- by Sarah VentreAfter three weeks of testimony, a judge will now rule on whether evidence found in Mangione's backpack can be used in his state trial for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
- by Rachel TreismanTrump withdrew Isaacman's nomination in May, citing the billionaire's donations to Democrats and ties to Elon Musk. He was renominated last month and confirmed by a 67-30 Senate vote on Wednesday.
- by Esme NicholsonThe three octogenarian nuns broke out of a nursing home to go back to live in their convent, sparking a dispute with their church superior. Both sides have appealed to the Vatican for a resolution.
- by Ashleigh FieldsHouse Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday signaled it would be illegal for the Trump administration to rename the Kennedy Center without “legislative action.” “The Kennedy Center Board has no authority to actually rename the Kennedy Center in the absence of legislative action,” Jeffries told reporters. The creation of the Kennedy Center is outlined…
- by Alexander BoltonNearly half the Senate Republican conference has sent a sternly-worded letter to President Trump warning that his executive order to downgrade marijuana — or cannabis — from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug akin to ketamine poses serious health and economic threats to the nation. Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to…
- by Dominick MastrangeloLos Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua issued an apology on Thursday in response to backlash he sparked by appearing on a livestream during which he made a gesture widely viewed as having antisemitic undertones. "At the time, I had no idea this act was antisemitic in nature and perpetuated harmful stereotypes against Jewish people,"…
- One day before the deadline for the release of the DOJ's files on Jeffrey Epstein, House Democrats released another batch of photos from the late financier's estate.
- The mass shooting at Brown University and the murder of an MIT professor in Brookline, Massachusetts, may be linked.
- President Donald Trump announced an executive order reclassifying marijuana as a Schedule III drug, effectively easing federal restrictions on the drug.
- Investigators found evidence linking deadly shootings at Brown University and MIT, as authorities probe connection between campus attacks, according to a report.
- Federal authorities indicted Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, alleged leader of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, on terrorism and drug trafficking charges.
- Texas authorities arrested a suspected caretaker and discovered 17 individuals illegally present during a human smuggling operation in Laredo on Tuesday.