MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s top diplomat, Alicia Bárcena, said Friday that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wants to travel to Washington D.C. in early November to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden about immigration, development aid and drug trafficking. The statement

(NewsNation) — A Nebraska woman who gave her teen daughter abortion pills was sentenced to two years in prison, according to multiple media reports. Jessica Burgess, 42, of Norfolk, pleaded guilty last Friday in a plea agreement where she admitted

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Whistleblowers reached out directly to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott this week, escalating their continued concerns about denials and delays in getting Texans critical medical support and food assistance. The anonymous Texas Health and Human Services employees sent

(NewsNation) — Sen. Bob Menendez was charged Friday with secretly aiding the authoritarian government of Egypt and trying to thwart the criminal prosecution of a friend in exchange for gold bars and cash, as prosecutors unsealed a corruption indictment that

(NewsNation) — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas secretly attended donor events for the conservative Koch network, according to new reporting from ProPublica. According to former staffers, Thomas attended Koch events as a draw for wealthy conservative donors. The trips were not

(NewsNation) — A tale of two different campaign strategies is playing out in key Republican primary states as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ poll numbers continue to falter. Meanwhile, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is having a moment. Haley has seen

(NewsNation) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will announce the creation of a federal office of gun violence prevention Friday. Harris, a former prosecutor and state attorney general, will oversee the office, which fulfills the demands gun

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Friday that he still hopes to pass a Republican-only short-term spending bill next week, as his party has shifted strategies to focus on passing full-year appropriations bills after a series of defeats this week from

AUSTIN (KXAN) — After ruling out a run for governor, speculation is ramping up again that Texas voters may see Matthew McConaughey's name appear on their ballots sometime in the future. The Oscar-winning actor appeared earlier this week on an

(NewsNation) — Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson announced he was switching party allegiance from Democrat to Republican, writing in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal that American cities need Republican politicians. Johnson was elected as a Democrat in 2019. He

On July 24, at the peak of a hot summer, a local news station in North Carolina reported on a new example of the sharing economy. It’s a swimming pool app that connects homeowners saddled with expensive swimming pools they

(NEXSTAR) — While a looming government shutdown has been getting a lot of attention recently, there is another impending due date coming on October 1: the return of student loan payments. Lawmakers are still working to prevent a government shutdown,

Famously, at the start of his 1849 essay, “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience,” Henry David Thoreau observed, “That government is best which governs least.” Few policymakers or politicians during COVID were influenced by Thoreau, who also pointed out that “government

(The Hill) — Two Black former workers of video-sharing platform TikTok have filed a federal class action complaint alleging they faced racial discrimination and ultimately were fired from the company when they took the matter to human resources. Nnete Matima and

The fight over Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (Ala.-R) hold on military promotions is far from over after the Senate this week voted to approve only three out of more than 300 nominations languishing under the blockade.   The Senate’s Wednesday approval of Air