Negotiations among some GOP lawmakers to add border security provisions in the Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government — which is headed for a shutdown Saturday night — are hitting a wall among some in the upper chamber who argue the current chatter around border measures is too soft. […]

An attack by Islamic extremists in western Niger killed at least a dozen soldiers and wounded seven others, the West African nation’s military junta said. The soldiers were on a mission in the Tillaberi region town of Kandadji when hundreds of jihadis on motorcycles attacked them Thursday, Gen. Salifou Mody, […]

Jared Goff led the Detroit Lions to a dominant 34-20 win over the Green Bay Packers Thursday night before clapping back at some pregame comments.  Prior to the game, analyst and former NFL quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick referred to Goff as “a poor man’s Matt Ryan,” according to the New York […]

Authorities have arrested a suspect in connection with the death of rapper Tupac Shakur. Duane “Keffe D” Davis was arrested early Friday morning by Las Vegas Police, although the exact charge or charges were not immediately clear, two officials with first-hand knowledge of the arrest told The Associated Press. They […]

WARNING: GRAPHIC Ethan Crumbley, the Michigan teenager who shot four of his high school peers to death and injured seven others in 2021, can be sentenced to life without parole, Judge Kwame Rowe ruled Thursday. Crumbley, at age 15, walked into Oxford High School the morning of Nov. 30, 2021, […]

The largest dam removal project in United States history is underway along the California-Oregon border. The project will remove four dams on the Klamath River. Work has already begun on removing the smallest of the four dams. The other three will come down next year. The project is part of […]

Nearly a dozen children, including a 1-year-old, have overdosed on fentanyl since June in Portland, Oregon, its police bureau said Thursday, intensifying alarm in a city like so many others that has struggled to address the deadliest overdose crisis in U.S. history. Police said 10 minors have overdosed since June […]

EXCLUSIVE: House China Committee Chairman Mike Gallagher is introducing a bill that would block immediate family members of officials within the executive branch of the U.S. government from working for certain foreign companies. The bill, called the “Deterring Attempts at Dirty Deals by Youngsters Act” or the “DADDY Act,” would […]

The Biden administration unveiled a proposal to reintroduce grizzly bear populations in the federally-managed North Cascades National Park in northern Washington. The proposal — published in federal filings Friday morning by the National Park Service (NPS) and Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) — includes three options, two which would involve […]

The Philadelphia City Council voted to override the mayor’s veto of a bill that prohibits supervised injection sites across most of the city. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, a Democrat, on Wednesday vetoed the council’s bill to ban sites allowing people to take their drug of choice under the supervision of […]