As Congress and the White House intensify negotiations on the fifth round of emergency coronavirus aid, a bipartisan group of senators is hoping the relief package will include a controversial proposal to fix diminishing funds for Social Security, Medicare and the nation's highways.This week, Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, and 14 co-sponsors introduced the TRUST Act, or…
The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron — better known as the Blue Angels — this week received their first F/A-18 Super Hornet, a cutting-edge plane that will replace the older aircraft used for the past three decades. The first Super Hornet arrived at Naval Air Station Pensacola on Monday, officials said. The Blue Angels are…
Vice President Mike Pence’s campaign bus was involved in a minor accident in Pennsylvania on Thursday, and two police motorcycle escorts in his motorcade were involved in a separate accident minutes later. There were no reports of serious injuries. Mr. Pence’s motorcade was traveling along a tight curve in a road in Allegheny County when…
10m ago Mourners begin to file in ahead of service Ahead of the start of Lewis' funeral, mourners have begun to take their seats inside of Atlanta's historic Ebenezer Baptist Church. President Bill Clinton has arrived. Among those in attendance are Democratic Senators Kamala Harris of California and Cory Booker of New Jersey, Congresswoman Val…
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…