Adelita Grijalva, an Arizona congressperson, said she was "sprayed in the face" during a protest against a federal immigration raid at a Mexican restaurant in Tucson on Friday. read more
A man pardoned by President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol returned to Washington in recent days and has been wandering the neighborhood of Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin ... read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold summit talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Friday, aiming to boost trade with the top buyer of Russia's arms and seaborne oil as Western sanctions squeeze their decades-old ties. read more
A federal grand jury in Virginia has declined to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James, days after a judge dismissed the earlier case against her. read more
Sources familiar with internal discussions say Trump, 79, was left fuming as a growing stream of reporting from publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, and CNN, scrutinized the signs of his apparent deteriorating health. read more
USAG Pam Bondi has instructed inspectors to stop evaluating prisons and jails using standards designed to protect transgender, intersex, and gender-nonconforming people who are uniquely vulnerable to sexual attacks while incarcerated. read more
American manufacturing contracted for the ninth straight month, a survey showed, as uncertainty tied to ever-changing tariffs and a historic government shutdown weighed on business. read more
An erupting volcano may have kicked off a chain of events that led to the swift dance of the Black Plague across Europe in the 14th century, in a pandemic that killed tens of millions of people. read more
Venezuela's president asked to keep $200m of his private wealth, amnesty for his officials and safe harbour in a friendly country as part of a deal with Donald Trump to step down and flee, sources said. read more
A White House announcement slated for Wednesday marks the administration's latest blow to policies aimed at slashing emissions. read more
Paleontologists have discovered 18,000 dinosaur tracks along an ancient coastline located in Torotoro National Park in Bolivia. The footprints and swim tracks were made between 145 million and 66 million years ago. Most are from theropods that walked as bipeds.
The organization's Iceberg Index' is designed to track the different types of AI agents now doing work once conducted by people. read more
President Donald Trump, apparently enamored by the pint-size kei cars he saw during his recent trip to Japan, has paved the way for them to be made and sold in the US, despite concerns they're too small and slow to be driven safely on American roads. "They're very small, they're really cute, and I said 'How would that do in this country?'" Trump told reporters on Wednesday at the White House, as he outlined plans to relax stringent Biden-era fuel efficiency standards. read more
This month will bring some striking celestial sights, including one of the year's best meteor showers and a glowing Saturn-moon pairing. read more
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's rush to bolster the number of ICE agents on the streets means applicants who can "barely read or write" are being accepted, according to a new report. ... "We have people failing open-book tests and we have folks that can barely read or write English," one DHS official told the [Daily Mail].
A federal judge in Florida has ordered the release of material from grand jury investigations into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein from 2005 and 2007. read more
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