U.S. forces stationed in Syria were attacked Tuesday, Pentagon officials said Thursday, marking the 74th time since Oct. 17 that troops were targeted in the Middle East.
Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh confirmed the attack during Thursday's Department of Defense briefing.
"There...
Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing a spending bill that includes money for temporary shelter spaces for homeless families as the state struggles to find newly arriving migrants places to stay after hitting a state-imposed limit of 7,500 families in its...
The fierce rivalry between former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., continued full throttle this week as the two traded jabs in separate media interviews centered on questions about divisions within the Florida congressional delegation.
"You...
North Carolina trial judges on Thursday blocked portions of a new law that would transfer Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s authority to pick election board members to the Republican-dominated General Assembly.
Following a 90-minute hearing, the three state judges agreed unanimously...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Biden administration will issue $220 million in grants to modernize the country's ferry systems, officials announced Thursday.
The grant program will focus on expanding ferry service in rural communities, helping them acquire modern ferries, including...
Most drivers would pay $15 to enter Manhattan’s central business district under a plan released by New York officials Thursday. The congestion pricing plan, which neighboring New Jersey has filed a lawsuit over, will be the first such program...
A country music star will perform at Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's second inauguration, while health care workers and public school educators will serve as grand marshals of the parade as details of the daylong ceremonies on Dec. 12 came...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Mandy Cohen said during a Congressional hearing that there's no reason for the public to be alarmed over a spike in respiratory illness in China.
Cohen made the comments during a House Energy...
Democratic voters lost an attempt to block New Hampshire's newly drawn state Senate Executive Council districts after the state Supreme Court ruled that their claims fall outside the jurisdiction of the judicial branch.
In a 3-2 decision Wednesday, the court...
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, blasted Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., during a hearing Thursday that ended in Democrats subpoenaing Republican donor Harlan Crow and conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to subpoena Crow and Leo after...