A US Postal Service whistleblower has warned that a new ballot-processing system ordered by President Donald Trump and due to launch Tuesday could prevent millions of Americans from receiving mail ballots ahead of November’s midterm elections.
Rep. Stephen Lynch, who has cultivated a relatively conservative reputation while representing Massachusetts for the past quarter-century, has defeated a well-funded progressive challenger. Patrick Roath, an attorney and one-time aide for former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, challenged Lynch from the…
A judge in the US state of Utah has ruled that the man accused of shooting far-right activist Charlie Kirk will face trial for murder. Tyler James Robinson, 23, is accused of fatally shooting Kirk in the neck during a…
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong on Wednesday pleaded guilty to colluding with foreign powers in a trial that could see the 29-year-old spend the rest of his life behind bars. Wong rose to international prominence for his involvement in the…
A Washington homeowner who heard mysterious banging inside their house called 911 to report a possible burglary, only for responding officers to discover the “cat burglar” was quite literal — a bobcat perched at the top of the stairs. The…
The progressive push to unseat a veteran Democratic power broker fell short Tuesday, when Rep. Richard Neal defeated high school teacher Jeromie Whalen in Massachusetts’ 1st Congressional District primary. Neal, 77, has represented western Massachusetts in Congress for nearly four…
A former Biden administration aide just won a crowded primary race in Massachusetts, setting up a glide path to the House of Representatives come November. Dan Koh came out first among six candidates to replace Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., who…
More than 5,000 US sailors and Marines arrived in Thailand Wednesday after nine months at sea on the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier. The carrier’s long deployment in the Middle East during the US-Israeli war on Iran sparked reports of…
Well, the biggest game of week 1 of the college football season just got a little bit bigger. There have been two big storylines dominating the headlines over the past week or so: the poor attendance at the Los Angeles…
Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk, will stand trial after a Utah judge ruled Tuesday that prosecutors presented enough evidence to move forward on all seven charges against him. Robinson pleaded not guilty to all…