A congressional committee has reportedly secretly voted to release its bombshell report into sex and drug use by ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz now that his bid for attorney general has imploded.

In a major reversal, the Republican-controlled panel voted last week to publish what is said to be a highly damaging report that effectively sunk Gaetz’s ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A new crop of classic, award-winning films have been named to the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry, including some with Philly connections.

Joining Oscar-winning films like "No Country for Old Men" and David Fincher’s "The Social Network" is "The Miracle Worker," the 1962 film directed by Philly-born filmmaker ...Read more

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar will be the top Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee in the next Congress, after being named to the post by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday.

Klobuchar becomes ranking member on the powerful committee, which will oversee the next farm bill, a day after Rep. Angie Craig, a Minnesota ...Read more

When he came to power in 2015, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was hailed as a progressive icon, a charismatic leftist with movie star good looks who promised to reform elections, tackle climate change and legalize marijuana. He quickly became one of the world's best-known political figures, known for agenda-setting liberal policies — ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a dispute over South Carolina’s effort to keep Planned Parenthood facilities from receiving Medicaid funding, the latest step in the state’s yearslong battle to defund the provider because it offers abortion care.

The case, known as Kerr v. Edwards, could determine states’ ...Read more

NEW YORK — Gov. Hochul has increased the number of National Guard troops in the New York City Subway system, she announced Wednesday — doubling down on a controversial deployment that she credits with helping drive down subway crime.

“It’s clear to me, as I’ve heard from many people, that the presence of the National Guard has made ...Read more

ALTOONA, Pa. — Brian Detwiler does not miss the police presence that was camped out at a McDonald’s in his town of Altoona, Pennsylvania, after Towson-native Luigi Mangione was found there and arrested in connection with the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Mangione was recognized by one of the restaurant’s employees Dec. 9...Read more

WASHINGTON — The debate over some of Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks has exposed the careful path some Republican senators will be walking to satisfy the president-elect’s demand for loyalty and navigate his allies’ threats to recruit primary challengers to lawmakers deemed insufficiently supportive.

GOP senators who oppose his Cabinet ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In defiance of federal prosecutors, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody announced Wednesday that the state has obtained its own arrest warrant for Ryan Routh, the man accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump this summer on the president-elect’s golf course in West Palm Beach.

Federal prosecutors have already ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman led a multi-state conservative coalition in supporting a Louisiana law that would require the Ten Commandments to be posted in all public K-12 and college classrooms.

A federal judge blocked the law from being implemented in November, calling it “unconstitutional on its face” and ...Read more

CHICAGO — After 30 days of testimony over three months, prosecutors rested their case in chief Wednesday in the blockbuster public corruption trial of Michael Madigan, formerly the immensely powerful speaker of the Illinois House and leader of the state Democratic Party.

Prosecutors presented about 150 wiretapped calls and undercover video ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In a spirited Wednesday court hearing, a commissioner on the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang defiantly called the case against him an act of political retaliation and predicted the courts have not seen the last of him.

“I’m still standing, and my life hasn’t changed,” Ronald Dean Yandell said before he and co-...Read more

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday cheered a report that slams ex-Rep. Liz Cheney over her work on the congressional committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack, a sign he may aggressively pursue his plans to seek retribution against political opponents.

In a 3:11 a.m. Eastern time post on Truth Social, Trump claimed a Republican-led ...Read more

NEW YORK — An NYPD lieutenant in police headquarters who earned more than $400,000 last year has put in her retirement papers, following a report by the Daily News noting she claimed to have worked more than 1,600 hours of overtime for a hefty sum of $204,000.

Lt. Special Assignment Quathisha Epps, with a salary of $406,515, was the highest-...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency as the H5N1 bird flu virus moves from the Central valley to Southern California herds and federal officials confirmed flu in a Louisiana patient hospitalized with severe illness. This is the first case of severe illness caused by bird flu in the U.S., and is considered a concerning ...Read more

Archaeologists have unearthed a complete mastodon jaw along with additional bone fragments in the backyard of an Upstate New York home, officials announced Tuesday.

The “stunning prehistoric find” came after a homeowner in Scotchtown, some 65 miles northwest of Midtown Manhattan, found “two unusual teeth concealed by plant fronds” on ...Read more

NEW YORK — Ingrid Lewis-Martin, chief adviser to Mayor Eric Adams until her resignation Sunday, may be charged with intervening in a city Department of Buildings process in exchange for securing DJ work for her son, Lewis-Martin’s attorney said Tuesday.

Speaking on the radio show "Sid & Friends in the Morning," Arthur Aidala, said ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — About a hundred immigration activists and supporters met in the shadow of the Liberty Bell on Wednesday to demand that President Joe Biden use his remaining time in office to take apart the nation’s deportation “machinery.”

Amid a loud, sign-waving rally that blocked traffic on the foot of Ben Franklin Bridge, everyday ...Read more

MIAMI — Florida’s relationship with PornHub is over.

As of Jan. 1, 2025, Sunshine State residents won’t be able to view X-rated content there anymore, thanks to a new law intended to protect minors online.

In just a few days, Florida’s stringent law will require companies with adult content on their websites to verify that all visitors...Read more