Senate and House diverge on strategy as shutdown peril grows
With just four days before government funding expires, there is still no clear path to avert a shutdown.
2023-09-27 17:19
More than a dozen people were arrested after multiple stores were looted around Philadelphia, police say
More than a dozen people were arrested after stores were looted when a large crowd gathered in Philadelphia's Center City district Tuesday night, police said.
2023-09-27 15:26
DNA testing leads to exoneration of California man imprisoned nearly 3 decades on kidnapping and sexual assault convictions
After a California man spent nearly three decades in prison for kidnapping, sexual assault and robbery convictions, new DNA testing has revealed he was innocent of those crimes, a prosecutor announced.
2023-09-27 14:50
Powerball jackpot of $835 million -- which would be the game's fourth-largest -- is up for grabs Wednesday night
Powerball players will vie for an estimated $835 million jackpot during Wednesday night's drawing.
2023-09-27 14:26
Rex Heuermann, accused of killing 3 of the Gilgo Four, is due in court Wednesday
Gilgo Beach killings suspect Rex Heuermann is set to appear in a New York court on Wednesday for a hearing in his case where he has pleaded not guilty to murder in the deaths of three women more than a decade ago.
2023-09-27 12:51
Trump can get away with skipping a debate but can't evade legal consequences
Donald Trump will skip another Republican presidential debate on Wednesday night because no one will punish him for not being there.
2023-09-27 12:19
House Republicans vow to continue impeachment inquiry even if government shuts down
House Republicans are planning to plow ahead with their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden in the event of a government shutdown, though a lapse in federal funding could present logistical challenges to their investigative work.
2023-09-27 11:25
Georgia federal judge rejects conservative activist group's effort to halt grant funding for Black women
A federal judge in Atlanta has denied a conservative group's request for an injunction to stop a Black women-owned venture capitalist firm from awarding grants exclusively to Black women entrepreneurs.
2023-09-27 11:20
House Oversight Republicans say new bank subpoena shows Hunter Biden listed father's Wilmington house in wires with China
The Republican-led House Oversight Committee subpoenaed a bank for Hunter Biden's records and obtained two wire transfers from Chinese nationals to Hunter Biden in 2019 that listed President Joe Biden's Wilmington, Delaware, home as the beneficiary address, the panel announced Tuesday.
2023-09-27 11:00
A migrant worker died at a North Carolina farm on a day when temperatures approached 100 degrees. The state is now investigating
A migrant worker from Mexico died at a North Carolina farm earlier this month on a day when temperatures approached 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and his death is now being investigated by the state's labor department.
2023-09-27 10:17
2 Michigan fake electors ask judge to drop charges, citing state AG's claim they're 'brainwashed'
Two fake GOP electors in Michigan asked a judge this week to dismiss their charges, arguing that state Attorney General Dana Nessel conceded that they didn't have criminal intent when she said they were "brainwashed" after the 2020 election.
2023-09-27 09:58
White House readies itself for operating in a government shutdown
The White House is now "girding for a shutdown" and senior West Wing officials are drawing up plans for which personnel would be deemed "essential" starting on October 1 as the deadline to fund the government is only a handful of days away.
2023-09-27 08:51