House Republicans on Tuesday narrowly secured a historic vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas‚ rallying GOP members after a first failed effort. Mayorkas is the first Cabinet official to be impeached since the 1870s‚ a vote made all the more remarkable by Republicans’ inability to pass the same articles of impeachment last week‚ when three GOP members joined Democrats to tank the resolution‚ citing concerns their colleagues were abusing their impeachment...

The U.S. House voted Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas‚ with the Republican majority determined to punish the Biden administration over its handling of the U.S-Mexico border after failing last week in a politically embarrassing setback. The evening roll call proved tight‚ with Speaker Mike Johnson’s threadbare GOP majority unable to handle many defectors or absences in the face of staunch Democratic opposition to impeaching Mayorkas‚ the first Cabinet...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Tuesday‚ ending his second stay since surgery to treat prostate cancer‚ and he has resumed his full duties‚ the Pentagon said. Austin‚ 70‚ has had ongoing health issues since undergoing surgery in December. He was taken back to Walter Reed on Sunday for a bladder issue and admitted to intensive care for a second time. He underwent a non-surgical procedure under general anesthesia on Monday....

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering loosening its recommendations regarding how long people should isolate after testing positive for the coronavirus‚ another reflection of changing attitudes and norms as the pandemic recedes. Under the proposed guidelines‚ Americans would no longer be advised to isolate for five days before returning to work or school. Instead‚ they might return to their routines if they have been fever free for at least 24 hours without medication...

A fast-moving winter storm hit the Northeast region Monday evening‚ affecting millions of residents with road and school closures. The storm is expected to push east out to sea later Tuesday. Travel has already been disrupted‚ with more than 1‚500 flights canceled and more than 10‚000 delayed as of noon ET‚ according to FlightAware. The National Weather Service predicts that heavy‚ wet snow coupled with strong winds of up to 40 mph will damage trees and power lines‚ and continue to...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he had a phone call with Paul Whelan‚ a former American marine who is wrongly detained in Russia‚ according to the U.S. government.  Blinked said he spoke to Whelan on Monday.  “Yesterday‚ as it happens‚ I spoke on the phone with Paul Whelan‚” Blinken said during his remarks at the “Hostage Diplomacy as an International Security Threat” event at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in D.C on Tuesday.  The secretary...

Russia is preparing for a military confrontation with the West within the next decade and could be deterred by a counter build-up of armed forces‚ Estonia's Foreign Intelligence Service said on Tuesday. A growing number of Western officials have warned of a military threat from Russia to countries along the eastern flank of NATO‚ calling for Europe to get prepared by rearming. The chief of the intelligence service said the assessment was based on Russian plans to double the number of...

President Joe Biden has blasted criticism of Nato by his likely 2024 election challenger‚ Donald Trump‚ as "dumb"‚ "shameful" and "un-American". The Democrat assailed Mr Trump for saying he would "encourage" Russia to attack any Nato member that did not meet its defence spending quota. Mr Biden said the remarks underscored the urgency of passing a $95bn (£75bn) foreign aid package for US allies. The bill just passed the Senate‚ but it faces political headwinds in the House. At the...

President Joe Biden’s son‚ Hunter Biden‚ allegedly took photographs with his phone of “apparent” cocaine‚ crack cocaine‚ and other drug paraphernalia‚ according to court documents filed by Biden’s Department of Justice. “During November and December 2018‚ the defendant took multiple photographs of videos apparent cocaine‚ crack cocaine‚ and drug paraphernalia‚” the DOJ said in a Tuesday court filing. Hunter Biden faces several felony gun charges stemming from allegations that he lied on a...

At what should have been the close of Joe Biden’s impromptu press conference last week‚ in which the president oddly sought to allay concerns about his advanced age by displaying all the traits classically associated with dotage‚ the president shuffled back to the lectern to allow himself one last dig at Israel. The Jewish state’s defensive war against Hamas in Gaza was “over the top‚” Biden said. “I’m pushing very hard now to deal with this hostage ceasefire‚” he continued‚ adding that he...