Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said President Donald Trump “cherry picks which political violence he’s going to condemn,” after the president delivered remarks on the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk Wednesday.

“I think we need to be universal in condemning all political violence,” Shapiro, a Democrat, told ABC News...Read more

The man accused of killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk— identified as Tyler Robinson — was arrested on suspicion of murder and weapons offenses.

Robinson is being held in county jail in Utah without bail, according to court documents. He was arrested by law enforcement, after a family member alerted authorities that he had ...Read more

The U.S. will urge its allies in the Group of Seven to impose tariffs as high as 100% on China and India for their purchases of Russian oil in an effort to convince President Vladimir Putin to end his war in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump said on Friday that his patience with Putin was “running out fast” and threatened new economic ...Read more

California lawmakers just paved the way for a whole lot more housing in the Golden State.

In the waning hours of the 2025 legislative session, the state Senate voted 21 to 8 to approve Senate Bill 79, a landmark housing bill that overrides local zoning laws to expand high-density housing near transit hubs. The controversial bill received a ...Read more

A 2021 loan document reviewed by Reuters shows Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook declared an Atlanta home she purchased as a “vacation home,” appearing to contradict the Trump administration’s claims that she committed mortgage fraud.

The May 28, 2021, loan estimate was issued by a credit union to Cook weeks before she ultimately ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Paramount on Friday sharply denounced a proposed boycott of Israeli film institutions by a group that calls itself Film Workers for Palestine and is supported by dozens of Hollywood luminaries.

Earlier this week, the group launched an open letter pledging to withhold support for Israeli film festivals, production companies and ...Read more

Utah Attorney General Derek Brown said investigators are “absolutely” going to try to identify any possible collaborators in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

“We’re looking for everything at this point,” Brown said Friday on Bloomberg Television’s Balance of Power. “The information we have is still fairly ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Amid continued excitement over the engagement of Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and pop superstar Taylor Swift, a local farm is keeping love and football at the forefront of fall fun.

It’s been weeks since Kelce proposed to Swift, turning their backyard into a floral wonderland and surprising her just after she ...Read more

In today’s media landscape, calling a thing a thing will get you fired — at least according to former MSNBC analyst Matthew Dowd, who was let go from the network earlier this week following on-air comments about the shooting of Charlie Kirk.

Amid the breaking news the conservative activist had been shot during a speaking event at Utah ...Read more

DENVER — The online footprint of the 16-year-old who shot two students and then himself at Evergreen High School this week fits into a new wave of online extremism that calls for violence as a way to destroy society, experts said.

Social media accounts for Desmond Holly suggest to experts that he was involved in nihilistic violent extremist ...Read more

In state legislatures around the country, medication abortion has emerged as the central focus of the fight over abortion rights. As Democratic lawmakers in blue states enact shield laws to protect abortion medication prescribers, their Republican counterparts — particularly in states that have banned abortion — are filing a flurry of bills ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Key House GOP appropriators are raising concerns about the White House’s use of a legally untested budgetary tool to terminate billions in foreign aid funds as the Supreme Court decides whether to weigh in on a tactic that could overhaul congressional funding power.

Hard-line conservatives have cheered on the Trump ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Storm Crow Games, a game store in Eldersburg, was filled with people for a weekly event for the game Magic: The Gathering last Saturday, when two men successfully walked away with thousands of dollars’ worth of Pokémon cards.

The theft occurred at the store on Liberty Road just after 6:30 p.m., owners Tyler and Sam Clark told ...Read more

DENVER — The two students wounded in the Wednesday shooting at Evergreen High School remain in two separate hospitals in critical condition.

One student is in CommonSpirit St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood and is in critical but stable condition. The other person was moved from St. Anthony to Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora and was in...Read more

CHICAGO -- A flower vendor arrested by federal immigration agents last weekend in Chicago’s Archer Heights neighborhood is now back in Mexico, according to his family and a social media post.

Last Sunday afternoon, bystanders filmed federal immigration agents arresting the vendor. The videos quickly gained traction across Chicago as President...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Facing pressure from President Donald Trump, the Missouri Senate on Friday passed a gerrymandered congressional map that dilutes the voting power of Kansas City.

The map, sponsored by Rep. Dirk Deaton, a Seneca Republican, carves Kansas City into three Republican-leaning congressional districts. The goal is to push out ...Read more

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination earlier this week, Stephen King has issued an apology after claiming the conservative activist supported “stoning gays.”

The bestselling author found himself in the crosshairs after replying to a tweet from Fox News host Jesse Watters, who said Kirk was not “controversial” or “polarizing�...Read more