Human rights experts commissioned by the U.N. say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab. The international fact-finding mission on Iran says the findings center on a pair of airstrikes which killed at least…
The Trump administration has announced that it will impose travel bans on officials it claims are responsible for discrimination against White people and other minority groups in South Africa. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday he would revoke U.S. visas or reject visa applications from foreign nationals found to be responsible for, or…
Washington — The Senate on Tuesday failed to advance a sweeping cryptocurrency bill known as the Clarity Act, amid opposition from Democrats and a handful of Republicans. In a 49 to 50 vote, the measure fell short of the 60 votes needed to move forward, with all Democrats and four Republicans opposing. The bill would…
Washington — The House killed a resolution to impeach President Trump on Tuesday amid renewed interest in Democrats’ plans if they retake the majority. In a 232-147 vote with 47 lawmakers voting present, the House approved a Republican motion to table the resolution that was introduced by Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas, who has…
Several supporting acts quit Ed Sheeran’s tour on Tuesday after the rapper Macklemore was removed for pro-Palestinian comments he made during a concert in New Jersey. Hours after Sheeran posted on social media about Macklemore’s ouster and attributed the decision to the tour’s promoters, Aaron Rowe, Beoga, Finneas, and Danish band Lukas Graham posted on…
Former CIA Director John Brennan was subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury in Florida as part of a “grand conspiracy” investigation into Obama- and Biden-era officials last week, on the same day the lead prosecutor on the case abruptly resigned, court records show. The subpoena, signed by former prosecutor Joe diGenova, asked Brennan to…
Pennsylvania Rep. Rob Bresnahan is promoting a bill to give data center-wary municipalities greater control over whether the facilities can be built, a message featured in a new television ad the Republican congressman is running in the Scranton and Wilkes-Barre area. But in the past, Bresnahan has taken an overtly friendly stance toward data centers,…
A coalition of advocacy groups and a Democratic-led city on Thursday filed a preemptive lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration from deploying armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to polling sites ahead of November’s midterm elections. The lawsuit asks the federal district court in Washington, D.C., to declare unlawful any plans to have…
Former CVS executive Helena Foulkes defeated Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee in the Democratic primary on Wednesday night, The Associated Press projects. With roughly half of all votes counted at around 8:30 p.m. ET, Foulkes led McKee 62.3% to 37.7%. Rhode Island is a reliably Democratic state, and hasn’t elected a Republican statewide since 2006,…
Texas State Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, said Wednesday his opponent, state Attorney General Ken Paxton, is “lying to the people of Texas” with a new AI advertisement that Talarico said puts “words in my mouth.” “When you look at this ad, they are using AI in order to mislead the…
