McCarthy-backed border bill passes House hours before Title 42 ends
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The House voted to pass a sweeping border security and immigration bill on Thursday evening, just hours before the Trump-era immigration order– Title 42– expires at midnight.
The sweeping border security and …
George Santos fraud charges ‘very egregious,’ defense attorney says
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — Embattled Congressman George Santos, R-N.Y., was indicted on 13 criminal counts, including seven counts of wire fraud Wednesday and has defied calls to resign from office.
Federal prosecutors have accused him of defrauding dono…
Georgia’s Fort Benning renamed Fort Moore
Bo Zaunders/Getty Images(COLUMBUS, Ga.) — The U.S. Army training base formerly known as Fort Benning was renamed Fort Moore on Thursday to honor a late lieutenant general and his wife and remove ties to a Confederate general.
The ceremony to rededica…
FDA drops blood donation restrictions specific to gay and bisexual men
Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Food and Drug Administration has dropped all restrictions specific to gay and bisexual men donating blood, a move long anticipated by public health experts and ga…
New York AG sues gun company over device used by Buffalo mass shooter
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images(ALBANY, N.Y.) — A Georgia company that made a gun accessory the shooter in the 2022 Buffalo grocery store massacre used to modify his AR-15 rifle into “an even deadlier” weapon is being accused in a civil lawsuit filed…
YouTuber Trevor Jacob to plead guilty in federal plane crash case
Courtesy Trevor Jacob YouTube Channel(LOS ANGELES) — YouTuber Trevor Jacob has agreed to plead guilty to obstructing a federal investigation into a 2021 plane crash in California that the Federal Aviation Administration has claimed the pilot purposely…
Major, record-breaking heat wave moves into West Coast
ABC News(OKLAHOMA CITY) — Severe weather, including possible tornadoes and flash flooding, is expected in a huge part of the Heartland on Thursday, from the Great Plains to Texas and North Dakota.
Nine states are also under flood alerts from Montana …
Santos co-sponsoring bill to fight crime he’s accused of
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Rep. George Santos co-sponsored a bill to crack down on a crime he is accused of.
The House voted on H.R. 1163, known as the “Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act,” on Thursday. The bill, w…
Mandy Patinkin spoofs famous ‘Princess Bride’ line on WGA picket line
Kevork Djansezian/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty ImagesThe ongoing Writers Guild of America strike has no shortage of famous faces and funny picket signs — hey, the strikers are writers, after all — but a photo from Thursday’s …
All in the family: Paul Walker’s daughter, Meadow, says she’s in ‘Fast X’
Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for WSJ. Magazine Innovators AwardsMeadow Walker, the daughter of the late Paul Walker, has revealed on Instagram that she’ll be seen in the upcoming 10th Fast and Furious movie.
The actress and model, 24, posted a snap of …