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In his quest to prove the federal government has been "weaponized" against conservatives, Republican House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan has touted the allegations of what he claims are "dozens" of whistleblowers who have come to his office with stories of discrimination and bias.

For 87 years, the Murdaugh family name came to represent a legal dynasty in coastal South Carolina, where three successive generations controlled the local prosecutor's office.

A virtual event with Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller was canceled on Thursday after the Zoom videoconference was "hijacked" by a participant who displayed pornographic images.

Alex Murdaugh's defense began to deliver closing arguments in his murder trial on Thursday as they seek to raise reasonable doubt about whether he killed his wife and son in 2021.

At home in Anchorage, Alaska, nurse Teresa Gray was playing a board game with her children when she heard about the massive earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on February 6.

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The smooth, white underbelly of the airborne whale sails across the sky, casting a shadow across the forest below.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the 89-year-old Democrat from California, announced Thursday that she was hospitalized and receiving treatment for shingles, hoping to return to Washington later this month.

The murder trial of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh is underway at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, a small town about 40 miles west of Charleston. The case goes back to June 2021, when Murdaugh's wife and son were found shot to death at the family's Islandton property, known as Moselle.

The jury in the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh has found him guilty of murdering his wife and son. The 54-year-old scion of a prominent and powerful family of local lawyers and solicitors, was also found guilty of two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime in the killings of Margaret "Maggie" Murdaugh and Paul Murdaugh on June 7, 2021.

Following an issue with a battery fire during testing, Ford will restart production of its popular F-150 Lightning electric pickup on Monday, March 13, the company announced Thursday. By then, the truck will have been out of production for about a month.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) tells CNN's John Berman about the letter he and other Democrats wrote to Fox Chairman Rupert Murdoch about Fox News' handling of election lies.

Reports reveal that in recent months, nearly 900 schoolgirls may have been poisoned across Iran. Some were hospitalized, and others are still experiencing symptoms. CNN's Nima Elbagir reports.

Two US nationals were arrested in Kansas City on Thursday for allegedly sending US aviation technology to Russia, the Justice Department announced.

The Justice Department on Thursday urged an appeals court to reject sweeping claims of presidential immunity put forward by former President Donald Trump in the civil litigation surrounding the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol.

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