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Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., was attacked Thursday morning in the elevator of her Washington, D.C., apartment building, her office said in a statement. “Rep. Craig defended herself from the attacker and suffered bruising, but is otherwise physically okay,” chief of staff Nick Coe said. Coe said the assailant then fled, …

WASHINGTON — The House’s new subcommittee dedicated to probing the so-called weaponization of the federal government will hold its first hearing Thursday. The noon event will feature testimony from Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, as well as former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, who left …

Sen. John Fetterman was hospitalized Wednesday after feeling lightheaded, his staff said. “Initial tests did not show evidence of a new stroke,” said Joe Calvello, the communications director for the Pennsylvania Democrat. The senator, who had a stroke in May that compromised his speech processing capabilities for months, began to …

A gunman who confessed to targeting people of Mexican descent in a mass shooting at a Texas Walmart that left 22 people dead pleaded guilty Wednesday to dozens of hate crimes, federal authorities said. Patrick Crusius, 24, entered the plea after federal prosecutors said last month that they would not …

WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans took their first crack at Biden administration officials over their response to the Covid pandemic during a hearing Wednesday as part of a wider push to use their new power in Washington to probe everything from the actions of the FBI to the business dealings of …

The causes of major earthquakes like the 7.8-magnitude temblor that hit Turkey and Syria on Monday are well understood. That doesn’t make them easier to predict. Despite advances in both science and technology, it remains virtually impossible to know precisely when and where earthquakes will occur. “Earthquake prediction has always …

James began the game needing 36 points to capture the record considered unbreakable by some pundits. The record includes scoring only during regular-season games. Playoff games are in their own category. Abdul-Jabbar, who was at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Tuesday, surpassed NBA legend Wilt Chamberlain as the top …

The Tennessee police chief whose department was roiled by revelations that at least five male officers had sex with a female officer — both on and off the job — has been fired. La Vergne Police Chief Burrel “Chip” Davis was let go Monday after a “third-party investigator” concluded that he …

Nearly a year after an off-duty cop was captured on video kneeling on the neck of a 12-year-old girl at a Wisconsin middle school, her family filed a lawsuit alleging the officer violated her constitutional rights. The federal civil rights lawsuit was filed against officer Shawn Guetschow, the city of …

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Two soldiers were injured when a military helicopter was involved in a rollover accident in Talkeetna, Alaska, officials said Monday. The soldiers were taken to area hospitals, where they were treated and released, the U.S. Army said in a statement. The Army AH-64D Apache helicopter …