Texas AG Ken Paxton's affair took a toll on office, a former staffer says at impeachment trial
One of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s former staffers says that the Republican’s extramarital affair took a toll on employees who had to work long and odd hours because of the secret relationship that is now a factor in his impeachment trial
2023-09-12 07:16
Jill Biden calls swearing in of the 1st woman national archivist 'momentous'
First Lady Jill Biden saluted Colleen Shogan, the first woman to be sworn in as national archivist, saying that democracy’s power is “made real with access to history, unfiltered and uncensored.”
2023-09-12 06:53
Biden admin takes step advancing deal to free Americans held in Iran by issuing waiver for transfer of restricted Iranian funds to Qatar
The Biden administration has issued a waiver to allow banks to transfer $6 billion in restricted Iranian funds to Qatar without fear of sanctions -- a key step in a deal to free five Americans who have been deemed wrongfully detained in Iran by the US State Department.
2023-09-12 06:45
Meta's Threads is temporarily blocking searches about Covid-19
Threads, the much-hyped social media app from Facebook-parent Meta, is taking heat for blocking searches for "coronavirus," "Covid," and other pandemic-related queries.
2023-09-12 06:28
Mexico's former foreign minister threatens to leave party over candidate selection process
Mexico’s former Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard says that he will wait to see how the ruling party of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador handles his call to nullify its recently completed presidential candidate selection process, but warned that if not satisfied he will leave the party
2023-09-12 06:27
Texas student suspended over his loc hairstyle days after state's Crown Act takes effect
A Black Texas high school student has been suspended for more than a week because his loc hairstyle violated the district's dress code, his mother said. It could become a test of a new state law that bans discrimination based on hairstyles.
2023-09-12 06:27
Trump asks judge to dismiss Georgia election subversion charges against him
Former President Donald Trump is asking a court to dismiss several criminal charges against him in the Georgia 2020 election interference case.
2023-09-12 06:24
American man rescued from cave in Turkey after being trapped for two days
An American caver has been rescued by emergency workers near Anamur, in southern Turkey, after he became stranded hundreds of meters underground earlier this month.
2023-09-12 06:20
Biden asks Americans to honor Sept. 11 dead by rejecting extremism
By Nandita Bose ANCHORAGE President Joe Biden urged Americans on Monday not to succumb to the "poisonous politics
2023-09-12 06:17
Factbox-US offshore wind projects facing inflation headwinds
The U.S. has no large-scale commercial wind farms in operation today, but President Joe Biden's administration aims to
2023-09-12 05:57
Harris, DeSantis and Giuliani are among politicians marking Sept. 11 terror attacks at ground zero
Vice President Kamala Harris, Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani joined New York politicians and mourners at a 9/11 memorial ceremony at ground zero Monday
2023-09-12 05:56
Cease-fire declared after days of intense fighting in Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp
An “immediate and lasting cease-fire” has been declared after a top Lebanese general met with officials from rival Palestinian factions, following days of fighting in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp, which left has left six people dead and more than 50 wounded
2023-09-12 05:53