Fighter jets intercepted a plane that was flying through restricted airspace Wednesday over Clemson, South Carolina, military officials said. The incident happened as President Trump held a rally at Clemson University to support Darlene Graham’s senate campaign. F-16 aircraft were deployed just after 5:30 p.m. ET to intercept a general aviation plane that had violated a…
The U.S. State Department has ordered non-essential U.S. embassy personnel to depart Saudi Arabia, following an uptick in attacks on the kingdom by Iran-backed Houthi militants. The U.S. military has also been quietly reducing its footprint at posts in the Middle East due to ongoing regional threats from the Houthis and direct threats from Iran,…
Washington — The Trump administration on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to resume for now construction of a border wall and other infrastructure through a remote area of West Texas that includes Big Bend National Park. The Justice Department urged the high court to lift a lower court injunction that temporarily bars…
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…
A woman linked to drug cartels and accused of torturing and murdering her daughter in Arizona in 1997 has been captured in Mexico nearly 30 years after the crime, officials said Wednesday. Anna Marlene Somoza was connected to a “major transnational drug trafficking network” along the Arizona border through the 1980s and 1990s, the U.S….
Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday left intact a lower court decision that blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a new Bureau of Prisons policy that would end certain medical interventions for transgender inmates. In an unsigned, one-line order, the high court rejected an emergency appeal from the Justice Department asking it to freeze the…
 23m ago Qatari aircraft leaves Tehran 30 minutes after arrival A Qatari aircraft arrived in Tehran Tuesday just minutes after a plane carrying Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, departed. The Qatari plane left the Iranian capital approximately 30 minutes later, according to aviation tracking data cited by Iran’s semi-official Fars News agency….
A massive chemical leak in Toledo, Ohio, is forcing some people out of their homes while others have been told to shelter in place. A plume of smoke full of unknown chemicals erupted from the MC Tank terminal. No injuries have been reported. Toledo Fire and Rescue ordered everyone within a 1-mile radius of 1050…
A new attack ad with unknown origins features the estranged mother of Democratic candidate for Ohio governor Amy Acton calling her a “liar” and defending her GOP opponent Vivek Ramaswamy. Acton’s campaign and her brother denounced the ad as a “despicable low.” Acton’s mother, Donna Arthur, whose husband was accused of raping Acton when she…
U.S. diplomatic missions across the Middle East have issued a new round of security warnings to Americans amid escalating attacks by Iran-backed Houthi militants against Saudi Arabia, including an Oct. 10 strike on Riyadh’s international airport that killed an American citizen. The alerts, issued Sunday by U.S. embassies in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United…
