five people died immediately and another died in a hospital. Five...
Every year, on July 20, our family celebrates the day my mother and I arrived in America. We tell the stories of our arrival, of our assimilation and marvel at the unbelievable luck that we get to be Americans. I feel blessed every single day. I look at my American children and know how fortunate...
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations announced $60 million in additional humanitarian assistance to Haiti during a trip Monday to the troubled Caribbean country. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield also said the U.S. Defense Department would provide a “substantial increase” in mine-resistant vehicles to a U.N.-backed, multinational security mission led by Kenya to help Haiti’s national...
Vice President Kamala Harris’ extensive 27-year career in criminal prosecution in California may pose challenges in appealing to moderate voters, reminiscent of obstacles she faced during her unsuccessful 2020 presidential bid. Now, both Republicans and Democrats are preparing to scrutinize her political history, which has drawn criticism from both sides of the aisle. As the...
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc, released his official 13-page preliminary findings of his office’s investigation into the assassination attempt of former President Trump. Trump survived the assassination attempt on July 13 at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where alleged gunman Thomas Mathew Crooks, 20, opened fire, killing one spectator and injuring several others, including Trump,...
BETHEL PARK, Pa. – An expert in extremism and terrorism said that Thomas Matthew Crooks’ assassination attempt on former President Trump was likely not politically motivated – instead, the 20-year-old was likely “acting out a fantasy,” and seeking a target that would bring him “attention and fame.” Jytte Klausen, a political science professor at Brandeis...
Hunter Biden’s criminal tax trial will begin on Sept. 9 in California, a federal judge overseeing the legal proceedings said Monday. Biden is charged with failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes between 2016 and 2019, while also filing false tax reports.He allegedly used the funds to live lavishly, including spending millions of dollars on...
BUTLER, Pa. – Local Pennsylvania police officers told members of Congress that they were not allowed into a Secret Service command center at former President Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, according to Republican Tennessee Rep. Mark Green. The chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, along with other bipartisan members of...
