When Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth posted a meme of Franklin the Turtle, the amiable child's cartoon character, in a helicopter using a military weapon to kill people in a small boat below him, and captioned it "For your Christmas wish list," it understandably caused an uproar. Should the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has dealt a setback to Justice Department efforts to seek a new indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, temporarily barring prosecutors from using evidence they had relied on when they initially secured criminal charges. The ruling Saturday night ...

Today is Monday, Dec. 8, the 342nd day of 2025. There are 23 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1941, the United States entered World War II as Congress declared war against Imperial Japan a day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Also on this date: In 1980, rock star and former ...

There are special moments that occur in one’s life that really stand out and stick with you; they seem to be frozen in time with every detail embedded in our memory. For me, I’ve been blessed to have a large number of these experiences, but there is one recent memory that really stands ...

Sean Duffy's entreaty to "dress with respect" on airplanes rapidly ran into some turbulence. The transportation secretary's request had a bumpy touchdown, landing so close to Donald Trump boorishly telling a female reporter on Air Force One, "Quiet, Piggy." Duffy's boss often struggles to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to take up the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's order on birthright citizenship declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The justices will hear ...