2 Dems defect to confirm Trump’s pick to replace disgraced Kristi Noem at DHS
The Senate confirmed Trump loyalist Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) as homeland security secretary on Monday with crucial support from two...
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New study challenges a site that’s key to how humans got to the Americas
For decades, the strongest evidence for the earliest human settlement in the Americas came from a site in Chile called...
In tense moments after deadly LaGuardia crash, controller said he ‘messed up’
An air traffic controller pleaded with the driver of an emergency vehicle to stop in the seconds before the deadly...
The New Moneyed Interests: Crypto and A.I.
Election ballots helpfully inform voters who is a Republican and who is a Democrat. Our campaign finance system is now...
Ex-RNC chair in disbelief as Trump drags US to ‘disgusting’ new low: ‘You embarrass us!’
President Donald Trump’s decision to gloatingly cheer the death of former special counsel Robert Mueller, who led the investigation into...
Markwayne Mullin Confirmed as Homeland Security Secretary
The Senate confirmed Markwayne Mullin as homeland security secretary on Monday, installing a Trump loyalist to head the agency responsible...
Volcanic Lightning Is a Real Thing, and Scientists Finally Figured Out How It Happens
Volcanic lightning is the lightning that crackles out of the dark, apocalyptic clouds billowing out of volcanic eruptions. It looks...
NTSB head says she had to ‘beg’ to get an Air Canada crash investigator through an hourslong TSA line in Houston
Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesTwo pilots died in a collision between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport.The...
Historic Cole’s is days away from closing. Really. Here are the final specials
After eight months of extensions, lines of fans and negotiations to find a new buyer, one of L.A.’s oldest and...
Senate confirms Mullin as Homeland Security secretary
The Senate voted to confirm Sen. Markwayne Mullin as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security late Monday, installing the...
T.S.A. Staffing Shortage Delayed Arrival of Some LaGuardia Crash Investigators
As Transportation Security Administration staffing shortages snarled airport operations across the country on Monday, specialists from the National Transportation Safety...
Famed artist Domingo Zapata trades painting for stake in Saudi racehorse
They ponied up! Famed New York artist Domingo Zapata, who seems to have launched a new phase of his career...
‘Everything After This Will Be Harder’: Gen. Stanley McChrystal on Iran
Did President Trump fall for the myth of surgical warfare? Gen. Stanley McChrystal joins the columnist David French, both veterans...
Trump Claims Victory on Memphis Crime as His Crackdown Draws Protests
A visit by President Trump on Monday revealed how torn Memphis was over becoming a test case for his administration’s...
Metro bus, workers trapped amid one of three raucous L.A. street takeovers within 24 hours
A crowd of people climbed on top of a Metro bus and prevented it from moving during a raucous street...
