Al Shabab recruits on parade south of Mogadishu in 2010. Reuters Al Shabab recruits on parade south of Mogadishu in 2010. Reuters Al Shabab militants attacked a United Nations helicopter on Wednesday, killing one person and taking six others hostage, UN andSomali officials reported. Militants attacked the helicopter when it was forced to land in … Read more
Hunter Biden, center, leaves after his surprise appearance at a House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday as Republicans take the first step toward holding him in contempt of Congress. (Jose Luis Magana / Associated Press) Republicans took the first step Wednesday toward holding Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress for defying a congressional subpoena. They advanced … Read more
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks Tuesday at a town hall in Rochester, N.H., where he said he planned to remain in the GOP race. He ended his campaign Wednesday. (Robert F. Bukaty / Associated Press) Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Wednesday that he’s ending his Republican presidential bid just days before … Read more
FILE – A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen, May 4, 2021, in Washington. The IRS has announced Jan. 29 as the official start date of the 2024 tax season, and expects more than 128.7 million tax returns to be filed by the April 15 tax deadline.Photo by Patrick Semansky /THE ASSOCIATED … Read more
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a November hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee. (Alex Brandon / Associated Press) Marching ahead with multiple impeachment plans, House Republicans set their sights Wednesday on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, whom they intend to prove is “derelict in his duty” over handling the surge of migrants at … Read more
The first American Moon landing attempt since the Apollo era has failed because of a propellant leak on the vehicle that will make it impossible for a soft landing on the lunar surface. Astrobotic successfully launched its Peregrine 1 lander on the Vulcan Centaur rocket on Monday. However, the lander encountered a technical fault shortly … Read more
French ambassador to the UN and Security Council President for the month, Nicolas de Riviere, at UN headquarters in New York on January 10. AFP French ambassador to the UN and Security Council President for the month, Nicolas de Riviere, at UN headquarters in New York on January 10. AFP The US and six other … Read more
FILE – The seal of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at SEC headquarters, June 19, 2015, in Washington. The Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, that a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, announcing that the securities regulator had approved the trading of exchange-traded funds holding bitcoin was fake, and … Read more
Prosecutors announced in 2022 that they would not file criminal charges against the owner of the Tam’s Burger restaurant chain, though a state campaign finance watchdog has now fined a restaurant manager. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times) A burger chain manager accused of using “straw donors” to repeatedly contribute to former Los Angeles … Read more
Thanks to the GOP’s razor-thin House majority, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) may not have enough support from his party to pass a bill to prevent a government shutdown without Democratic votes, risking blowback from far-right Republicans. (Mariam Zuhaib / Associated Press) When lawmakers returned to Washington this week, congressional leaders presented their colleagues with a … Read more