A former congressional IT aide is accused of stealing 240 taxpayer-funded cellphones worth $150K, shipping them to his home and then selling most at a local pawn shop.
The Washington Post editorial board defended women's sports in an opinion piece on Sunday ahead of a Supreme Court case hearing on transgender athletes.
Government shutdown looms as Senate passes first funding hurdle but faces Jan. 30 deadline. Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., says continuing resolution likely needed.
One of the biggest stories from wild card weekend didn’t take place on the field and the reporter at the center of it all has a message for those lobbing criticism her way.
Greenland will not accept a US takeover under "any circumstance" and demanded NATO insure its defense Monday amid President Trump’s desire to acquire the autonomous territory of Denmark.
The suspect, Stephen Spencer Pittman, was turned in by his father, who said his son had laughed as he confessed to the fire that damaged the synagogue, investigators said.
"While there is no security deposit being put down today, Rama and I intend to strive each day to be the best possible custodians of this beautiful home, because we know that we are only its temporary occupants," he said.
Former ambassador to US had earlier declined to give apology for keeping in touch with sex offender after his conviction
Peter Mandelson has issued an apology for his association with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein – after declining to do so in an interview broadcast on Sunday.
The Labour peer, who was sacked as US ambassador when details of his support for Epstein emerged in September, gave an interview to the BBC in which he suggested that as a gay man he knew nothing of the disgraced financier’s sex life.
The Customs and Border Protection officers are joining 2,000 other officers and agents at the Department of Homeland Security who have recently been deployed to the Minneapolis region.
Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis last week. Local officials have urged federal forces to leave the city, saying their efforts to arrest immigrants were sowing chaos and danger.
The war secretary’s remarks – part of his “Arsenal of Freedom” tour – come the week after Trump paired his request for a record $1.5 trillion in military spending with stinging criticism of defense contractors over CEO pay, stock dividends and purportedly being slow to fill orders.
“We want Iran to be liberated, to become a free society,” he said. “A lot of people here left their land, their businesses, their livelihood. With the regime there it’s impossible.”
The man accused in the theft, Christopher Southerland, was a system administrator for the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure from April 2020 to July 2023.
This was a rare opportunity in a busy NHL schedule, and one that was apropos for a team whose mantra all year has been playing with joy. The Islanders and a handful of support staff, all out on the pond, playing 17-on-17 hockey on a sun-soaked January day like they were children.
Iran is allegedly due to execute protester Erfan Soltani on Wednesday following mass arrests over the anti-regime demonstrations erupting across the nation, according to human rights groups.
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