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Election updates: Mixed results for Trump-backed candidates in GOP primaries
Nate Smallwood/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Voters were heading to the polls Tuesday for primary elections in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky, Idaho and Oregon amid a midterm seaso...
May 17, 2022
Domestic violent extremists infiltrating abortion debate: DHS official
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Officials from the Department of Homeland Security warned that domestic violent extremists have been infiltrating the national abortion debate "...
May 17, 2022
Pennsylvania Senate hopeful John Fetterman has primary day surgery after stroke
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the front-runner in the state's Democratic Senate primary race, completed a "successful procedure" ...
May 17, 2022
In Georgia Senate race, Herschel Walker navigates allegations of past violent behavior
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- An athletic icon and business success, Herschel Walker has the type of background that Republicans hope will propel him to the U.S. Senate,...
May 17, 2022
Pentagon now reports about 400 UFO encounters: 'We want to know what's out there'
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Top Pentagon officials told a House panel on Tuesday that there are now close to 400 reports from military personnel of possible encounters with...
May 17, 2022
First major court test for DOJ special counsel investigating origins of Russia probe
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department special counsel investigating the origins of the probe into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election is fac...
May 17, 2022
Biden labels Buffalo shooting 'domestic terrorism' after visiting scene
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images(BUFFALO, N.Y.) -- Assuming his role as consoler in chief, President Joe Biden traveled to Buffalo, New York, on Tuesday to visit a community in mourning and call ou...
May 17, 2022
Primary races in five states foreshadow contentious midterm elections
adamkaz/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Primary elections on Tuesday night in five states will showcase some of the many factors that have been swirling around the 2022 midterm elections, including the po...
May 17, 2022
Congress to hold first hearing on UFOs in over 50 years
Tetra Images - Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Almost a year after a long-awaited U.S. intelligence report on UFOs provided few answers to what military pilots had encountered in more than 1...
May 17, 2022
White House expands flights to Cuba, reverses other Trump admin restrictions
John Elk III/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The White House announced a historic shift in its policy toward Cuba Monday night, saying that for the first time in six decades it will sign off on an America...
May 16, 2022
