Sen. Mitt Romney, Utah Republican, called Wednesday for President Trump to stop pushing a conspiracy theory accusing MSNBC host and former Rep. Joe Scarborough of murder. Mr. Romney took to Twitter to defend Mr. Scarborough in light of Mr. Trump continuing to baselessly claim the “Morning Joe” host may have killed one of his congressional…
Iranian drones and gunboats may want to think twice before harassing U.S. Navy vessels after a successful round of testing on a new laser weapon. Capt. Karrey Sanders of the amphibious transport dock ship Portland recently commented on the Solid State Laser Weapons System Demonstrator, which disabled a UVA for the first time on May…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reported to Congress on Wednesday that Hong Kong was no longer autonomous from China, a move that could jeopardize the special administrative region's favorable trade relationship with the U.S. and open up Chinese officials to sanctions. The State Department was required to issue a determination on Hong Kong's autonomy under pro-democracy…
President Trump took to Twitter early Wednesday to rail against social media companies, escalating a battle with Twitter over using a fact-check label on his tweets for the first time this week.“Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices,” Trump tweeted. “We will strongly regulate, or close them down, before we can ever…
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci speaks during an unscheduled briefing after a Coronavirus Task Force meeting at the White House on April 5, 2020, in Washington, DC.Eric Baradat | AFP | Getty ImagesA second wave of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States "could happen" but is "not…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…