US State Department report details damning failings around chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal
The US State Department on Friday released its long-awaited Afghanistan After Action Review report, which outlines damning findings and criticizes both the Trump and Biden administrations for decisions that led to the deadly and chaotic US withdrawal from that country after nearly two decades on the ground.
2023-07-01 02:47
Florida's new DeSantis-backed laws address immigration, guns and more
Employers who hire immigrants in the country illegally will face tough punishments and gun owners will have more freedoms when more than 200 new Florida laws take effect Saturday
2023-07-01 01:49
Here's when your student loan payments will start again
After a more than three-year pause, borrowers will have to restart paying their federal student loan bills in October.
2023-07-01 01:28
Supreme Court leaves in place Mississippi law that critics say disenfranchises Black voters
The Supreme Court declined Friday to take up a challenge to a Mississippi statute that bars individuals convicted of certain felonies from voting. Critics say the law is unconstitutional because it was enacted in 1890 with the intent to disenfranchise Black voters.
2023-07-01 01:28
Santos appears in court for first time since pleading not guilty in criminal fraud case
Embattled Rep. George Santos appeared in federal court on Friday, where prosecutors unveiled they had delivered the defense roughly 80,000 pages of documents earlier this week.
2023-07-01 01:17
Ohio redistricting case that raised controversial election law theory sent back by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday sent back to state court an Ohio redistricting case that raised the same, sweeping theory about the "Independent State Legislature" theory that the justices recently rejected in a case arising out of North Carolina.
2023-07-01 00:56
Supreme Court to decide whether Second Amendment protects gun owners subject to domestic violence restraining orders
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review a federal law that bars an individual subject to a domestic violence restraining order from possessing a firearm, adding a major Second Amendment case to next term's docket.
2023-07-01 00:24
The pause on student loans is ending. That could be a storm cloud for the economy
Millions of Americans are about to get a rude awakening in their monthly budget: Federal student loan payments are back.
2023-07-01 00:15
TSMC confirms supplier data breach following ransom demand by Russian-speaking cybercriminal group
Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC confirmed Friday that one of its hardware suppliers was hacked and had data stolen from it, but said the incident had no impact on business operations.
2023-06-30 23:50
Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooter considered other targets, psychologist testifies
The Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooter told a forensic psychologist who evaluated him that he had identified multiple targets to carry out the mass shooting of Jews, testimony at the killer's death penalty trial revealed Thursday.
2023-06-30 23:22
Travel in America is a crapshoot, and it won't get better anytime soon
Hundreds of thousands of people who expected to travel this week found themselves frustratingly stationary — stuck in an airport, far from home, with few good options but to wait. And wait.
2023-06-30 23:16
Read the opinion: Supreme Court student loan forgiveness decision
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled against the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness plan, which aimed to provide relief to millions of borrowers struggling with debt.
2023-06-30 23:15