This former GOP vice president called Donald Trump a 'great threat to our republic'

Wearing a cowboy hat and looking directly into the camera, former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney calls Donald Trump a "threat to our republic" and a "coward" in a new campaign ad for his daughter, Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney.

Key Dems 'move forward' to clear path for $430B economics, climate, drug and energy bill

Democratic U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema said on Thursday she agreed to "move forward" on a $430 billion drug pricing, energy and tax bill, subject to a Senate arbiter's approval of the bill, which Democrats intend to pass over Republican objections.

Senate approves NATO membership for Finland, Sweden. How did Mitt Romney, Mike Lee vote?

The Senate overwhelmingly approved a resolution to ratify membership for Sweden and Finland in NATO, with Utah's two Republican senators joining the majority.

Goodbye social distancing? Changes might be coming to the CDC's COVID-19 guidelines

Guidelines for slowing the spread of COVID-19 could be relaxed as soon as this week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

4 people in critical condition after lightning strike near White House

Four people are in critical condition following an apparent lightning strike across the street from the White House.

Transportation Department proposes new rules to make it easier for airline consumers to get refunds

(cnn) -- The U.s. Department of Transportation has proposed changes to allow airline passengers to seek refunds under

Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents more than $4M

A Texas jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than $4 million in compensatory damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre over Jones' repeated public claims that the attack was a hoax.

Extreme heat continues to hit the nation with nearly 90 million Americans under a heat advisory

Nearly 90 million Americans are under a heat advisory while more than 100 million have experienced extreme heat alerts for eight out of the last 16 days.

NASA game-planning contingencies for space station amid tensions with Russia

NASA and the White House have since late last year quietly drawn up contingency plans for the International Space Station in light of tensions with Moscow that began building before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to nine people with knowledge of the plans.

US declares public health emergency over monkeypox outbreak

The U.S. has declared a public health emergency to bolster the federal response to the outbreak of monkeypox that already has infected more than 7,100 Americans.

Parkland jury gets rare view of bloody school massacre site

Jurors in the trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz have toured the still-bloodstained building where he murdered 17 people four years ago.

Fiona gets a sibling: Baby hippo born at Cincinnati Zoo

There's a new mouth to feed to at Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. The baby is a sibling to Fiona, a hippo who became a global celebrity when she was born prematurely in 2017.

Gabby Petito Foundation gives $100K to domestic violence hotline

Nichole Schmidt, the mother of Gabby Petito, announced a $100,000 donation has been made in her daughter's honor to the National Domestic Violence Hotline.

4 Kentucky police officers charged in Breonna Taylor killing

The FBI on Thursday arrested and brought civil rights charges against four current and former Louisville, Kentucky, police officers for their roles in the 2020 fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was shot in her home in a case that rocked the country.

Senate bill would hand bitcoin, ether oversight to commodities regulator

A new bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would make the Commodity Futures Trading Commission the direct regulator of the biggest cryptocurrencies.

Report: Glen Canyon Dam plumbing problems could cause 'massive bottleneck' on Colorado River

A report released Wednesday suggests declining flows on the Colorado River are impacting the ability to deliver water to Nevada, California, Arizona and Mexico.

4,000 mistreated beagles projected to be released from breeding facility for adoption

Rescues are underway for 4,000 beagles that are being released from a breeding facility in Cumberland, Virginia, due to mistreatment and will now be brought to shelters and rescues around the country over the next two months.

Charge it: Inflation driving record increase in consumer debt

U.S. credit card user balances shot up $46 billion in the second quarter of 2022, a 13% spike that's the biggest year-over-year jump in 20 years.