Washington — The nation’s most celebrated and decorated gymnasts offered harrowing testimony before senators on Wednesday about the sexual abuse they suffered by former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, arguing the failure of institutions like the FBI to immediately investigate allegations of abuse allowed his misconduct to continue unanswered while …

A federal judge on Wednesday imposed sanctions against one-time Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell and other attorneys who filed a lawsuit in Michigan seeking to overturn President Biden’s victory in the 2020 election.  Judge Linda Parker said the attorneys who filed the case failed to do their due diligence to …

Exploring Washington, D.C.’s newest museum, Planet Word, you might think you’ve entered an amusement park, and in some ways, you have! “Underlying everything is a sense of fun,” said Planet Word’s founder and CEO, Ann Friedman. “It’s a museum built on ideas, and then turned into experiences.” But the fun …

When New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s resignation becomes effective in two weeks, Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul will replace him as the state’s first female governor. Cuomo, a Democrat, announced his impending resignation Tuesday, with his eventual impeachment seeming all but certain in the wake of a New York attorney general report …

ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s online fundraising platform, has stopped processing donations for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.  “You have attempted to make a contribution to a fundraising page that has no active recipients: either the page’s owner has removed all committees or organizations from the page, or we have concluded …

The Texas Legislature’s special session remains stymied by the departure of several state House Democrats to Washington, D.C., whose absence left Republicans without a quorum. But while the House’s work has been frozen, the GOP-controlled Senate has been working away, passing legislation during Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s special session.  Nine …

About 35 million U.S. families with 60 million children were sent the first monthly check for the Child Tax Credit on July 15. That federal benefit is providing about $15 billion in cash to families each month, but plenty of questions are arising about eligibility, the amount of the payments …

President Biden is nominating Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to serve as ambassador to India, the White House announced on Friday. If confirmed by the Senate, Garcetti will be heading to India amid a recent surge in coronavirus cases. In a statement posted to Twitter, Garcetti said he was “honored …

NBA great and Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade has bought an ownership stake in the Utah Jazz, becoming one of the organization’s minority owners, the team announced Friday.  “As a businessman, entrepreneur, and investor, I bring a lot to this partnership outside of my basketball experience,” Wade, 39, said in …

Can we still laugh at the humor of comic Louis C.K., knowing he’s been accused of exposing himself to women he worked with? “A woman saying yes to a date with a man is literally insane and ill-advised. ‘Yeah, I’ll go out with you, alone, at night.’ ‘What are you, …