UAE top diplomat back in Syria as relations continue to thaw
The foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates has met with Syrian President Bashar Assad during his second visit to Damascus as relations continue to thaw between the two countries
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‘The fever’s got to break’: When will there be a House speaker?
Members-elect from across GOP agree there’s no plan how to get past impasse and future looks uncertain
FBI raises reward for information about Jan 6 DC pipe bombs to $500,000
The investigation, which has been going on for two years, has so far not yielded any suspects.
From strange new alliances to free popcorn: Day one of America’s ‘embarrassing’ Congress’ House speaker flop
From AOC chatting with Paul Gosar to Maxwell Frost wondering whether he’ll start his job, Eric Garcia recounts a wild day in the new Congress
Proud Boys go to trial on sedition as Jan. 6 probe heats up
The seditious conspiracy trial of Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants is coming at a pivotal time in the Justice Department’s investigation of the Capitol riot and its prosecution of Jan. 6 defendants
Survey: Religiously, Congress doesn’t reflect America
The religious makeup of the incoming 118th Congress looks more like what America used to be than what it is today
Top Israeli legal official opposes ex-con as minister
Israel’s attorney general says she opposes the appointment of a legislator convicted of tax offenses for Cabinet minister
BTK Killer’s daughter sensed her father in the Idaho murders. Bryan Kohberger’s arrest took her breath away
Kerri Rawson had a ‘nagging’ sense as she followed every development in the Idaho murders case. After the arrest of Bryan Kohberger, she tells Bevan Hurley how her ‘stomach sank’ when she realised a link between the suspect and her father, notorious se…
Tucker Carlson calls medical experts ‘witch doctors’ as right-wing figures spread anti-vaccine misinformation after Damar Hamlin’s collapse
Fox News personality joins other right-wing influencers and conspiracy theorists who blame Buffalo Bills player’s injuries on Covid-19 vaccine
California police searched Black teens at six times the rate of white teens, jarring new report shows
California law enforcement was more than twice as likely to use force against people they perceived as Black during vehicle and pedestrian stops in 2021, as compared to people believed to be white