Mark Ruffalo presses Biden to act fast on ‘forever chemicals’ before Trump takes office
Actor and activist Mark Ruffalo is urging the Biden administration to take decisive regulatory action on "forever chemicals," as the return of President-elect Trump to the White House looms near. "The EPA has worked their butts off, against all odds, to
Biden to tout economic legacy in Tuesday speech
President Biden will deliver remarks Tuesday afternoon touting his economic agenda and making the case that it has been more effective than the kinds of tax cuts likely to be implemented by the incoming Trump administration. Biden will deliver what a
Congress races toward fast-approaching government shutdown deadline
Congress has just 10 days until government funding is set to run out, and lawmakers don’t have a deal to keep the lights on during the holidays. Members on both sides of the aisle expect the government will stay open past
Jan. 6 investigators say Trump trying to ‘send a message’ with calls for their imprisonment
Members of the special committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol are hitting back at President-elect Trump after he called for their imprisonment, saying the criminal conduct surrounding the rampage was committed by Trump and
Kash Patel FBI plans spark concern over agency independence, retribution
(The Hill) -- Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI, has promised to deliver a massive reform of a bureau he sees as among the agencies that have “weaponized the government.” Patel hasn’t offered specifics on his plans for
South Korea’s ex-defense minister is formally arrested over martial law imposition
A former South Korean defense minister was formally arrested Wednesday (local time) over his alleged collusion with President Yoon Suk Yeol and others in imposing martial law last
McDonald’s in Pennsylvania slammed with bad reviews after arrest of Luigi Mangione
ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) -- A McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania, is getting backlash online after an employee called 911, leading to the arrest of Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione was taken into custody
Israel bombs Syria and seizes territory as Netanyahu pledges to change ‘the face’ of the Middle East
The collapse of the Assad regime has prompted a punishing military response from Israel, which has launched airstrikes at military targets across Syria and deployed ground troops both
Florida State Rep. Susan Valdes, representing parts of Hillsborough County, switches political parties
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — State Rep. Susan Valdes, who represents Florida's 64th District, including parts of Hillsborough County, switched political parties, the Florida House of Representatives announced Monday. Valdes, who was recently elected to her fourth term in the State House
Syria is free of its dictator. The rebels’ biggest challenge now is learning how to govern
The sound of celebratory gunfire filled the streets of Damascus in the hours following the collapse of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard on Capitol Hill to get Senate support
(NewsNation) —Two of President-elect Donald Trump's most controversial cabinet nominees, Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard, are on Capitol Hill this week making their cases to senators about their confirmation. Gabbard, chosen to be Trump's director of national intelligence, is facing
She was a teenage mother in Detroit. Now she’s a Ghanaian ‘Queen’
Kennedy Johnson was 15 years old when she gave birth to a baby girl in a Detroit foster home for teen moms, in February 1996. Twenty-five years later,
Brazil’s Lula undergoes brain surgery, stable in ICU
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva underwent surgery in Sao Paulo to drain a bleed on his brain linked to a fall at home in October, a
Netanyahu takes the stand in his corruption trial for the first time
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the witness for the first time on Tuesday in his long-running corruption trial to give testimony that will likely force him to
China’s maritime movements around Taiwan are largest in decades, Taipei says
China has fielded its largest regional maritime deployment in decades, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday, as it monitors what it says is a surge of Chinese military activities
CNN goes inside Syria’s ‘slaughterhouse’ prison as desperate families look for missing loved ones
As Syrians rejoiced across the country this week, many began the frantic search for missing loved ones who had been forcibly disappeared under Bashar al-Assad’s brutal dictatorship.
A mass animal sacrifice festival is underway in Nepal. Activists say it needs to stop
Animal rights activists have urged the Nepali government to stop what they’ve called “an appalling bloodbath” after they claimed thousands of animals were killed as part of a
Nauru agrees to give Australia veto rights overpacts with third nations including China
Australia announced a multimillion-dollar agreement with Nauru on Monday that gives Canberra a veto right over a range of pacts the tiny Pacific atoll might want to enter