Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski has taken the lead over Republican challenger Kelly Tshibaka in the ranked-choice Senate contest that won’t be resolved until at least next week.  As of Saturday morning, Murkowski leads Tshibaka by fewer than 2,000 first-choice votes, with no candidate in the race claiming an outright …

Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde have called it quits after nearly two years together, according to multiple reports.  Per People magazine, citing sources close to the couple, the two are “taking a break” and “it’s a very amicable decision.” “He’s still touring and is now going abroad. She is focusing …

An 80-year-old Michigan hunter who got lost and repeatedly fell into a river was rescued by canoe after a police dog tracked down the soaked man. The man’s wife called Michigan State Police on Wednesday evening after her husband, who had gone out to track deer, failed to return home …

The national debt is on track to exceed record levels in the next few years. Inflation is at a 40-year high. We need to put in place a balanced, bipartisan debt-reduction plan to slow inflation, bring down the debt, and promote long-term economic growth – around $7 trillion in savings …

For me, last month’s Supreme Court argument in the Harvard affirmative-action case was personal. Growing up poor in Los Angeles, as the son of Colombian immigrants, I faced my share of racist taunts and stereotyping. In high school, I recall my White French teacher asking where I wanted to go to college. I said the Naval Academy. In front of all the other students she blurted, “You can’t go THERE!”   …

Broken promises. Betrayal. Moral Injury. This is how I described the 2021 botched Afghan withdrawal in my book “Operation Pineapple Express.” These feelings are shared by many of the 750,000 Afghan War veterans, especially as we observed Veterans Day earlier this month. Why? Because they understand the stakes, something our …

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of three “serial armed robbers” who allegedly committed nine robberies at Rite Aid’s around Philadelphia. According to the FBI, the robberies took place between the hours of 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. at the …

The New York Mets are parting ways with a former first-round pick who, at one point, was widely regarded as one of baseball’s top prospects. Dominic Smith will be non-tendered by the Mets before Friday night’s non-tender deadline, according to MLB.com, making him a free agent. All 30 MLB teams …

A now-disbarred New York City attorney was sentenced Friday to 15 months for firebombing an empty police vehicle along with another lawyer using a Molotov cocktail in the midst of violent clashes with authorities following the murder of George Floyd.  Urooj Rahman asked a judge to spare her from serving …

Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy may have his party’s nomination to be the next speaker of the House, but that does not mean he has enough votes to win the job.  A handful of conservatives in the House of Representatives have announced that they will not vote for McCarthy to …