A measured and defiant Hunter Biden provided context for a litany of allegations he faced during six hours with Republican lawmakers Wednesday‚ according to a transcript released Thursday of the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees' closed-door proceeding as part of their impeachment inquiry into his father‚ President Joe Biden. The deposition appeared to include no major bombshells as Hunter Biden repeatedly invoked his struggles with drug and alcohol addiction -- telling the...

After President Joe Biden accurately declared that murders and other violent crimes fell last year‚ Fox News responded by urging viewers to focus instead on individual tragic anecdotes of violent crimes‚ particularly ones involving migrants. The network is concocting an unverifiable surge of “migrant crime‚” which its personalities can use to reinstall Donald Trump in the White House. “Last year‚ the United States had one of the lowest rates of all violent crime — of all violent crimes in...

The growl of diesel-powered tractors‚ the stench of burning tires‚ manure sprayed at police. This week‚ in the normally staid Belgian capital of Brussels‚ months of protests by farmers across the 27-nation European Union became something much closer to a farmers rebellion. And at its heart is a policy challenge with much wider‚ international implications: How can governments stem the rapid overheating of our planet‚ and build more environmentally sustainable economies‚ in a way...

Thousands of mourners gathered outside a Moscow church for the funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny despite a heavy police presence and the threat of detention. Mourners clapped and chanted Navalny’s name as his coffin arrived at the church. Others shouted “Putin is a killer” or “no to war.” Navalny‚ Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most formidable opponent‚ died aged 47 in an Arctic prison on February 16‚ sparking condemnation from world leaders and...

The Atlanta Hartsfield‚ Dallas/Forth Worth‚ Denver and Chicago O'Hare airports ranked among the worst in the U.S.‚ according to airport reviewer Skytrax‚ and received average ratings for staff service and product facilities.  While Skytrax‚ a review and rating website based in the U.K.‚ declined to give any U.S. airports one or two-star ratings‚ several received just three stars. According to their website‚ three stars are given to airports "where staff service standards or...

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