WASHINGTON (AP) — New Senate Majority Leader John Thune is kicking off the new session with a promise to preserve the filibuster, saying in his first floor speech as leader that his priority ...

ATLANTA - Celebration of Life and internment plans have been announced for former Georgia State Senator Vincent D. Fort, who died Sunday at the age of 68. Fort was first elected to the State ...

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The senator told reporters his family commends the officers, court and jail, but said he is “somewhat disappointed that mental health is so casually dismissed both by the court and by the ...

Gardener and broadcaster Alan Titchmarsh has spoken about the emotional moment he found out about being made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to horticulture and ...

Deputies lead Ian Cramer, center, out of a courtroom at the Mercer County Courthouse in Stanton, N.D., on Monday, Dec. 30, 2024, after his sentencing. (AP Photo/Jack Dura) ...

A newly released Senate intelligence report has criticized the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for its handling of cases related to the mysterious health condition known as Havana Syndrome.

I dived once and still can’t believe I did it. I dived and I hate myself for it. The memory comes to me sometimes, out of the blue, crawling into my brain and filling it with self-disgust all ...

In partnership with Rhode Island PBS, the Rhode Island Report and host ... The leadership battle at the R.I. State House State Senate President Dominick Ruggerio announced in October that he ...

One of the most concrete proposals on his list is eliminating hundreds of millions of dollars in annual funding that the government funnels to PBS and NPR ... Dan Sullivan, a senator from Alaska ...

Alan Shearer admitted the red card handed to Jhon Duran was "slightly harsh" as Aston Villa fell to defeat at Newcastle. Unai Emery's side, fresh from beating Manchester City 2-0, were second best ...