Gov. DeSantis, who is not expected to announce whether he will run until after Florida's legislative session in the spring or summer, has quickly emerged as the leading alternative to the former president among GOP primary voters.
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DEVELOPING: Twitter suspends several high-profile journalists who have been covering the company and Elon Musk.
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U.S. Senate votes 83-11 to pass a massive military policy bill that would direct the Defense Dept. to lift a Covid vaccine mandate for service members and authorize $858 billion in defense spending; the legislation now heads to President Biden's desk.
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House Republicans have sent a letter to Uber asking the tech company to explain what steps it is taking in response to drivers' complaints that they’re being asked to deliver packages they suspect to be drugs.
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The former Texas officer who shot and killed Atatiana Jefferson through a window in her home in October 2019 has been found guilty of manslaughter.
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Video shows North Carolina police taking a Black college student out of class in handcuffs after a dispute between the student and her professor.
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The Biden administration has blacklisted a Chinese video surveillance company that officials say is implicated in the repression of Uyghurs in China and that provided U.S.-made technology to Iran.
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The Biden administration released more than 13,000 records of JFK's assassination, but fell short of fully complying with a 30-year-old law demanding transparency by now.
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1 in 5, or 16 out of 77 films released in theaters last year by a major studio included at least one LGBTQ character, according to GLAADs 10th annual Studio Responsibility Index.
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"Hear me out — I understand that cafes, especially those that function as coworking spaces, have certain unspoken rules and norms," writes .
"But I implore cafe society: Please abandon the ones that are irrational and disruptive."
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As Title 42 nears its potential end, a look at how it could impact impact migration and border policy:
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There have been 53 reports of tornadoes since early Tuesday morning in seven states, including three confirmed whirlwinds in Louisiana that killed three people.
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~* tHe AwAy MeSsAgE iS bAcK *~
Instagram rolled out its notes feature earlier this week, sparking intense nostalgia for AIM.
I wrote about the new feature for here:
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Harvard University announces Claudine Gay as its 30th president, making her the first Black person and the second woman to lead the Ivy League school.
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A Pennsylvania school board member resigned after saying last week at meeting she was against voting for a “cis, white male” for board president.
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A 29-year-old woman was arrested Thursday in the death of her child more than four years after Florida detectives started investigating the discovery of the newborn floating in the Atlantic Ocean.
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A NASA spacecraft is set to swing past Io, one of the 80 known moons in Jupiter’s system, giving astronomers a close-up view of one of the most volcanic spots in the solar system.
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House votes in favor of the Puerto Rico Status Act, which seeks to resolve the U.S. territory's status and its relationship to the United States through a binding plebiscite.
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BREAKING: The former Texas officer who shot and killed Atatiana Jefferson through a window in her home in October 2019 has been found guilty of manslaughter.
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The mother of a 20-month-old Georgia toddler whose remains were found in a Savannah landfill last month was indicted on murder charges on Wednesday.
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A cold virus is running through the France squad ahead of the World Cup final against Argentina on Sunday, affecting at least three players.
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Fans of Megan Thee Stallion are trying to shift the public’s attention away from her sexual history, which they believe is being used to distract from the act of violence committed against her.
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U.S. Coast Guard recovers the body of a woman who fell overboard from a cruise ship that was returning to Florida.
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The chancellor of Purdue University Northwest apologizes after being criticized for racist Asian language impression on stage at the school’s winter commencement ceremony.
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One of three men who forged an early alliance with the leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison for assisting him.
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Two teenage boys rescued after a bungee ride malfunctioned at London’s 'Winter Wonderland' holiday event.
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A suspect driving a car in the southern French city of Montpellier “violently hit” and killed a teenage boy as crowds celebrated France’s victory in the World Cup semifinal, local authorities say.
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A Washington state man has been charged with seven counts of making interstate threats after he allegedly left more than 400 voicemails over two years for members of Congress.
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Panel of the Washington, D.C., Bar makes tentative, non-binding determination that Rudy Giuliani likely violated at least one professional conduct rule during his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Pennsylvania.
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The father of 7-year-old Athena Strand, who was allegedly killed by a Texas FedEx delivery driver, has filed a lawsuit for negligence.
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The mother of one of four Idaho college students killed last month says that authorities didn’t notify her before they asked the public for information about a white sedan, a car police have described as a potentially critical clue.
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The SEC charged eight influencers with securities fraud after they were part of a $100 million scheme to use Twitter and Discord to manipulate the price of certain stocks, the agency says.
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A Miami firefighter who was caught on video punching a handcuffed patient who allegedly spat at him has lost his job pending an investigation, officials say.
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Biden beat Trump once, and Democrats are crafting a strategy to try to beat him again in 2024 — even if his name isn’t on the ballot.
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Senate passes bill to bar federal employees from using TikTok on government-owned devices.
The bill must still be approved by the House, which would need to pass it before the current congressional session's end, which is expected next week.
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Five weeks after Election Day, winning candidates in Pennsylvania from governor to Congress are waiting for their victories to become official.
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Henry Cavill won't return as Superman in the franchise's next movie, DC Studios co-head says.
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Moments before the deadly gunfire that claimed his life four weeks ago, a University of Virginia football player was on the phone with his mother, his parents say.
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New: In NBC interview, boldly predicts Democrats will defy gravity and hold their majority in 2024.
Beaming with confidence after ‘22.
Reasons he cites:
1. New benefits take effect next two years
2. “MAGA influence” will keep hurting GOP
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Exclusive: U.S. spies whiffed on COVID and are not ready for the next pandemic, a new House intelligence committee report says, citing a culture that does not prioritize work on biothreats.
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