"They bought ballots for $10, filled them out, and threw them into mailboxes without any supervision from observers," says Russian President.

House Republicans have halted plans to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress this week for defying a congressional subpoena‚ citing negotiations with his attorneys that could end the standoff over his testimony. Republicans were set to advance the contempt resolution against Hunter Biden to the House floor in a procedural step Tuesday‚ but called it off “to give the attorneys additional time to reach an agreement‚” according to a spokesperson for the House Oversight Committee. The...

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards launched missiles at what it called Israel’s “spy headquarters” close to the U.S. Consulate in a northern Iraqi city‚ state media reported‚ with the force also claiming to have struck targets associated with ISIS in Syria. Four civilians were killed and six others injured in Erbil‚ in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region‚ according to the Kurdish regional government’s security council. The strikes come amid fears across the Middle East of Israel’s war against...

ABC News called off its Republican primary debate in New Hampshire on Thursday after former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley said she would no longer participate if former President Donald Trump failed to show up. “Our intent was to host a debate coming out of the Iowa caucuses‚ but we always knew that would be contingent on the candidates and the outcome of the race‚” an ABC spokesperson said. Haley‚ who finished in third place after the Iowa caucuses‚ said Tuesday Republicans had already...

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said Tuesday that the United States has never been a “racist” country‚ rejecting a suggestion that she might have trouble becoming the GOP presidential nominee as a woman of color. In an interview on “Fox &; Friends‚” co-host Brian Kilmeade asked Haley whether she thinks the GOP is a “racist party.” “No. We’re not a racist country‚ Brian.  We’ve never been a racist country‚” Haley said in response. “Our goal is to make sure that...

Israel and Hamas have reached a deal to allow more humanitarian aid into war-ravaged Gaza‚ Qatari mediators say. They say that under a deal brokered by Qatar and France‚ medicines will be given to hostages held by Hamas. In return Israel will allow more basic supplies into Gaza. Conditions in the territory are dire after more than three months of Israeli bombardment. Meanwhile the US says it is hopeful that further talks could lead to the release of more hostages. The US Middle East...

Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson dropped his bid for the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday‚ ending a candidacy that served as a throwback to an earlier era of the GOP but ultimately failed to resonate in a party now dominated by Donald Trump. Hutchinson’s exit came a day after he finished sixth in Iowa’s leadoff caucuses‚ well behind Trump and other top rivals but also behind Ryan Binkley‚ a pastor who failed to qualify for any of the debates. Hutchinson was the...

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to consider a dispute surrounding an Indiana transgender student’s bid to use preferred bathrooms on Tuesday‚ leaving in place an appeals court ruling favoring the student. The Metropolitan School District of Martinsville asked the justices to conclude that there should be no requirement to allow transgender students to use bathrooms of their choosing. The high court declined to wade into the contentious topic in an unsigned order on Tuesday. The U.S. Court...

President Joe Biden’s administration is expected to re-designate the Houthis‚ an Iranian-backed terrorist group based in Yemen‚ as an official terrorist group after it removed the group from the official list shortly after Biden took office. The Associated Press reported that the announcement is expected to come as soon as Wednesday and comes after the terrorist group has launched dozens of attacks on merchant vessels over the last couple of months. The U.S. recently started launching...

Oregon’s Secretary of State recruited an artificial intelligence firm to monitor social media for “threats” to election security as part of a program that frequently flagged conservative opinions‚ according to documents obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Throughout the 2022 midterm election cycle‚ the firm Logically AI sent state officials weekly “misinformation” reports that would routinely flag posts from conservatives on a variety of hot-button issues‚ including mail-in ballots...