The Supreme Court does not usually move fast. On Monday night, it did. The Justices issued an immediate order finalizing their April 29 ruling on Louisiana's congressional map, weeks ahead of the standard timeline. After a Supreme Court decision, the formal order normally takes 32…
Britney Spears will serve no additional jail time after her March DUI arrest in Ventura County, California. Her lawyers entered a guilty plea on her behalf to a reduced "wet reckless" charge on Monday, and a judge sentenced the 44-year-old pop singer to twelve months…
American military helicopters destroyed six Iranian fast-attack boats in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday after Tehran launched cruise missiles, drones, and small-boat attacks against commercial shipping and U.S. naval assets, the first major armed confrontation since the Trump administration ordered "Project Freedom" to break…
Barack Obama told The New Yorker that Donald Trump's return to the White House is the reason he cannot walk away from politics, and that his refusal to step back has strained his marriage to Michelle Obama. The former president, now 64, described the friction…
A driver barreled through a packed pedestrian shopping zone in central Leipzig on Monday afternoon, killing two people and injuring dozens more before police arrested him at the scene. German authorities declared a mass casualty incident and launched a murder investigation, yet as of Monday…
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger told a local reporter she is open to "entertaining" new taxes on services including gym memberships, streaming subscriptions, and dog grooming, declining to promise a veto if such bills land on her desk. When 8News reporter Tyler Englander asked what she…
President Donald Trump has offered Sen. John Fetterman his "total and complete endorsement" and a financial windfall if the Pennsylvania Democrat joins the Republican Party, Politico's Jonathan Martin reported in a piece covered by Mediaite. Fetterman, for his part, says he isn't going anywhere. "I'm…
Al Sharpton used his MSNBC program on Sunday to condemn Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for imitating House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries during a news conference, calling the governor's impression an "offensive accent" and framing it as part of what he labeled the GOP's broader assault…
President Trump on Monday pressed South Korea to join American military operations in the Strait of Hormuz after an explosion struck a Hyundai Merchant Marine vessel transiting the contested waterway. Seoul confirmed it is still investigating the cause and has not ruled out an attack.…
Amy McGorry spent months searching for someone willing to share part of a liver. On Monday, the 56-year-old former News 12 reporter got her answer, from a viewer she has never met. McGorry learned the news while teaching her health science class at Long Island…
Secret Service officers shot an armed man near the Washington Monument on Monday afternoon after the suspect opened fire on agents, prompting a brief lockdown of the White House while President Donald Trump addressed a small business summit inside. The confrontation unfolded at 15th Street…
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said Sunday that prosecutors can prove the bullet that hit a Secret Service agent during last weekend's White House Correspondents' Association dinner came from the alleged gunman's weapon, not from friendly fire, and that the 31-year-old suspect intended to kill President…
A retired Alaska Superior Court judge now faces formal charges of lying to the state's judicial conduct commission after his phone number turned up in two separate sex-trafficking investigations, a revelation that came to light only after he had already talked his way out of…
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is in critical but stable condition at a hospital in Florida, his spokesman confirmed, sending shockwaves through the political world and prompting a public response from President Donald Trump. The 81-year-old former federal prosecutor and longtime Trump ally…
