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Domestic extremists pose 'heightened threat' to 2022 midterms: Law enforcement
Hill Street Studios/Getty Images/STOCK(NEW YORK) -- Domestic violent extremists across the ideological spectrum pose a "heightened threat" to the 2022 midterms, according to a joint intelligence ...
Oct 29, 2022
Ex-Capitol Police officer convicted of covering up efforts to help Jan. 6 rioter avoid prosecution
Drew Angerer/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- A federal jury Friday returned a guilty verdict on one count of obstruction of justice against a former Capitol Police officer charged with aiding a riot...
Oct 29, 2022
Another UFO report comes out next week, some incidents still unexplained
U.S. Dept. of Defense(NEW YORK) -- The enduring debate about whether UFOs are caused by extraterrestrial beings will once again be front and center next week as U.S. intelligence agencies will pr...
Oct 29, 2022
Nancy Pelosi's husband attacked by man with hammer; suspect shouted, 'Where's Nancy?': Sources
JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images(SAN FRANCISCO) -- Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was "violently assaulted" by a man who broke into his San Francisco home early Friday, accordin...
Oct 28, 2022
Justices to take aim at race-conscious college admissions in affirmative action cases
Grant Faint/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In her 2003 opinion upholding affirmative action in higher education, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor famously predicted that in 25 years "the ...
Oct 28, 2022
Fetterman, Shapiro to attend Pennsylvania Democratic Party fundraiser where Biden, Harris will speak
Mark Makela/Getty Images(PHILADELPHIA) -- President Joe Biden and Vice President Harris will deliver remarks at a fundraiser for the Pennsylvania Democratic Party in Philadelphia on Friday evening, wh...
Oct 28, 2022
What voters in four swing states say about inflation, abortion and extremism
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As the final days tick down to Election Day, voters from Arizona, Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania recently spoke about their concerns. High gas prices: Biden'...
Oct 28, 2022
Former MPD police officer confronts Jan. 6 Capitol attacker at sentencing
Tetra Images - Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former D.C. Metropolitan Police Department officer Michael Fanone appeared in court Thursday to confront a rioter who dragged him into the mob ...
Oct 28, 2022
How the Jan. 6 hearings changed public opinion ahead of the midterms
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House Jan. 6 committee, in its last scheduled hearing, warned that those involved in what they called the attempted coup must be held ac...
Oct 27, 2022
Police make arrest after burglary at Arizona governor candidate Katie Hobbs' campaign headquarters
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images(PHOENIX) -- The campaign headquarters of Arizona's Democratic candidate for governor and current Secretary of State Katie Hobbs was burglarized earlier this week and an arre...
Oct 27, 2022
