Trump admin says VA benefits claims backlog below 100K for first time in 6 years: ‘Record levels of service’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that the backlog of VA disability compensation and pension benefit claims is “consistently” under 100,000 for the first time since 2020. The last time the backlog was this low was in May 2020, during President Donald Trump’s first term in the … Read more

Minneapolis woman who Ilhan Omar took to State of the Union needed medical care after arrest

WASHINGTON — Aliyah Rahman, a Minnesota woman whom Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., took as her guest to the State of the Union address Tuesday, needed hospital treatment after she was arrested during the speech, Rahman and Omar said. Rahman silently stood up during the part of President Donald Trump’s speech in which he called on … Read more

Democratic Rep. Melanie Stansbury on what she wants to hear from Bill Clinton about Epstein

Starting Thursday, Bill and Hillary Clinton will testify behind closed doors for the House Oversight Committee near their home in Chappaqua, New York. While the two have not been accused of wrongdoing, the committee is looking into their connections to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Democratic Rep. Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico, who sits on … Read more

Hong Kong court overturns fraud conviction for pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong appeals court on Thursday overturned Jimmy Lai’s 2022 fraud conviction and sentencing in a rare legal victory for the pro-democracy activist. Lai, 78, a media tycoon and longtime critic of China’s ruling Communist Party, remains in prison under a 20-year sentence he received this month in a separate national … Read more

Third victim dies following shooting at Rhode Island hockey rink

A third victim has died following last week’s shooting at a high school hockey game in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The Pawtucket Police Department announced Wednesday that 75-year-old Gerald Dorgan succumbed to his injuries. He had been in critical condition since the Feb. 16 shooting at the Dennis M. Lynch arena. Police said the gunman, identified … Read more