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The banner read, “F—- Biden and anybody who voted for him,” Parks said. “We made him take it down, because it violated one of the guidelines of our building, which is you can’t put flags in the window,” Parks said. Pena, a Republican, is accused of conspiring with and paying …

WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Tuesday awarded embattled Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., seats on two House committees, even as he faces federal, state and local investigations and fellow Republicans demand that he resign. The GOP Steering Committee, which is led by Speaker Kevin McCarthy and doles out committee assignments, voted …

A failed New Mexico state House candidate visited the homes of local Democratic leaders to vehemently dispute his election loss weeks before he allegedly orchestrated a series of shootings at the residences, elected officials said. Republican Solomon Peña is accused of conspiring with and paying four men to carry out four …

A 14-year-old girl fatally shot an 11-year-old boy at a Dallas apartment complex parking lot after retrieving a gun during an argument with another child, police said. Police said that the 14-year-old shot in the direction of the girl she was fighting with, but the shot ended up striking the …

HONG KONG — China said Tuesday that its population declined last year for the first time in six decades, a historic shift with profound implications for the world’s second-largest economy. Officials from the National Bureau of Statistics said mainland China had 1.41175 billion people at the end of 2022, compared …

The family of a Memphis man who was hospitalized and died following a traffic stop with police are demanding the official release of body camera and surveillance footage from the encounter. Tyre Nichols was taken to the hospital in critical condition after Memphis police officers stopped him for reckless driving …

YouTube star Andrew Callaghan apologized and said he’d be seeking treatment Sunday after two women came forward accusing him of sexual coercion and sexual assault. Callaghan, an independent journalist known for YouTube shows “All Gas No Brakes” and “Channel 5,” spoke for over four minutes in a video on his …

NEW YORK — Officials are investigating a close call at a New York airport Friday night between a plane that was crossing a runway and another that was preparing for takeoff. ″(Expletive)! Delta 1943, cancel takeoff clearance! Delta 1943, cancel takeoff clearance!” an air controller said in an audio recording …

KABUL, Afghanistan — A former Afghan female lawmaker and her bodyguard have been shot dead by unknown assailants at her home in the capital, Kabul, police said Sunday. Mursal Nabizada was among the few female parliamentarians who stayed in Kabul after the Taliban seized power in August 2021. It is …

Two Democratic lawmakers from New York on Sunday called on GOP leaders to “forthrightly cooperate” with all the investigations into freshman Rep. George Santos, the Republican who confessed to fabricating large parts of his résumé. In a letter Sunday, Reps. Dan Goldman and Ritchie Torres asked Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., …