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California’s effort to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom has succeeded in forcing a new election within 90 days following the validation of more than 1.5 million signatures, according to state officials.

An oversight committee in Michigan on Wednesday confirmed the results of the November 2020 general election, which declared President Biden the winner last year.

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said that the federal government should "encourage" private businesses to implement vaccine passports when he was asked this week about Texas's ban on the practice.

Box CEO Aaron Levie defended the cloud software vendor's decision to accept a $500 million investment from KKR.

Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Wednesday said he belongs to a sailing club that lacks diversity. The sailing club is distinct from Bailey’s Beach Club, an elite Rhode Island organization that allegedly is predominantly White and to which he has been previously linked.

Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Wednesday said he belongs to a sailing club that lacks diversity. The sailing club is distinct from Bailey’s Beach Club, an elite Rhode Island organization that allegedly is predominantly White and to which he has been previously linked.

"Toxic" singer Britney Spears addressed the court in a hearing regarding her conservatorship prompting stars like Mariah Carey and Halsey to speak out.

President Biden nominated Cindy McCain, wife of the late Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, to be the U.S. representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture Wednesday.

A conservative watchdog group filed a lawsuit this week against the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) demanding the personnel files for David Chipman, President Biden’s nominee to lead the federal agency.

Most voters worry about inflation, as sizable majorities call gas and grocery prices a financial hardship. At the same time, they think the federal government’s additional unemployment benefits were a necessary lifeline during the pandemic, but are damaging the economy now.

Once dismissed as a conspiracy theory, today a 60 percent majority believes COVID-19 was created by scientists and leaked from a lab in China, according to a Fox News survey.

A school district in Pennsylvania cited copyright concerns to hide the details of the racial equity training curriculum disseminated to teachers as concerned parents in the district are demanding to see the documents.

President Biden in remarks Wednesday said his crime prevention strategy would focus on strengthening background checks, banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and boosting community policing.

A group of Baltimore residents are signing onto an effort to investigate and potentially recall city leaders amid a local surge in violent crime.

Chappie Hunter and his family found a dog that tugged at their heartstrings.

A former contract linguist stationed in Iraq with the Department of Defense (DOD) was sentenced Wednesday, for knowingly transmitting classified information to a Lebanese national with ties to a designated terrorist organization.

A former contract linguist stationed in Iraq with the Department of Defense (DOD) was sentenced Wednesday, for knowingly transmitting classified information to a Lebanese national with ties to a designated terrorist organization.

Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, fired back at GOP lawmakers who questioned the military’s interest in studying critical race theory on Wednesday during a tense exchange at a House Armed Services Committee hearing.

A bronze monument depicting Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, situated in front of New York City's American Museum of Natural History will be relocated over claims that the statue symbolizes colonialism.

Sen. Angus King (I-ME) will stand behind keeping the filibuster after previously saying he was for scrapping the filibuster for "voting rights" and "democracy."