Secret Service agents investigating a suspicious vehicle near the White House on Wednesday have detained the driver for questioning, the U.S. Secret Service said. Various entrances and streets in northwest Washington, D.C., were temporarily closed as investigators worked, the Secret Service said. According to FOX5 DC, a van drove through a barricade at Connecticut Avenue … Read more
Two people killed in Indiana as officials warn millions from Texas to Michigan remain at risk of severe weather Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox A series of tornadoes hit parts of Texas, Illinois, and Indiana late Tuesday and overnight, as forecasters warn that the threat … Read more
Effect of war on prices not reflected in data, as Trump says only ‘fools’ would think oil price shocks would be significant Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox US inflation stayed flat at 2.4% in February, according to government data released Wednesday that provides a snapshot … Read more
FIRST ON FOX: Republican Sen. Tim Scott unveiled new legislation Wednesday that he says is aimed at protecting students from learning loss caused by health emergency lockdowns and teachers union strikes. Under the legislation, known as the Kids in Classes Act, local school districts receiving Title I funds would be required to establish a “failure to … Read more
After a decades-long battle with Democrats, teacher unions, and even a few Republicans, Texas conservatives are celebrating the successful launch of what is likely to become the largest school-choice program in the country. The Lone Star State’s school choice program, called the Texas Education Freedom Accounts, saw record-setting registrations in its first days. Within one … Read more
On a basement court in Greenwich Village, the New York University women’s basketball team have quietly become the sport’s most improbable juggernaut When you think of New York City basketball, certain names and places immediately come to mind. Walt Frazier, Bernard King and Patrick Ewing patrolling the Madison Square Garden cedar. Latter-day torchbearers like Stephon … Read more
The US military said it attacked and destroyed 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near the strait of Hormuz amid reports that Iran has begun laying explosive devices in the strategically vital waterway. About one-fifth of the world’s oil passes through the strait, and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said this week it will not allow even … Read more
Danish researchers whose work on effects of vaccines has been called into question are at center of US vaccine policy New details are leading experts to fear that an “unethical” vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau is the “prototype” for studies under Robert F Kennedy Jr, secretary of the US department of health and human services (HHS) … Read more
Republicans sharply criticized former President Joe Biden over rising prices at the gas pump, but a spike in energy prices amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict in Iran threatens to scramble the party’s affordability messaging. The Iran conflict has led to a surge in gas prices for Americans, leading to an average 50 cents a gallon increase … Read more
The German-American dual-national brings a skillset the US could use this summer, but his international future is up in the air Last fall, Mauricio Pochettino seemed to be set. After numerous introductions, adjustments, elevations and demotions, his 26-man USMNT squad for this summer’s World Cup had taken shape, and a late surprise inclusion seemed totally … Read more
