WASHINGTON — An overwhelmingly bipartisan coalition has put a stop to U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's effort remove Mike Johnson as House speaker.

The vote to table the Georgia Republican’s motion to vacate was 259 in favor and 43 opposed. Greene and 10 other Republicans voted against the motion to table. So did 32 Democrats.

But the ...Read more

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made various claims about his health over the years, but the most shocking came Wednesday when it was revealed that Kennedy once insisted that a worm died in his brain over a decade ago.

Kennedy’s assertion, which was reported by The New York Times, was made during divorce proceedings from his ...Read more

Campus police arrested one person after disbanding a pro-Palestine protest Tuesday at the University of Kansas.

KU Student Affairs interacted with protesters multiple times in the past week, warning them police would get involved if they didn’t voluntarily remove tents from the KU Palestine Solidarity Encampment, said Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, ...Read more

Sacramento State’s chapter of Students for Justice Palestine said the university has agreed to meet demands to investigate and divest in Israel-tied investments that the group and others have protested on campus since late last month.

The agreement to change its investment policy language came late Tuesday night between the protesters and ...Read more

The U.S. Census Bureau wants to ask American residents about their sexual orientation and gender identity, a move seen by activists as a long-overdue form of formal recognition that happens to be coming during a time of mixed acceptance and hostility.

“Any kind of inclusivity is welcome. Visibility is always good,” said Manny Muro, vice ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — The previously unidentified former roommate at the King Road house in Moscow where four University of Idaho students were killed in late 2022 has publicly come forward in her efforts to contribute to the lasting legacy of her friends.

Ashlin Couch, a winter 2021 U of I graduate and sorority sister to two of the stabbing victims...Read more

President Joe Biden’s decision to hold off supplying about 3,500 bombs to Israel was the culmination of months of rising frustration over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s conduct of the war in Gaza — and his administration may not be done yet.

The U.S. acknowledged this week that it had halted the shipment, which including 2,000-pound ...Read more

Martial arts performer Steven Seagal may face sanctions from the European Union after attending Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inauguration in Moscow.

The “Above the Law” actor, who has applauded Putin frequently in the past, had high praise for his friend as the 71-year-old authoritarian was sworn in Tuesday for his fifth term as ...Read more

LIVONIA, Mich. — Michigan could be the first state in the nation to make preschool through community college free if Gov. Gretchen Whitmer can convince state lawmakers to approve her plan as part of the state budget this summer.

"If we can say Michigan is the first place in the country that says from four years until 20 we are going to ...Read more

NEW YORK — State Sen. Zellnor Myrie announced Wednesday he’s opening a campaign committee to raise money for a possible mayoral run, making him the second potential challenger against Mayor Eric Adams in the 2025 battle for City Hall.

Myrie, a progressive Democrat who represents the same swath of central Brooklyn once led by Adams in his ...Read more

For the last 10 years, Prince Harry has used his platform to support wounded veterans through the Invictus Games he started back in 2014.

Now, on the 10-year anniversary of the games, Prince Harry is returning to where it all started, his home country England. And the Royal family has chosen not to take an interest in the event.

In a statement...Read more

BALTIMORE — Seven weeks after Maynor Suazo Sandoval died when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed, his family in Honduras met his body at the San Pedro Sula airport and prepared to bury him.

A commercial flight bearing the remains of the 38-year-old worker arrived at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Ramón Villeda Morales Airport. At the Amor Eterno ...Read more

Gov. Ron DeSantis personally directed the Florida Highway Patrol’s response to the recent pro-Palestinian campus protests in Florida, a top state official said Wednesday.

“On countless occasions, campus and local law enforcement has requested the assistance of Florida Highway Patrol. And on countless other occasions, we have proactively ...Read more

ATLANTA — Despite entering hospice care over a year ago, Jimmy Carter refuses to miss an election.

At 99 years of age, the former president cast a mail-in ballot for the May primary election this week, grandson Jason Carter said Wednesday on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Monica Pearson Show.

“He’s not going to miss an election!”...Read more

WASHINGTON — House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James R. Comer canceled a scheduled hearing aimed at examining the local response to a pro-Palestinian encampment at George Washington University after police cleared the area early Wednesday.

The hearing, which was slated for Wednesday afternoon, was announced last week after reports ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Francis Scott Key Bridge cleanup officials shared a video animation Wednesday depicting how crews plan to deploy small explosive devices to clear a large steel truss resting on the bow of the Dali container ship in the Patapsco River.

Crews will cut holes into various sections of the truss and place thin pieces of metal inside ...Read more

ATLANTA — The Georgia Court of Appeals on Wednesday decided to hear an appeal of a judge’s ruling allowing District Attorney Fani Willis to remain at the helm of Fulton County’s election interference case against former President Donald Trump.

The court’s decision almost certainly means a significant delay of a trial here for Trump and ...Read more

DENVER — Douglas County High School on Wednesday moved the location of its upcoming graduation after teachers and union leaders raised concerns that holding the ceremony at the U.S. Air Force Academy created hurdles that could have prevented undocumented students and their families from attending the celebration.

The new venue for the May 22 ...Read more

ATLANTA — A 10-count indictment filed Tuesday lodges new accusations against a man suspected in the February killing of nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus.

Three of those counts accuse 26-year-old Jose Antonio Ibarra of felony murder. The others include malice murder, aggravated battery, aggravated assault with ...Read more