The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a major case involving the controversial “Texas two-step,” a corporate bankruptcy strategy critics say allows deep-pocketed companies to pause lawsuits by shifting legal liabilities into a separate entity. The dispute centered on Bestwall, a unit of Georgia-Pacific LLC, which

California’s troubled election system came under fire Monday night from an unlikely critic, as liberal polling analyst Nate Silver sharply criticized the state’s habit of taking weeks to count votes and finalize election results. Silver, the founder of FiveThirtyEight, posted a series of messages on X ahead of

President Donald Trump moved quickly Tuesday morning to fill a critical national security role, announcing that William J. Pulte will serve as acting director of national intelligence following Tulsi Gabbard’s resignation. Pulte, who currently leads the Federal Housing Finance Agency, was appointed to that post by President Trump last

Authorities have uncovered a highly developed tunnel near a major border crossing between the United States and Mexico, raising fresh concerns about the lengths criminal networks will go to move drugs, weapons, and other contraband across the southern border. The tunnel was discovered near San Diego and reportedly runs approximately

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is facing a delicate political test as President Donald Trump’s proposed “Anti-Weaponization Fund” runs into legal challenges, internal Republican frustration, and fresh questions about how far GOP lawmakers are willing to go in defending the administration’s broader agenda. The South Dakota Republican stopped

A quiet Iowa community was left shaken Monday after authorities said a domestic-related dispute erupted into a horrific family massacre that left seven people dead in Muscatine, a city near the Illinois border. Police identified the suspected gunman as 52-year-old Ryan Willis McFarland, who authorities believe killed six relatives before

A veteran forensic expert is raising a disturbing possibility in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie, suggesting she may have been targeted by someone local who believed the family had money. Nancy Guthrie has been missing for months after disappearing from her Tucson-area

An artificial intelligence model has generated a hypothetical forecast for the 2028 presidential election, and the result offers a striking picture of what a future Republican victory could look like if Vice President JD Vance were to face Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The prediction was produced by Grok, the AI

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries is facing sharp criticism after the Virginia Supreme Court struck down the state’s newly approved congressional map, delivering a major blow to Democrats’ effort to reshape the battlefield ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Republicans accused Democrats of overplaying their hand in a high-stakes