
McCarthy deflects questions about new Trump obstruction charges
Speaker Kevin McCarthy deflected questions about the additional charges filed Thursday against former President Donald Trump in the case alleging mishandling of classified documents during his time in the White House, instead pointing to President Joe Biden.
2023-07-29 01:58

Sen. McConnell says he plans to serve his full term as leader despite questions about his health
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has repeatedly said he is “fine” since he froze up midsentence during a press conference on Wednesday
2023-07-29 01:58

Mexican president refutes DEA estimates of cartel strength
MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday pushed back against estimates made this week about
2023-07-29 01:57

'My last moments': Students recall the day Ethan Crumbley shot up their Michigan high school
A 17-year-old girl testified Friday she "just prayed" and covered her head during Ethan Crumbley's mass shooting at Michigan's Oxford High School, which left four students dead and seven others wounded in 2021.
2023-07-29 01:54

Boots and dog tags Alan Alda wore on ‘M-A-S-H’ sell at auction for $125,000 that will go to charity
The combat boots and dog tags Alan Alda wore while playing the wisecracking surgeon Hawkeye on the beloved television series “M-A-S-H” have sold at auction for $125,000
2023-07-29 01:49

Fellow Democrats urge Biden to withhold $320 million in military aid to Egypt over rights abuses
Nine senior Senate Democrats and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders are urging the Biden administration to withhold about a quarter of the United States’ more than $1 billion in annual military aid to Egypt for a third year
2023-07-29 01:27

Travis Scott drops 'Utopia,' his first album since the Astroworld festival tragedy
Rapper Travis Scott released his first album in five years on Friday, the 19 track “Utopia."
2023-07-29 01:18

With affirmative action out, North Carolina's flagship school bars use of race, sex in admissions
The board of North Carolina’s flagship public university has voted to strictly bar the use of “race, sex, color or ethnicity” in admissions and hiring decisions following recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings striking down affirmative action in forming student bodies
2023-07-29 00:54

Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips eyes 2024 challenge to Biden
Moderate Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota has been receiving encouragement to consider challenging President Joe Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination and will travel to New York City next week to discuss the possibility with donors, Phillips confirmed to CNN.
2023-07-29 00:47

Fukushima official says release of treated water is a milestone in nuclear plant's decommissioning
An official in charge of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant says the upcoming release of treated radioactive water into the sea more than 12 years after the reactors' meltdown marks “a milestone,” but is still only an initial step in a daunting decades-long decommissioning process
2023-07-29 00:45

Cold War-era atomic bomb site could host largest US solar development
By Laura Sanicola and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON The largest U.S. solar power site and other clean energy projects
2023-07-29 00:45

U.S. railroads say heatwave to reignite coal shipments this year
By Ananta Agarwal U.S. railroad operators expect heatwaves across the northern hemisphere to reignite coal shipments as people
2023-07-29 00:23