German news agency reports Chancellor Scholz had a one-hour call with Russian President Putin, first in two years

It's unclear what Vice President Kamala Harris will do after losing the presidential election, but should she run for California governor, support among state residents is seemingly strong, new polling suggests. In a UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll co-sponsored by The Los Angeles Times, nearly half of the state's voters would be very [...]

"Latino male Trump voter told CNN mass deportation won't extend to law-abiding workers. 'That wouldn't be fair. They need to make sure that they don't throw away, they don't kick out, they don't deport people that are family oriented.'"

Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley said Wednesday that President-elect Trump knew she did not want to serve in his second administration when he publicly announced over the weekend that he would not be offering her a job. "I will not be inviting former Ambassador Nikki Haley, or former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, to...

Jimmy Kimmel reacted to Donald Trump nominating Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — a prominent vaccine skeptic — as secretary of health and human services during his "Jimmy Kimmel Live" monologue on Thursday night, saying the decision is "heavy on the F." "Who better to be in charge of health and humans than a guy whose ...

The Philadelphia Eagles learned the hard way on Thursday night about what happens when a trick play backfires spectacularly. The team tried to run a funky formation against the visiting Washington Commanders in the second quarter, one involving multiple hand-offs that...

In the wake of President-elect Donald Trump's decision to appoint ex-Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as his Director of National Intelligence, reports have resurfaced of her ties to a religious sect described as a "cult"—a connection that has the potential to throw her nomination, which requires Senate confirmation, into jeopardy. Gabbard became the first American Samoan and practicing Hindu in Congress when she joined the U.S. House representing Hawaii's 2nd congressional district in 2013. She re

Wanda Sykes said that even though she "got her hopes up," about Kamala Harris potentially winning the election, she wasn't surprised when Donald Trump won—and she revealed why on Tuesday's Jimmy Kimmel Live. "I mean it's so many reasons why you can say it happened," Sykes said on the show, "But I think you know, a lot of us aren't, like, totally shocked" because "sometimes America is just gonna America." Even though she wasn't floored by the results, Sykes admitted she's not feeling great about

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) pleaded with fellow Republicans to back Donald Trump's choice as attorney general, Matt Gaetz, after initially sounding skeptical about the bombshell pick. Appearing on Fox News' Hannity on Wednesday, Graham said: "To every Republican, give Matt a chance." His remark came amid a growing rebellion from GOP ranks over the surprise decision. Several Republican senators openly showed their disdain, saying it wasn't a "serious" appointment.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Members of President-elect Donald Trump's transition team are drawing up a list of military officers to be fired, potentially to include the Joint Chiefs of Staff, two sources said, in what would be an unprecedented shakeup at the Pentagon. The planning for the firings is at an early stage after Trump's Nov. 5 election victory and could change as Trump's administration takes shape, said the sources, who are familiar with the Trump transition and requested anonymity to speak candidly about the plans. One of the sources questioned the feasibility of a mass firing at the Pentagon.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) said he was "excited" by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination for the secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). "I'm excited by the news that the President-Elect will appoint to He helped us defeat vaccine mandates in Colorado in 2019 and will help make America healthy again by...

The last time a human visited the moon was in December 1972 during NASA's Apollo 17 mission. Since then, there have been many foiled plans to go back.

The 2024 election results suggest that the Trump majority may soon have cause for second thoughts, as the proposed tax cuts and tariffs could lead to increased inflation and worker shortages, leading to higher interest rates and a more expensive labor force.

Despite the constant debunking of UFO sightings, skeptics and grifters claim that aliens have visited Earth in vehicles beyond human comprehension but decided not to implode the planet to build an interstellar bypass. These so-called experts were again given a platform in Congress at a House Oversight hearing on Wednesday titled "Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth."

The U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania between Democratic incumbent Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick is headed for a statewide recount, as counties continued Wednesday to sort through outstanding ballots and the campaigns jousted over which ones should count. The Associated Press called the race for McCormick last week, concluding that not enough ballots remained to be counted in areas Casey was winning for him to take the lead. A noon deadline passed Wednesday for Casey to waive his right to a statewide recount and Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro's top election official, Secretary of State Al Schmidt, a Republican, announced that preliminary results had triggered a legally required statewide recount.

On the last day of January, a woman took her son to see paediatrician Nadezhda Buyanova at Polyclinic No. 140 in northwest Moscow. The case hinged on a denunciation - part of a rising trend of Russians informing on fellow citizens for their views on the war in Ukraine and other alleged political crimes. Critics say the wave of denunciations is helping President Vladimir Putin's government crack down on dissent.

Former national security adviser John Bolton said Wednesday that former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) — President-elect Trump's nominees for director of national intelligence and attorney general, respectively — should not appear for their Senate confirmation hearings until they are investigated by the FBI. In an interview on NewsNation's "The Hill,"...

On Wednesday, a new slate of witnesses provided fresh testimony to Congress on UFO sightings and what the government may (or may not) know about them.

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