Washington — Following the news that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired another Army general this week, a statement shared to media outlets from a Pentagon official said the high-ranking officer had failed polygraph examinations amid an ongoing investigation into alleged leaks of classified information to journalists. The revelation is unusual and raises questions about whether…
Washington — Ace Parsi describes himself as “personally pretty against AI.” The Democrat is running an uphill race against Republican Rep. Riley Moore in ruby-red West Virginia and has drafted a legislative proposal to block new data centers that don’t have buy-in from constituents. But after what he said was probably the most complicated decision…
Next week’s midterm elections could prove momentous for Social Security, with time running out to put the program on solid financial ground. Social Security trustees’ most recent report projects that the program’s main trust fund is on course to be depleted by late 2032, after which Social Security recipients would face a more than 20%…
Washington — A candidate bearing nearly the same name as sitting Sen. Dan Sullivan has drawn scrutiny in Alaska’s Senate race, as Republicans and the Trump administration raise the alarm bells over the possibility of confusing voters. And although the Democrat in the race, Mary Peltola, has denied any involvement, new reporting from The New…
The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, conceded defeat on Sunday in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government. It was a seismic political shift in the Balkan country where Vucic, who had been endorsed by Russian President Vladimir…
The New York City Council passed a bill banning horse-drawn carriage rides in the city by 2028. Lawmakers voted Thursday afternoon on Romanch’s Law. The legislation is named after Romanch Mahajan, 18, who died during a carriage accident in June in Central Park. The bill is now headed to Mayor Zohran Mamdani to sign. “With…
Washington — A top official at the Justice Department is attempting to disqualify two Minnesota federal judges from a pair of cases, claiming comments they made to the New York Times about the Trump administration’s handling of immigration cases in the state call their impartiality into question. The motions, filed against Judges Patrick Schiltz and…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview published Tuesday that if President Trump “cannot rein Putin in,” he should provide long-requested interceptor missiles so Ukraine can defend itself, as the war of words between the two leaders continues to escalate. “If you cannot rein Putin in, then give us interceptor missiles so I can…
The former Cornell student known as Jane Doe has sent a letter to the school saying she “felt unsupported and disbelieved” by the university’s president, Michael Kotlikoff, after she accused multiple men of sexually assaulting her at a fraternity house in 2024. In a statement Tuesday, Cornell disputed her account of Kotlikoff’s comments. The letter,…
Washington — Democratic lawmakers are pressing Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to explain what role they may have played in pardons granted by President Trump. In letters sent Tuesday, the lawmakers asked Kennedy and Zeldin to answer questions by Oct. 20 so Congress can “better understand…
