Authorities in Madagascar imposed a night-time curfew in the capital after some polling stations were set on fire ahead of Thursday’s presidential elections that most opposition candidates are boycotting. President Andry Rajoelina has pushed for a vote seeking reelection to a second term as the island nation has been roiled […]

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich, refused on Wednesday to answer multiple questions about the pro-Palestinian rallying cry “from the river to the sea” and whether she is antisemitic — after the White House said the use of the phrase can be antisemitic. Fox News’ Hillary Vaughn quizzed the Palestinian-American lawmaker, asking […]

For two years, Texas has pushed boundaries on the U.S.-Mexico border: Busing migrants across America, jailing thousands for trespass and stringing razor wire along the Rio Grande. In a new challenge to the federal government’s authority over immigration, Texas lawmakers on Tuesday night gave final approval to a bill that […]

A federal investigator looking into an Ohio bus crash that killed three students, two parents and a teacher with a high school band group praised on Wednesday the “good Samaritans” who rushed to the scene of the highway crash. National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said numerous police and […]

Pennsylvania’s Senate on Wednesday approved hundreds of millions of dollars for universities and schools, but it rejected some House priorities as lawmakers search for agreements on elements of a state budget that have dragged on five months into the fiscal year. The Republican-controlled Senate passed a pair of budget-related bills, […]

Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., recounted how close he was to getting in a full-on brawl with a union leader during his appearance on CNN. The freshman senator had previously traded barbs with Teamsters President Sean O’Brien, who had challenged Mullin to a fight on social media, writing in June: “Quit […]

The Pope Francis ousted leader of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, and dozens of his supporters, rallied outside the annual fall business meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on Wednesday in Maryland. Over the weekend, Bishop Joseph Strickland, a conservative, was removed from the “pastoral care of the […]

A heavily armed gang surrounded a hospital in Haiti on Wednesday, trapping women, children and newborns inside until police rescued them, according to the director of the medical center who pleaded for help via social media. Jose Ulysse, founder and director of the Fontaine Hospital Center in the sprawling Cite […]

Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Wednesday defended his controversial amnesty deal for Catalonia’s separatists in parliament a day before the Socialist leader seeks the endorsement of the chamber to form a new government. Sánchez has the support of six smaller parties to ensure that he can reach the […]

A Virginia woman whose then-6-year-old son shot his first-grade teacher inside a classroom earlier this year was sentenced Wednesday in federal court to 21 months in prison for using marijuana while owning a firearm.  Deja Taylor’s son, who has not been identified, shot Abigail Zwerner on Jan. 6 at Richneck […]