House oversight report accuses Walz administration of ignoring fraud warnings as billions in federal funds disappeared

A 205-page congressional report released Monday charges that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison presided over one of the worst fraud oversight failures in recent memory, allowing billions in federal nutrition and Medicaid dollars to flow to suspected fraudsters for years after credible warnings reached the highest levels of state government. The […]

Trump takes $475 million CNN defamation case to the Supreme Court

President Donald Trump has notified the U.S. Supreme Court that he intends to ask the justices to revive his $475 million defamation lawsuit against CNN, a case built on the network's repeated use of the phrase "Big Lie" to characterize his claims about the 2020 election. Trump's lawyers formally requested a 60-day extension, pushing their […]

Stephen A. Smith tells Trump to stay away from NBA Finals Game 3 at Madison Square Garden

ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith used his Monday morning platform to demand that President Donald Trump skip Game 3 of the NBA Finals in New York City, calling the president's planned attendance "selfish," "narcissistic," and "ridiculous." The target of Smith's objection: a longtime New York Knicks fan who wanted to watch his team play the […]

Five people stabbed at Penn Station one night before Trump's NBA championship visit

Five people were stabbed inside New York City's Penn Station on Sunday night, police said, leaving one person seriously injured and sending all five to the hospital, just hours before President Donald Trump was expected at the adjacent Madison Square Garden for an NBA championship game. The attack happened around 7 p.m. ET in one […]

Stacey King, Chicago Bulls champion and beloved broadcaster, dies at 59

Stacey King, who won three NBA titles with the Chicago Bulls dynasty and later became the franchise's signature broadcast voice, has died at 59. The Bulls announced his death on Sunday. The team did not disclose a cause of death or the circumstances surrounding it. What the organization did offer, in lengthy, personal statements from […]

Survivors of Butler rally shooting sue federal government over Secret Service security failures

Two men who took bullets at the July 13, 2024, Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, have filed federal lawsuits against the United States government, alleging that the Secret Service's gross negligence turned a preventable threat into a near-assassination and a mass shooting. James Copenhaver and David Dutch filed separate but similar complaints Monday in […]

American Airlines flight attendant killed by boat while snorkeling off South Florida coast

Two fishermen casting lines near Hollywood Beach on Wednesday night pulled something from the surf that turned out to be the body of a 31-year-old American Airlines flight attendant. Kellie Melinda Williams, a California native who had recently moved to Florida, was dead, her injuries, officials later said, consistent with being struck by a boat. […]

Seattle mayor concedes she broke her own Starbucks boycott after telling residents to shun the company

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson told residents last year to stop buying Starbucks. Then she walked into the Pike Place Market location and ordered a blueberry muffin latte. Wilson made the admission during an interview with FOX 13 Seattle co-anchor Hana Kim, published Wednesday, when she was asked whether she still supports a boycott of the […]

Trump signs executive order creating voluntary federal review of advanced AI systems

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday establishing a voluntary framework for the federal government to review the most advanced artificial intelligence systems for national security risks before they reach the public, a move that came less than two weeks after he shelved an earlier version over concerns it could slow American innovation. The […]

Sunny Hostin calls America a 'failed experiment,' splits with her own co-hosts on The View

Sunny Hostin declared the United States a "failed experiment" on Friday's episode of "The View," breaking sharply with her fellow panelists during a discussion about patriotism, President Donald Trump, and the country's approaching 250th anniversary. Her co-hosts, none of them Trump supporters, pushed back immediately, drawing a visible line between criticizing the government and writing […]