Hunter Biden business associate tells House Oversight Committee GOP allegations are 'preposterous'

Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A longtime business partner of Hunter Biden, Eric Schwerin, said in a closed-door interview Tuesday with members of the House Oversight Committee that he is “not aware of any financial transactions or compensation”
Former homeland security secretary defends Mayorkas amid impeachment push

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — A former secretary of homeland security has come out in stalwart support of current Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who is soon set to face a historic impeachment vote by House Republicans. In an
New York City Council overrides Mayor Eric Adams' vetoes on solitary confinement ban, police transparency bill

Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Daily News via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The New York City Council voted Tuesday to override Mayor Eric Adams’ vetoes on a solitary confinement ban and a bill to document police stops.
Jennifer Crumbley could have left work for son on day of shooting, CEO testifies

Bill Pugliano/Getty Images (OXFORD, Mich.) — Jennifer Crumbley’s trial continued on Tuesday with witnesses testifying about the morning of the 2021 Oxford High School shooting in Michigan. Andrew Smith, the CEO of the real estate company where Jennifer
Ohio lawmakers introduce bill to allow execution by nitrogen gas following Alabama

Maddie McGarvey/For The Washington Post via Getty Images (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio lawmakers have introduced a bill that would allow execution by nitrogen gas, a controversial practice critics call untested and lacking in evidence that it’s more humane
Chita Rivera, Broadway legend and trailblazing Latina actress, dies at 91

ABC News Chita Rivera, the Broadway legend and trailblazing Latina actress, has died. She was 91 years old. Lisa Mordente, Rivera’s daughter, said her mother died peacefully on Tuesday in New York City after a brief illness.
Robert Downey Jr. announces new Happy Coffee venture

Photo: Paul Abell for happy On both his Instagram Stories and to People, Robert Downey Jr. has announced he’s gotten into the coffee game. The Marvel movie star and Oppenheimer Oscar nominee has launched Happy Coffee, an
Without seeing bipartisan border deal, Speaker Mike Johnson calls it a 'nonstarter' in the House

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Senate negotiators neared an agreement on a long-awaited bipartisan border deal, House Speaker Mike Johnson told ABC News Tuesday that while he hasn’t seen the bill yet, the agreement is a “nonstarter
Stolen Jackie Robinson statue found burned, dismantled in trash can: Police

Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images (WICHITA, Kan.) — A statue of baseball legend Jackie Robinson stolen from a Kansas park was found dismantled and burned in a trash can fire Tuesday morning in what authorities called a “disgraceful” act, as the
US readies retaliatory strikes for drone attack by Iran-backed militants

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. response to a drone attack that killed three American service members in Jordan last weekend will be carried out “over the course of several days” and striking “multiple targets,” a U.S.