Idaho Gov. Little signs budget cutting $2.2M from State Public Defender Office

Idaho's governor signed a budget cutting $2.2M from the state's new public defender office, drawing criticism from Democrats ...

AIPAC super PAC funded big-spending Illinois groups, as Democratic fights over Israel spread

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s super PAC seeded two anonymous groups that spent more than $14 million to ...

From 'freedom' to 'fury': 23 years on, how US is caught in costly war loop in Middle East

Twenty-three years ago, the United States marched into Iraq with certainty and spectacle. The opening salvos were sold as decisive, almost clinical: a.

Fetterman explains why he crossed party lines to support Mullin for DHS chief

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman cast the deciding vote Thursday to advance Markwayne Mullin’s nomination to serve as US ...

Man found dead on ocean floor after diving to see Florida shipwreck: deputies

Authorities said Higgins was discovered on the ocean floor at a depth of around 110 feet by commercial dive employees. He was taken back to a commercial vessel, where CPR was perf ...

Mullin’s Homeland Security nomination advances to full Senate despite opposition from Republican Rand Paul

Senate committee narrowly approves Markwayne Mullin’s nomination for Homeland Security secretary on an 8-7 vote, advancing to full Senate for confirmation. The contentious hearing exposed divisions ...

Georgia was going to dump voting machines that Trump hates until things got complicated

A Georgia effort to dump voting machines that Donald Trump hates may get derailed by fear of a chaotic last-minute shift in ...