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A pair of political operatives tied to Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, have agreed to plead guilty and cooperate with the Justice Department’s bribery case against Cuellar, according to court documents unsealed this week. Mina Colin Strother, Cuellar’s former campaign manager and chief of staff, and Florencio “Lencho” Rendon, a Texas …

Former President Donald Trump said in an interview Thursday that he “wouldn’t do what Biden did” with regard to Israel policy, as he responded to President Joe Biden’s Wednesday comments about pausing weapons shipments to Israel if its military invaded Rafah. Trump also invoked a dual loyalty trope and redoubled …

The FDA has issued a statement following the Class I recall for an IOS app used in conjunction with insulin pumps after 224 injuries were reported. The mobile app in question is version 2.7 of t:connect, which functions with the t:slim X2 insulin pump with Control-IQ technology. While the FDA …

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said Thursday that his government’s efforts to improve people’s lives had fallen short, conceding that his governing party’s crushing election defeat last month reflected voters’ assessment of his two years in office. In his first news conference in 21 months, …

Human remains discovered 49 years ago near Flagstaff, Arizona, have been identified as a man who served in Vietnam and was originally from Minnesota, authorities said Wednesday. The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office announced in a news release that the remains were those of Gerald Francis Long. Long’s cause of death …

WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and his allies beat back a dramatic effort by far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to oust him from power on Wednesday, ending — for now — months of threats against his speakership. The lopsided vote to “table” or kill Greene’s motion to vacate the …

As immigration policies take center stage in the nation’s political debate and the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program remains uncertain, senators are holding a hearing Wednesday on the “urgent need to protect immigrant youth,” according to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The occasion has prompted 1,636 scholars and alumni …

MINNEAPOLIS — People buying tickets online for concerts, sporting events and other live events in Minnesota will be guaranteed more transparency and protection under a so-called Taylor Swift bill signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Tim Walz. The law, prompted by the frustration a legislator felt at not being able to …

Severe weather that has been uprooting Plains states for weeks turned its attention to Michigan on Tuesday, trapping workers and wiping out a mobile home park, officials said. Portage Mayor Patricia M. Randall said in a statement that her city was struck by two tornadoes Tuesday, with no reports of …

WNBA star and Olympian Brittney Griner writes that she felt she was being used as a “pawn” by Russian President Vladimir Putin when she was arrested and imprisoned just weeks before he invaded Ukraine in 2022. The Phoenix Mercury star’s memoir “Coming Home,” which debuted Tuesday at No. 1 on …