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Marc Fogel, an American schoolteacher arrested in Russia on drug charges in 2021, has been formally classified by the U.S. government as wrongfully detained, according to the State Department, as reported by the Associated Press. “The United States has been working to secure Marc Fogel’s release for some time. We have long called for his...

The Biden administration has been blocked from getting rid of any border wall materials over the next 30 days, passing the materials on for President-elect Trump to use as he chooses, according to a press release from the Texas attorney general office. “We have successfully blocked the Biden Administration from disposing of any further border...

Nearly 7 in 10 Americans think that profits made by health insurance companies had either a great deal or moderate amount of responsibility for the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson earlier this month, a new poll found. Thompson was shot and killed last week outside a midtown Manhattan hotel where UnitedHealth Group was holding its annual...

Longtime CBS Sports broadcaster Greg Gumbel, 78, passed away after a battle with cancer, the network announced Friday in a statement from his wife and daughter. “It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of our beloved husband and father, Greg Gumbel,” Marcy and Michelle Gumbel wrote. “He passed away peacefully surrounded by...

Former Secretary of Defense and CIA director Leon Panetta speculated that Russian air defenses may have caused the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people and left all 29 survivors injured earlier this week. "When you look at all the preliminary evidence here, I don't think there's any question, but...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen suggested in a letter to Congress on Friday that the department doesn't think the U.S. will need to take "extraordinary measures" on Jan. 2 to avoid defaulting on its obligations, and instead expects that it will reach the new limit between Jan. 14 and 23. "Treasury currently expects to reach the...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul condemned the "senseless" assault of Robert Brooks, an inmate at the Marcy Correctional Facility, a state prison in Oneida County, which resulted in his death. “Like all New Yorkers, I was outraged and horrified after seeing footage of the senseless killing of Robert Brooks," Hochul said in a statement issued...

Top lawmakers, First Amendment advocacy groups and President-elect Trump weighed in Friday on a law that could ban TikTok in the U.S., as the Supreme Court prepares to take up the case.  The court agreed last week to hear TikTok’s challenge to the law, which requires its China-based parent company ByteDance to divest from the...

Tech mogul Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have faced backlash within President-elect Trump's base after the two signaled their support for the H-1B work visa, a key program to attract international talent that’s been criticized as too complicated and susceptible to abuse. The backlash heightened on the tech billionaire's social platform X within the last...

President-elect Trump asked the Supreme Court to delay the deadline for a potential TikTok ban, which is slated for the day before his inauguration. The court has agreed to hear TikTok’s challenge to the potential ban on an expedited schedule, but Trump told the justices that delaying the law until he returns to the White House...

Rep. Scott Perry (Pa.), a former chair of the House Freedom Caucus, is the latest Republican to decline to commit to supporting Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as the House prepares to formally elect a Speaker on Jan. 3, adding uncertainty to the GOP leader’s prospects of retaining his gavel. “Right now, I think that Mike...

The only man to lead both the FBI and CIA spoke out against Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard, two of President-elect Trump’s top intelligence picks, saying both positions require “complete independence from political influence.” William Webster, who led the agencies under both Democratic and Republican presidents, made the comment in a letter to senators, saying...

A second Democratic Florida legislator has switched parties to the GOP this month, citing her former party’s lack of unified support for Israel. State Rep. Hillary Cassel (R) said in a Friday statement on the social platform X that she is not making the decision lightly, but she is joining the Republican Party because she...

A Trump World civil war has erupted over visas for highly skilled workers, with the president-elect’s new tech industry allies like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy on one side and the anti-immigration MAGA base on the other. The clash is a preview of the challenges in holding the Trump coalition together as his administration executes...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) published an op-ed on Fox News, slamming the political power of billionaires in the U.S. and increasing wealth concentration, arguing the country is moving down "the path of oligarchy." Sanders, who in November secured his fourth term in the Senate, wrote that the country is diverging in two opposite directions: the...

President Biden on Wednesday denounced Russia’s latest attack on Ukraine, declaring the wave of missiles and drones “outrageous.” "The purpose of this outrageous attack was to cut off the Ukrainian people’s access to heat and electricity during winter and to jeopardize the safety of its grid,” Biden said in a statement.  “Let me be clear:...

President-elect Trump on Wednesday used a lengthy Christmas Day social media post to tell the 37 people who had their death sentences commuted by President Biden to "go to hell." “Also, to the 37 most violent criminals, who killed, raped, and plundered like virtually no one before them, but were just given, incredibly, a pardon...

President-elect Trump on Wednesday announced Miami-Dade County Commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera as his pick for U.S. ambassador to Panama. The announcement comes as Trump is sparking a feud with the U.S. ally over control of the Panama Canal. “I am pleased to announce that Kevin Marino Cabrera will serve as the United States Ambassador to...

U.S. officials and religious leaders spoke about peace and hope at the National Menorah Lighting hosted in front of the White House Wednesday to mark the beginning of Hanukkah.  “We can all benefit from the study of Torah, the mandates to visit the sick, feed the poor, pursue justice, welcome the stranger,” Homeland Security Secretary...

Only one person is believed to still be missing from the wreckage of Hurricane Helene in Asheville, N.C., Asheville Police Chief Mike Lamb told The Hill. Officials believe the person is deceased and have not publicly disclosed their identity out of respect for the family. Law enforcement spent months surveying areas flooded with rainwater, looking...

King Charles III used his annual Christmas address to thank the medical workers who have provided care for the royal family and hailed the humanitarian workers “tirelessly” providing aid to those engulfed in conflict around the world.  The 76-year-old British monarch delivered his speech from Fitzrovia Chapel, a community space in London and a former...

Editor's note: President Biden commuted the sentences of 37 people on federal death row to life in prison. President Biden is readying to leave the White House with little fanfare. Democrats are eager to turn the page on a poor year in which they lost again to President-elect Trump, who has swallowed up much of...

A Taliban government official said the airstrikes Pakistan launched on Afghanistan Tuesday killed 46 people, including women and children, according to The Associated Press.  Hamdullah Fitrat, the deputy spokesperson for the Afghan government, said the strikes hit four locations in the district of Barmal. Pakistani security officials told the AP their mission was to kill...

A body was found in a wheel well of a United Airlines flight upon landing Tuesday in Maui, Hawaii, according to the airline.  “Upon arrival at Kahului airport in Maui on Tuesday, a body was found in the wheel well of one of the main landing gears on a United aircraft,” the airline told The...