During the 29 September US Senate judiciary committee hearing, the Republican senator Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith, the former special counsel, of attending an Atlanta Hawks basketball game in Atlanta. Schmitt insinuated that Smith was in the area when Fani Willis, the Fulton county district atto

Caleb Flynn convicted of aggravated murder in shooting of Ashley Flynn, a schoolteacher and volleyball coach A former Ohio music pastor who once appeared on American Idol was found guilty Tuesday of killing his wife while having an affair. Caleb Flynn, 40, was found guilty of aggravated murder, in t

State passes law banning local, state and federal officers from using gloves that deliver painful electric shocks California has passed a law Tuesday banning local, state and federal law enforcement officers from using gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks to people . The ban on shock glov

Pennsylvania has reported over 900 measles cases and four deaths as governor and health chief RFK Jr spar over data A second measles death in the US has been announced on Tuesday by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as the country grapples with an outbreak affecting 47 st

Federal workers’ union alleges EPA illegally terminated agreement with the goal of repressing political dissent The union representing more than 8,000 workers at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a lawsuit against the agency and administrator Lee Zeldin on Tuesday alleging the agency

Man, 57, was reportedly leaving A train at Utica Avenue station when stuck bag dragged him back and on to tracks A man in Brooklyn, New York , died after his bag got caught between the doors of a subway train which then dragged him down. On Monday, a man was leaving a Manhattan-bound A train at the

Clancy’s attorneys say a mistrial shouldn’t have been declared and a retrial would result in double jeopardy Lindsay Clancy returned to court on Tuesday, as her lawyers sought to head off a retrial by having a judge find the Massachusetts woman not guilty of murder for the killing of her ⁠thre

Trans inmates sued the administration over the policy and, so far, two lower courts have blocked implementation The Trump administration asked the US supreme court , on Monday, to allow it to deny gender-affirming care to transgender inmates in federal prisons, while litigation over the matter conti

With the midterms looming, and after the Epstein files and the war on Iran, Trump superfans are losing faith in their lame duck president It took a dead child sex offender and a disastrous war to do it, but it looks as though the Maga faithful are slowly beginning to lose confidence in dear leader.

Mike Lee objected to the safeguard against the demolition of any presidential memorial Congress designates US politics live – latest updates A Republican senator has blocked a bipartisan bill that would have prevented Donald Trump from demolishing the Kennedy Center without the approval of Congres

Health secretary calls for medical and lifestyle details to be sent to doctors and AI to address ‘chronic disease epidemic’ Robert F Kennedy Jr laid out an expansive vision for collecting, sharing and analyzing US health information at a Maha event hosted by a close ally and outspoken anti-vacci

First Native American woman to serve as US cabinet secretary candid about history with alcohol as she seeks to tackle billowing public health crisis “It clouds your mind,” recalls Deb Haaland , the trailblazing US cabinet secretary now running to be New Mexico’s next governor. “They say that