Entrances to national parks will be blocked and thousands of park rangers will be furloughed if Congress doesn’t reach a budget agreement this weekend, the Department of Interior said Friday. The stance is a reversal from five years ago when the Trump administration kept some iconic parks open in a […]

A short-term government funding bill with uncertain odds is set to get a House vote today, as the federal government hurdles toward a likely partial shutdown this weekend.  The House Rules Committee is meeting this morning on a combined stopgap funding bill, known as a continuing resolution (CR), and border […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has selected a former Wagner Group aide to coordinate volunteer soldiers in Ukraine.  The Kremlin announced the appointment of Andrei Troshev, a former aide to Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, in a Friday statement. Putin told Troshev, in remarks released by the Kremlin, that his job […]

A Massachusetts woman pleaded guilty on Thursday to calling in a fake bomb threat to Boston Children’s Hospital as it faced a barrage of harassment over its surgical program for transgender youths. Catherine Leavy, who was arrested last year at her home in Westfield, pleaded guilty in Boston federal court […]

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is scheduled to undergo hip replacement surgery Friday, a procedure likely to put a temporary halt to his frequent international trips but otherwise not disrupt his activities. The 77-year-old leader should spend a few days in the Hospital Sirio-Libanes in the capital, Brasilia, […]

A truck got stuck in a New York City tunnel between Brooklyn and Manhattan causing a miles-long traffic jam, resulting in firefighters sawing apart the vehicle’s trailer, officials said. The 18-wheel tractor-trailer truck became wedged about a mile into the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel on Thursday morning, and it took […]

Senator Dianne Feinstein, 90, has passed away after suffering from extensive health issues for more than a year.

The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests has completed a long-term effort to protect two adjacent forests in the northern part of the state totaling 3,700 acres. The forests will be managed for multiple objectives, including habitat protection, scenic value, and for public recreation and education. They will […]

Conservative pundits reacted to Wednesday night’s GOP presidential debate by calling for the field to narrow while also concluding, along with a poll following the debate, that Gov. Ron DeSantis is the candidate in the best position to go up against former President Trump. “Honestly, nothing personal, but I felt […]

Tributes poured in for longtime Democrat California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who passed away Thursday evening at the age of 90. Fox News confirmed Feinstein’s passing and was told flowers were placed on the late senator’s desk Friday morning. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said it is “a very, very […]