Politics Jul 29 WATCH: House committee discusses pandemic impact on transportation sector The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held a discussion on the federal response to and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in transportation and infrastructure sectors on Thursday.
Politics Jul 29 WATCH: House committee discusses Texas voting rights The GOP's voting bill in Texas would ban 24-hour polling places, prohibit ballot drop boxes and empower partisan poll watchers, moves that Democrats say are designed to suppress and intimidate voters.
World Jul 28 Haiti's new PM pledges to hold elections as soon as possible following president slaying Haiti's newly installed prime minister has pledged to hold elections as soon as possible following the slaying of President Jovenel Moïse. Ariel Henry spoke on Wednesday during his first press conference since being sworn in.
World Jul 28 Mexico says officials spent $61 million on Pegasus spyware The government says many of the contracts with the Israeli spyware firm NSO Group were signed with front companies, which are often used in Mexico to facilitate kickbacks or avoid taxes.
Arts Jul 28 ZZ Top's bassist Dusty Hill dies at 72 Guitarist Billy Gibbons and drummer Frank Beard said Hill had died in his sleep. They didn't give a cause of death, but a July 21 post on the band's website said Hill was "on a short detour back to Texas,…
Politics Jul 28 WATCH: Pelosi holds weekly news briefing Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a weekly news briefing Wednesday as a select committee of the House of Representatives moves forward with its investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
World Jul 28 Rescuers search for 5 missing workers at German blast site Rescue teams in western Germany searched for five missing workers Wednesday at an industrial park for chemical companies a day after an explosion killed at least two people and injured 31 others.
Politics Jul 27 Man charged with threatening Fauci, Collins and their families Federal prosecutors in Maryland say a man has been arrested and charged with sending emails that threatened to harm and kill Dr. Anthony Fauci, National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins, and their families.
World Jul 27 U.N. says its food aid runs out this week in Ethiopia's Tigray The head of the U.N. World Food Program says the agency will "run out of food" in Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray region on Friday, while hundreds of thousands of people there face the world's worst famine crisis in a decade.
Nation Jul 27 Western wildfire battles aided by weather but losses grow In southern Oregon, improved weather is helping the fight against the massive Bootleg Fire, but new damage assessments show 161 residences have been destroyed.