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FBI says it disrupted a New Year’s Eve attack plan inspired by Islamic State group

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The FBI said Friday it disrupted a New Year's Eve attack plot targeting a grocery store and fast-food restaurant in North Carolina, arresting an 18-year-old man who authorities say pledged loyalty to the Islamic State group. Christian Sturdivant was charged with attempting ...

Capitol riot ‘does not happen’ without Trump, Jack Smith told Congress

WASHINGTON — The Jan. 6. riot at the U.S. Capitol "does not happen" without Donald Trump, former special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers earlier this month in characterizing the Republican president as the "most culpable and most responsible person" in the criminal conspiracy to overturn ...

These bipartisan bills were noncontroversial — until Trump vetoed them

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump issued the first vetoes of his second term on Tuesday, rejecting two low-profile bipartisan bills, a move that had the effect of punishing backers who had opposed the president's positions on other issues. Trump vetoed drinking water pipeline legislation ...

Tatiana Schlossberg, JFK’s granddaughter, remembered for love of life, work

Environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, one of three grandchildren of the late President John F. Kennedy, has died after she was diagnosed with leukemia last year. She was 35. Schlossberg, daughter of Kennedy's daughter, Caroline Kennedy, and Edwin Schlossberg, revealed she had terminal ...