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The parents of a former US Marine currently languishing in a Russian prison spoke out Tuesday on the eve of a summit between President Biden and his Moscow counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit the U.S.-Mexico border with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott at the end of the month, which he described on Tuesday as an “unmitigated disaster zone.”
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) released an initial timeline and other details about the double murder last week of a mother and son who belong to a powerful legal family from South Carolina's Lowcountry.
“If you are learning about the Holocaust at almost 50 years of age, you’ve got a real problem," said Ana Navarro.
In what could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back, middle-class black families in Queens are mobilizing against the city Department of Education’s routine acceptance of rotten public schools.
The former CDC director says he's not convinced that COVID-19 became so infectious naturally, but other experts say a lab leak is unlikely.
The Israeli military struck targets in Gaza overnight Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement, citing incendiary balloons launched from Gaza earlier in the day. According to reports in Israeli media, incendiary balloons launched from Gaza sparked multiple fires in southern Israel.
The legislation passed unanimously on Tuesday after Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) dropped his objection.
Members of the House Intelligence Committee will receive a classified briefing on Wednesday morning on one of the most controversial topics circulating in Washington today: UFOs.
An investigation into Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization’s finance chief, appears to be heading into its final stages as prosecutors increase pressure on him.
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey issued an executive order Tuesday that prohibits public universities and community colleges from mandating COVID-19 tests, vaccines and masks for students to participate in learning. The decision comes days after Ducey criticized a recent announcement from Arizona State University that outlined COVID-19 protocols for the upcoming school year.
The controversial directive for New York nursing homes to admit COVID-19 patients increased the death toll among residents — and Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s claims otherwise have been disproven, according to a New York State Bar Association report exclusively obtained by The Post.
One month after leaving ESPN, Kenny Mayne has secured another broadcasting gig.
As pediatricians vaccinate newly eligible children and teens against Covid-19, some of them say they are giving just as many shots to adults.
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he hasn't heard from Vice President Harris since she was appointed by President Biden as the border czar to address the migrant crisis back in March.
A top Army leader defended the Pentagon's response to the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, telling a House panel Tuesday that the National Guard was delayed for hours because they had to properly prepare for the deployment and that senior military leaders had determined beforehand that there was "no role for the U.S. military in determining the outcome of an American election."
Daily deaths have dropped considerably since their January peak, with about 44 percent of the population now fully vaccinated.
"The idea is to whitewash American history of any legacy of racism," said state Democratic Rep. James Talarico.
A group of Democratic state lawmakers from Texas on Tuesday pressured U.S. senators to pass two major voting bills that have been stalled.
Five months after the January 6 insurrection, the House and Senate have come to an agreement that will award the Congressional Gold Medal to the officers who defended the Capitol.
US officials are seeking a $25 million fine from Air Canada, accusing the airline of failing to provide timely refunds to more than 5,000 passengers during the coronavirus pandemic.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot will introduce a measure Thursday to ban alcohol sales after midnight in an effort to address the serious "nuisance issues" near liquor stores after reaching a compromise with other elected leaders that saw her back off an earlier closing time.
A federal watchdog has opened an investigation into the National Institutes of Health’s grant program amid the ongoing controversy over funds being sent to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Senate lawmakers approved a bill Tuesday that would establish Juneteenth as a federal holiday after Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said he would drop his objection to the measure.
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Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania are the latest to push new state-level voting restrictions, with a key state House committee on Tuesday advancing a major election overhaul bill that the state's Democratic governor blasted as "extreme."
Congressional investigators ruled Tuesday that President Biden's decision to freeze more than $1 billion in border wall funds didn't violate budgetary law, though Republican lawmakers strenuously objected.
President Biden took a moment to attack efforts by GOP-led states to restrict voting as he arrived in Geneva, Switzerland on the eve of his highly anticipated summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
One of two suspects in a fatal 2019 school shooting in Colorado has been found guilty of murder.
As President Biden heads into the summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a bipartisan group of Senate lawmakers is calling on the president to raise the issue of directed-energy microwave incidents targeting U.S. diplomats and top national security and CIA officials.
Former Deputy FBI Director-turned-CNN pundit Andrew McCabe was slammed on Tuesday for asserting that the motive behind the 2017 shooting of Republican lawmakers is still unknown.
A large human smuggling stash house harboring 108 migrants in southeast Texas was uncovered by U.S. Border Patrol agents Monday afternoon.
A protester parachuted into Munich's Allianz Arena moments before the start of the Euro 2020 match between Germany and France on Tuesday, injuring several people who were hospitalized, according to European football governing body UEFA.
The Biden administration on Tuesday made tens of thousands of Central American immigrants in the U.S. eligible to petition for their children to come to the country legally as part of an effort to discourage youths from journeying to the southern border.
President Biden's much-anticipated meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin will be Wednesday in Geneva, Switzerland, following the end of the NATO summit and Mr. Biden's first G-7 conference. The two men are expected to first meet at roughly 1 p.m. local time in Geneva, or 7 a.m. ET and shake hands before going into a conference.
Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday backed efforts to give pathways to citizenship for some illegal immigrants on the 9th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program – as Republicans hammered her response to the crisis at the southern border.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem slammed President Biden on Tuesday after his administration unveiled plans to host an Independence Day fireworks display at the White House, weeks after federal officials rejected her bid to host a similar event at Mount Rushmore.
A Chicago shooting left three moms and a man dead Tuesday morning, and four more people injured, after gunfire erupted, according to city police.
Hundreds of Southwest Airlines flights were canceled in the past 24 hours due to a series of technical issues, the airline said, leaving passengers distraught in airports across the country. By Tuesday afternoon, the most recent ground stop had been lifted and Southwest said it was "in the process of resuming normal operations."
The national plan focuses on finding ways to address the root causes of violence and how to prevent it.
Amazon wants to make grocery shopping as efficient as possible. So it's eliminating checkout lines.
More Americans support making Juneteenth — the annual commemoration of when enslaved people in the U.S. were officially informed of their freedom — a national holiday than oppose the idea, according to a Gallup poll published on Tuesday. Even more Americans who were surveyed said the origins of Juneteenth should be a part of public school curricula in the U.S.
Fully vaccinated adult guests at Disneyland will no longer be required to wear masks starting Tuesday as the Anaheim, Calif.-based theme park reopens to everyone.
Joe Biden's showdown with Russia's Vladimir Putin on Wednesday is one of the most critical summits of recent times, and not just because relations between the two nations -- which together own 90% of the world's nuclear weapons -- have plummeted to post-Cold War lows.
The disgraced movie mogul has been serving a 23-year sentence in New York since last year.
17-year-old arrested, ID's as 2nd suspect in Austin mass shooting that left 1 dead and 13 injured
Olympic runner Shelby Houlihan has been banned from the sport for four years following a positive test for a component found in anabolic steroids after she says she ate a pork burrito that she believes caused the false positive.
What began as a routine loitering call quickly became an opportunity for a good deed when local deputies from the Pasco sheriff’s office helped a man in need.
More than half the cosmetics sold in the United States and Canada likely contain high levels of a toxic industrial compound linked to serious health conditions, including cancer and reduced birth weight, according to a new study.
Senate Democratic leaders, facing skepticism from liberals about the direction of bipartisan infrastructure talks, plan to formally begin a process that would allow them to pass President Joe Biden's signature policy agenda along straight party lines.
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