Former President Barack Obama was seen dancing without a face covering at his weekend 60th birthday bash in his luxury home in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. The 44th president was captured in now-deleted footage posted by singer-songwriter Erykah Badu grooving beside other maskless attendees on what appeared to be a stage while loud music blared on […]

Former Surgeon General Jerome Adams on Sunday predicted that the U.S. military would mandate coronavirus vaccinations once the shots gain full approval from the Food and Drug Administration. The health authority said the FDA has “no clear timetable” on when the doses from Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson will gain the full go-ahead, as […]

The leader of the Proud Boys, a right-wing group, pleaded guilty on Monday to burning a Black Lives Matter banner and possessing a restricted firearm component. Enrique Tarrio, 37, who lives in Miami, reached a deal with prosecutors and admitted to the charges before a Washington, D.C., superior court, according to the Washington Post. Tarrio […]

A federal court ruled on Tuesday that the United States’s ban on handguns for adults under the age of 21 is unconstitutional. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 vote, determined that the Second Amendment extends to 18- to 20-year-olds after a federal law barred them from purchasing pistols from licensed firearm dealers. […]

The nearly 60 Democratic lawmakers who fled Texas to stonewall a pair of Republican-backed voting bills “will be arrested” upon return to the state, Gov. Greg Abbott said on Monday. Earlier in the day, at least 58 legislators in the state’s House of Representatives left Austin to paralyze the chamber until they return to the […]

The Miami-Dade condominium building that partially collapsed on Thursday never received upward of $9 million in needed repairs, new emails revealed, as experts continue to speculate on the cause of the catastrophe. Champlain Towers South, a 12-story structure that contained 136 units, was quoted for approximately $630,000 in electrical repairs, $254,000 in structural costs, nearly […]

A federal court on Wednesday denied South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s motion to hold a fireworks show at Mount Rushmore ahead of the Fourth of July after a monthslong fight. Chief Judge Roberto Lange of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota concluded that a ruling in Noem’s favor would constitute “improper […]

Dominion Voting Systems, a company beset by dubious election fraud claims in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, said “human error” was to blame after machines in a Pennsylvania county failed to display Republican ballots. Nicole Nollette, the executive vice president of operations at Dominion, announced the conclusion during a two-hour special meeting held […]

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she’s in therapy following the “trauma” she incurred from being inside the Capitol complex during the Jan. 6 riot. The congresswoman also faulted former President Donald Trump’s administration’s treatment of Latinos as another reason she has sought counseling. “Yeah. Oh yeah. I’m doing therapy, but also, I’ve just slowed […]

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday slammed the nearly three dozen House GOP lawmakers who voted in favor of establishing a commission to further investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The measure, which passed 252-175 on Wednesday with substantial GOP support, calls for a 10-member panel appointed evenly by Republicans and Democrats, which would also […]