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The New Jersey attorney general’s office seized records on Thursday from Bergen County law enforcement agencies to review whether the investigation of a fatal 2018 car crash involving the soon-to-be wife of Senator Robert Menendez was handled properly, two officials said.Nadine Menendez, who was dating Mr. Menendez at the time of the crash, was…

NEW YORK -- The NYPD has released new information about the fatal stabbing of an activist in Brooklyn.Officers are searching for a person of interest.READ MORE: Ryan Carson, social justice advocate, stabbed to death in Crown Heights…

Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida moved on Monday to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his post in an act of vengeance that posed the clearest threat yet to Mr. McCarthy’s tenure and could plunge the House into chaos.After days of warnings, Mr. Gaetz rose on Monday evening to bring up a resolution declaring the speakership vacant. That started…

Comment on this storyCommentThe suspicion and distrust that beset the federal investigation into Hunter Biden stretch back years, according to a review of transcripts, documents and interviews — revealing how prosecutors and investigators turned on each other while handling a high-profile case Republicans are using to attack President Biden…

WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday pressed congressional Republicans to back a bill to provide more aid to Ukraine, saying he was "sick and tired" of the political brinkmanship that nearly led to a government shutdown.Biden spoke after Congress passed a stopgap bill on Saturday that extended government funding for…

The House passed a bill 335-91 Saturday afternoon to fund the government for 45 days, hours before a government shutdown was to go into effect. The bill House Speaker Kevin McCarthy put to a vote ultimately won support from more Democrats than Republicans. Ninety Republicans voted no, and just a single Democrat voted against the short-term…

The weeks of speculation are over after the Archdiocese of Baltimore on Friday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it faces a potential for child sexual abuse lawsuits."I recognize that there is no perfect solution here, but looking at the options and consulting many people in the clergy and the laity, I came to the conclusion…

Five people are dead, including two children, after a train crashed into a car crossing railroad tracks in Hillsborough County, Florida Saturday evening.A group in an SUV was on their way to a quinceañera at a home just across the railroad tracks when the train crashed into them at around 6:45 p.m. There were four males and three females in the…

CNN  —  Tropical Storm Ophelia is heading up the East Coast after making landfall near Emerald Isle, North Carolina, early Saturday, delivering heavy rain, strong winds and coastal flooding well beyond its center.…

Charlie Neibergall/AP Former President Donald Trump visits the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity at Iowa State University before the Iowa State vs. Iowa football game on Sept. 9, 2023, in Ames, Iowa.…