Columbia, S.C. On Tuesday lawmakers held a public hearing and on Wednesday a Senate Medical Affairs subcommittee approved S.1095, the 'Unborn Child Protection Act,' which would make it unlawful to intentionally perform most abortions, restrict abortion-inducing drugs, and remove existing exceptions for rape, incest, and fatal fetal anomalies. The bill will...
Tehran demonstrators gathered to protest what they described as a United States threat to an oil route, JQJO reported today. Participants voiced opposition to actions they said imperil a transit line used for energy shipments, and the report said the gathering reflected broader public concern about disruptions to energy transit....
Washington — The US Treasury Department announced Tuesday it will not renew a temporary authorization that allowed the sale and delivery of Iranian crude and other petroleum products already loaded onto ships before March 20, saying the short-term authorization, set to expire in a few days, will not be extended...
Pauls Valley, Oklahoma — On April 8, Principal Kirk Moore tackled a 20-year-old former student, Victor Hawkins, in the school's lobby after the suspect entered shortly before 2:20 p.m. Video released this week shows Hawkins pointing a firearm, which investigators say jammed, and Moore rushing from a side door to...
Pakistan: Talks between the United States and Iran may resume in Islamabad this week, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, after weekend negotiations collapsed and Washington imposed a blockade on Iranian ports. Officials from Pakistan, Iran and Gulf states indicated negotiating teams could return to Pakistan within days, though...
WASHINGTON. President Donald Trump publicly criticized Pope Leo XIV this week after the pontiff condemned U.S. and Israeli military actions in the Iran war; Trump posted a social-media message and an AI-generated image and spoke to reporters on Monday and Tuesday, accusing the U.S.-born pope of being 'WEAK' on crime...
U.S. officials said Vice‑President J.D. Vance led talks in Islamabad on April 12–13 in which the United States proposed a 20‑year suspension of all Iranian nuclear activity and Iran countered with a proposal for up to a five‑year suspension. Sources familiar with the negotiations said the U.S. position was not...
Annapolis, Maryland. Maryland Democrats declined a mid-deapolitical attempt to redraw the state's congressional map late Monday as the legislative session ended, leaving the proposal in committee; Gov. Wes Moore had supported the effort intended to make a Republican-held U.S. House seat more vulnerable. Washington saw related turmoil as Rep. Eric...
Washington. The United States and Iran are reported to be weighing a second round of direct, in-person negotiations as a two-week ceasefire nears expiration, officials and diplomats said on Apr 14; Islamabad and Geneva were cited as potential host cities and mediators from Pakistan, Egypt and Turkey are engaged in...
San Antonio — Republican U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales announced Monday he will retire from Congress as lawmakers prepare to return to Washington. Gonzales acknowledged earlier this year that he had an affair with a former staff member; that staffer later died in 2025 and his admission prompted scrutiny. The retirement follows...
