Author: Pauline Edwards

Congress is running out of time to finalize a large government funding agreement before a potential shutdown on Friday. There are worries that the process may take longer than expected and spill into the weekend. Some lawmakers anticipate seeing the actual text of the legislation by late Wednesday, but others caution that…

Read More

Lev Parnas, a convicted former aide to Rudy Giuliani, called Wednesday for an investigation into former Attorney General Bill Barr over his arrest in 2019. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) asked Parnas during a GOP-led House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on Wednesday whether Barr should be investigated for his conduct while he was in office.…

Read More

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — New FBI statistics reveal that overall violent crime in the United States decreased again last year, continuing a downward trend after a spike during the pandemic. In the last three months of 2023, murders decreased by 13% compared to the same period the previous year, according to FBI data released this week. […]

Read More