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Kentucky lawmakers weighing a bill to make sleeping on a sidewalk or under a bridge illegal shared a meal of fried chicken and green beans Wednesday with people who could be most affected by the legislation. The luncheon in the Capitol Annex gave lawmakers a glimpse into the lives of unhoused Kentuckians as they consider … Read more

FIRST ON FOX: House conservatives are exploring ways to send aid to Israel while cutting spending elsewhere after they voted down a “clean” bill to fund the Middle Eastern ally on Tuesday night. Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., is introducing a bill that would give $17.6 billion in military and security assistance to the U.S.’s top … Read more

Crowds gathered around the wreckage left by a US drone strike on a car in Iraq. The strike, on a main thoroughfare in the Mashtal neighbourhood in eastern Baghdad, killed three members of the powerful Kataib Hezbollah militia, including a high-ranking commander, officials have said. Days earlier, the US military launched an air assault on … Read more

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas tells Fox News he would not resign if he were to be impeached.  Mayorkas, 64, made these comments to Fox News’ Matt Finn during a security presser in Las Vegas ahead of the Super Bowl on Sunday.  “I’ll gladly answer it again. The allegations are baseless and I’m focused on … Read more

Judge Lewis Kaplan, who ruled from the bench, reportedly said allowing for a mistrial ‘would have been entirely pointless’ Donald Trump’s motions for a mistrial in the defamation case brought against him by the writer E Jean Carroll have been rejected by a federal judge, who added that the former president’s issues with the verdict … Read more

Pro-Palestinian protesters attempted to disrupt Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, as he presented the State of the State address at the state capitol in Hartford on Wednesday afternoon. Lamont, a two-term governor and multimillionaire, provided an upbeat assessment of the state’s finances and praised the fact that the two-year $51 billion budget was passed with a … Read more

Despite the defeat of a resolution to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, House Speaker Mike Johnson vowed to hold another vote when a top Republican returns from medical treatment. Meanwhile, the Senate approved a bill with funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, but without new money for border security. NBC’s Ryan Nobles reports.

Paul Faye, a Tennessee man accused of plotting to join a far-right militia movement, is a big talker who did not intend to harm anyone, his son told NBC News.

Israel would let Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar sail into exile in exchange for the release of all hostages and an end to the Hamas government in Gaza.

Democrats are facing a tough Senate map. From his perch in perhaps the nation’s most important swing state, Sen. Bob Casey argues his contest is a must-watch.