The man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and sexually assaulting a California woman in a case that became known nationwide as the “Gone Girl” kidnapping has now been charged with other break-ins and assaults from years earlier, prosecutors announced on Monday. Matthew Muller — who pleaded guilty in 2016 to kidnapping Denise Huskin
Trump endorses House Speaker Mike Johnson amid Republican infighting
President-elect Donald Trump on Monday threw his support behind Speaker Mike Johnson amid a fight over the House gavel that will culminate in a vote at the end of the week. “Speaker Mike Johnson is a good, hard working, religious man,” Trump wrote at the end of a lengthy social media post. “He will do […]
Jimmy Carter’s state funeral to be held Jan. 9 at Washington National Cathedral
The funeral for former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday at the age of 100, will be held on Jan. 9 at Washington National Cathedral. Carter, the son of a peanut farmer who was elected the nation’s 39th president, passed away surrounded by family at his home in Plains, Georgia, just months after he […]
11 graves with 15 bodies found near Mexican border with Guatemala
TAPACHULA, Mexico — Eleven clandestine graves with the bodies of 15 men were located in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, where a dispute between the Sinaloa and Jalisco Nueva Generación drug cartels is taking place, local authorities said Sunday. Chiapas Gov. Eduardo Ramírez Aguilar said on his social media channels that the findings ca
Sen. Cardin says Trump’s tough talk on Panama Canal could push allies to China, Russia
The outgoing chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on ABC’s “This Week” that President-elect Donald Trump’s threats to seize the Panama Canal could drive allies of the United States toward Russia and China. In an interview Sunday with “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl, Sen. Ben Cardin