DeVos: Schools must reopen, especially for most vulnerable children Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos calls for schools to reopen as reports show rising failing grades for children forced into remote learning from the coronavirus pandemic. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigned on Thursday, citing the riots that took place at the U.S. […]

President Donald Trump condemned the deadly siege on the US Capitol by his supporters as a "heinous attack" and said those who broke the law "will pay."  He also acknowledged a "new administration" will assume the presidency on January 20 and said he will work to ensure an "orderly" transition […]

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, said Thursday that he tried to deploy his state's National Guard to assist in Washington, DC, but was thwarted. Hogan said he was "repeatedly" told he lacked the authorization to deploy the troops, The Washington Post reported. According to The New York Times, the […]

President Donald Trump, in a video message on Thursday night, condemned the riot by his supporters at the U.S. Capitol and said he would prepare for the administration of President-elect Joe Biden. “Like all Americans I am outraged by the violence, lawlessness, and mayhem,” Trump said on the attack on […]

The Supreme Court rejected another challenge to President Donald Trump's election loss Thursday. It's one of more than 40 court cases challenging his loss, none of which has succeeded. The particular case was brought by Rep. Louie Gohmert, a Trump ally who tried to have Vice President Mike Pence, rather […]

The Internal Revenue Service is sending about 8 million of the $600 payments approved in recent stimulus legislation as prepaid debt cards. The cards will go to some of the individuals who didn’t receive their stimulus payment by direct deposit in the past week. The IRS has already sent more […]

New York City is looking into legal options to challenge state vaccination rules that have left thousands of Covid-19 doses unused. Health officials have thousands of shots available “without arms to give injections to,” Mitchell Katz, chief executive officer of NYC Health and Hospitals, said in a Thursday briefing. Now […]

Wallace: Pence choosing the Constitution over Trump was the right and only choice The Constitution does not give power to the vice president to unilaterally reject lawfully certified electors, ‘Fox News Sunday’ anchor Chris Wallace says. Longtime lawmaker Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., said he'd never seen Vice President Pence as "angry" […]

Baghdad (AP) — An arrest warrant was issued Thursday for outgoing President Donald Trump in connection with the killing of an Iranian general and a powerful Iraqi militia leader last year, Iraq’s judiciary said. The warrant was issued by a judge in Baghdad’s investigative court tasked with probing the Washington-directed […]

The morning after the violent rioting at the U.S. Capitol, Jenna Bush Hager reflected on the unrest that took place while appearing on Today with Hoda & Jenna. While speaking with co-host Hoda Kotb, the daughter of former President George W. Bush became emotional as she told viewers: "This is […]