The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected Alabama’s emergency request to move forward with the scheduled execution of Jeffery Lee, leaving in place lower court rulings that blocked the state from using nitrogen hypoxia. Alabama had asked the justices to allow Lee’s execution to proceed Thursday night

The Obama Foundation announced Monday that the long-delayed Obama Presidential Center on Chicago’s South Side will include a comfort-food restaurant named after Tafari Campbell, the former White House chef and Obama family personal chef who died in a paddleboarding accident near Barack Obama’s Martha’s Vineyard

Three 18-year-olds have been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of longtime Kansas City sports radio personality Jimmy Dodds, a well-known local figure whose death has left the community grieving and reignited concerns over youth violence. Dodds, 64, was killed Sunday outside his home

The online fundraiser created for convicted murderer Karmelo Anthony and his family has been taken down after collecting nearly $634,000, even as Anthony now tells the court he cannot afford an attorney for his appeal. Anthony was convicted Tuesday of murder and sentenced to 35 years in prison in

Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri is calling out four Republican senators who voted against a procedural motion that would have helped add the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act to a major $70 billion budget reconciliation package. The amendment, offered by Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, would have required documented

President Donald J. Trump declared Thursday that the conflict with Iran had effectively come to an end, announcing that he had called off additional U.S. military strikes against the Islamic Republic after high-level negotiations produced what he described as a breakthrough. “I don’t know if you heard,

The House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday aimed at cracking down on widespread fraud in federally funded Medicare and Medicaid-related state programs, even as most Democrats voted against the measure. The Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act passed 211-200, with every Republican voting in favor and only six Democrats joining

President Donald J. Trump delivered a blunt update Thursday morning on the escalating conflict with Iran, telling “Fox & Friends” that U.S. military operations are set to intensify and that fresh strikes are expected later that night. The president also floated a sweeping long-term strategy aimed at crippling

ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones handed Democrats a new political headache Wednesday after repeatedly invoking her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a House hearing focused on the Democratic fundraising giant’s handling of potentially illegal foreign donations. Wallace-Jones declined to answer questions 22 times, refusing to address

The State Department has identified multiple birth tourism networks operating overseas, according to a Wednesday report, as the Trump administration continues its broader push to protect the integrity of U.S. citizenship and crack down on immigration fraud. The discoveries came after the State Department instructed U.S. diplomatic personnel