It’s supposed to be the “most wonderful time of the year,” but there’s a whole heck of a lot to make people anxious and afraid as we barrel into the holiday season.
Dozens confirmed to ambassador posts, after Ted Cruz refused for months to consider them
The US Senate overnight confirmed more than three dozen of President Joe Biden’s nominees to ambassador posts, ending a months-long Republican-led blockade on quick consideration of the diplomatic nominations.
November border arrests up 5% after trending downward in recent months
US Customs and Border Protection made 173,620 arrests in November, a 5% jump from the previous month and the first increase since the summer, when apprehensions began to drop, according to newly released data.
US Capitol rioter gets 5 years in jail after throwing fire extinguisher at police
A Florida man who enthusiastically attacked police at the US Capitol on January 6 with a fire extinguisher, a wooden plank and a pole was sentenced to more than five years in prison on Friday, the longest sentence for a Capitol rioter thus far.
Trump ally Roger Stone pleads the Fifth in deposition with January 6 committee
Roger Stone, a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, met briefly Friday with the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot and asserted his Fifth Amendment rights to every question asked, he said.
Herschel Walker campaign deletes a false claim saying the Republican candidate for Senate graduated from college
Herschel Walker’s campaign for Senate removed a false claim — which inaccurately said the Republican candidate graduated from the University of Georgia — from a website for his Senate bid, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported.
Bill Clinton hosts MasterClass in leadership based on decades in public service
Former President Bill Clinton is teaching a MasterClass on “inclusive leadership,” drawing on his long career in politics and eight years in the White House to teach participants how to negotiate, mediate and work with people they don’t agree with.
US issues ’emergency directive’ ordering government agencies to address critical software flaw
US cybersecurity officials on Friday issued an “emergency directive” ordering all federal civilian agencies to quickly address a critical software flaw that is impacting big tech firms around the world.
House oversight committee releases report detailing efforts of Trump administration officials to ‘undermine’ Covid-19 efforts in US
Trump administration officials made “deliberate efforts to undermine the nation’s coronavirus response for political purposes,” a House oversight committee led by Democrats said in a report released Friday.
‘This battle is not over:’ Biden pledges to ‘keep up the fight’ on voting rights as Republicans block legislation
President Joe Biden on Friday will make a “passionate case” for voting rights legislation that remains stalled in Congress due to Republican opposition when he delivers the commencement address at a historically Black university in South Carolina, Whit…