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Accused Salman Rushdie attacker became withdrawn, showed interest in Islam after 2018 trip, mom says

The man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie is a 24-year-old born to Lebanese parents who reportedly became radicalized and withdrawn after a month-long trip to the Middle East in 2018.

August 15, 2022

Tenn., Georgia locals report issues with migrants heading to NYC, D.C.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's decision to bus illegal immigrants to the Northeast is causing a stir in Tennessee, where a McDonald's employee decided to call the cops on migrants who pleaded for food and money from customers.

August 15, 2022

Trump widens GOP lead after Mar-a-Lago raid: Poll

The FBI raid on former President Donald Trump's estate bolstered his support among GOP primary voters and widened his lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, according to a new poll.

August 15, 2022

White House outlines victory-lap strategy for Biden bill, eyeing momentum

President Biden will hold a White House event on Sept. 6 to celebrate the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act as the White House plots ways to put its recent wins front-and-center before the midterm contests, top aides said Monday.

August 15, 2022

U.K. is the first country to approve reformulated COVID-19 shots

The United Kingdom on Monday became the first country to authorize a reformulated COVID-19 vaccine that targets the original strain of the coronavirus and its omicron variant.

August 15, 2022

NYC officials detect polio in wastewater, urge vaccination

Health officials have detected polio in the wastewater in New York City, a development that portends community spread of the virus in a densely populated part of America that suffered greatly from COVID-19 and is the epicenter of the monkeypox outbreak.

August 12, 2022

Trump and family watched FBI search from N.Y. on closed-circuit TV: Lawyer

Former President Donald Trump's lawyer says the president and his family were able to watch much of the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago from New York because a closed-circuit television system was still on.

August 12, 2022

Sen. Ron Wyden rebukes GOP over IRS funding claims, calls them dangerous

The chair of the Senate Finance Committee criticized Republicans Friday for airing "incendiary conspiracy theories" about $80 billion in new IRS funding that will allow the revenue agency to hire tens of thousands of new employees.

August 12, 2022

CDC loosens virus guidance to deemphasize social distancing, routine screening of healthy people

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention loosened its COVID-19 advice Thursday to focus on vulnerable individuals and deemphasize regular screening of healthy people or the 6-foot rule that became sacrosanct during the height of the pandemic.

August 11, 2022

CDC growing concerned about evidence of polio in N.Y. county

Disease trackers are increasingly worried that cases of polio outside of New York City could mushroom into a wider problem.

August 11, 2022

Rep. Scott Perry says he is not the target of probe after his phone is seized

Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania said late Wednesday that he is not the target of an FBI probe that involved the confiscation of his cellphone.

August 11, 2022

Raid at Mar-a-Lago spurs suspicions about a mole in Trumpworld

The FBI raid on Donald Trump's home in Florida is fueling speculation about a mole within the former president's inner circle.

August 11, 2022

White House gears up to promote Biden’s wins during August lull in Washington

The White House will use the August recess to argue that President Biden and Democratic allies "beat the special interests" and delivered results on climate change and health care while rewarding work and not wealth.

August 11, 2022

DOJ charges Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps member in plot to kill John Bolton

The Department of Justice on Wednesday charged an Iranian national and member of the country's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps with trying to orchestrate a murder-for-hire plot to kill former National Security Adviser John R. Bolton.

August 10, 2022

Gay couple says they were attacked in D.C. by a group referencing monkeypox

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said late Tuesday she is "extremely disturbed" by a possible hate crime in which a group of teens allegedly referenced monkeypox and used an anti-gay slur before attacking a gay couple.

August 10, 2022

Biden names Monica Bertagnolli as director of the National Cancer Institute

President Biden said Wednesday he intends to appoint Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, a prominent surgeon and Harvard Medical School professor, as the 16th director of the National Cancer Institute.

August 10, 2022

Dick Cheney ad to air on Fox News, bringing stinging critique to Trump’s favorite shows

Dick Cheney's ad attacking former President Donald Trump as a "coward" will air on Fox News before the former vice president's daughter, Liz, faces a tough primary in Wyoming.

August 10, 2022

GOP’s Dan Cox vows to use state police to oppose Biden gov’t if elected Md. governor

Dan Cox, the Republican nominee for Maryland governor, is vowing to use the state police and the National Guard to oppose a "tyrannical" Biden administration if elected in November.

August 10, 2022

Man arrested for allegedly attacking Secret Service agent near White House

A man was arrested Tuesday outside the White House and accused of assaulting a uniformed Secret Service officer.

August 10, 2022

Trump accuses FBI of preventing his lawyers from monitoring raid, hints fake evidence was planted

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday cast doubt on the behavior of FBI agents who searched his Florida home late Monday, even suggesting law enforcement might have "planted" evidence.

August 10, 2022