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Virginia and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit in federal court Saturday in a last-ditch effort to stop the construction of the triumphal arch planned for Memorial Circle in Washington.

In past elections, elected leaders, candidates and social media users have spread falsehoods that "late night" arrivals of "ballot dumps" or "suitcases" of ballots are signs of fraud, or that only Democratic-led cities take days to count votes.

We have disagreed on plenty over the years. That’s politics. But one conviction never wavered for either of us: a broken mind deserves the same care as a broken bone. That shared belief led the two of us to do something Washington rarely manages — solve a big problem together. This is a good time […]

As I stare into a forest filled with waving ferns, flitting juncos and towering cherry trees, I worry that AI is destroying the very places where the essence of humanity still exists.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said he won’t rush a trade agreement with the US if the terms aren’t in Canada’s best interests, and suggested he expects his country will still be in President Donald Trump’s crosshairs after the US midterm elections.

Rep. Ilhan Omar appeared confused over what name to use when applying in 2009 for a Minnesota marriage license to her alleged brother Ahmed Elmi, the New York Post reported Friday. The post Report: Marriage License Application Reveals Ilhan Omar Appeared Unsure of Her Name appeared first on Breitbart .

Russia's FSB security service said on Saturday it was carrying out "appropriate" measures after the US embassy in Moscow warned of a planned "terrorist" attack in the capital. The post U.S. Embassy Warns of Potential Planned Terror Attack in Moscow appeared first on Breitbart .

Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei on Saturday escalated his rhetoric against the United States after President Donald Trump teased a renewal of Washington’s war against Tehran following the midterm elections. Khamenei said Iran’s military target list would be “updated comprehensively” to include “all physical and non-physical assets of the US-Zionist enemy are brought within the […]

A shooting at a California Spirit Halloween store left one woman dead and several others injured on Friday evening. Police in Fairfield, California, said that the shooting took place just before 8:30 pm local time inside the Spirit Halloween store at Solano Town Center, according to a local ABC News report. They also stated that ...

David Flippo, the Republican nominee for Congress in a competitive Nevada district, has repeatedly claimed he served in Operation Desert Storm. Yet, according to a US Air Force spokesperson, Flippo was not on active duty until nine months after that military campaign ended. In a candidate questionnaire, Flippo said he was at Montana State University […]

‘Eating with Trump is like dating Taylor Swift: a lot of laughs at the time, but later on they’re tearing you a new asshole’

Refugees from the besieged southern town of Oleshky have returned to free Ukrainian territory and reunited with family members.

US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace formally asked Italy to provide advisers from the police, firefighters and the carabinieri corps to help build a new security force for the Gaza Strip, according to letters seen by Bloomberg News.

Talk host Bill Maher is responding to Trump's epic 1,300 word rant calling him a "total loser" – comparing dining with the president to dating Taylor Swift.

The news doesn’t stop when markets close. Hosts David Gura, Lisa Mateo and Nathan Hager bring clarity, context and a bit of humor to the weekend’s biggest headlines, LIVE from New York. Joined by Medical Historian and “Sleuth-Hound” Author Lindsey Fitzharris, European Commission Vice-President and Fmr. PM of Estonia Kaja Kallas, Writer & Journalist Benton Graham, NY Rep. Gregory Meeks and Journalist and Bioethicist Elizabeth Yuko. (Source: Bloomberg)

Record number of early votes cast, with Democrats outnumbering Republicans in states which collect that information There has been a surge of early voting for the US midterm elections, with millions more Americans going to the polls compared with the last such election amid a series of tight contests that will determine control of Congress. More than 50.5m early votes have been cast across the US as of Saturday morning, according to an analysis by the University of Florida . This is already nearly 5m more votes than the total number of early votes made in the last midterm elections, in 2022. Continue reading...

The two jurisdictions contend that President Trump’s proposed 250-foot arch is “flagrantly unlawful,” citing concerns over traffic, the environment and historic preservation.