Lawmakers in Taiwan threw pig intestines and punches at each other as a brawl broke out in parliament over a proposal to allow meat imports from the United States.
Police respond differently when it’s a left-wing protest, study finds
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President Donald Trump's supporters were still rampaging through the US Capitol when the question arose: If these had been Black Lives Matter demonstrators instead of overwhelmingly White, militant Trump backers, ho...
Here’s why experts and lawmakers say you can’t compare Black Lives Matter protesters to the US Capitol mob
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Hours before President Donald Trump was impeached on Wednesday for his role in inciting last week's deadly attack, lawmakers described the rioters as White supremacists. "Let us be clear, this was a domestic terror ...
Washington Post: Secret Service officer placed under investigation after accusing lawmakers of treason on social media
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A US Secret Service officer is under investigation after accusing lawmakers of treason and sharing conspiracy theories about the election on social media, according to The Washington Post who obtained images of the ...
Congress briefed on new threats facing lawmakers and Capitol, Lamb says
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Washington Members of Congress were briefed late Monday on a series of new threats against lawmakers and the US Capitol ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, Rep. Conor Lamb said on CNN Tuesday. The brie...
House Democrat blames Covid diagnosis on lawmakers who didn’t wear masks while sheltering
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Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, a New Jersey Democrat, said Monday that she has tested positive for Covid-19, and she blamed fellow members of Congress who sheltered in place without masks during the violent attack on t...
Parasite found in undercooked meat linked with risk of rare brain cancer
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A common parasite people get from contaminated water and undercooked meat may be associated with rare brain cancers, researchers reported Monday. They found evidence that people infected with Toxoplasma gondii, or T...
US lifts self-imposed restrictions with Taiwan
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The United States is lifting decades-old restrictions between American and Taiwanese officials, in a move that will fundamentally change Washington's relationship with the self-governed island -- and is expected to ...
We shared our meat with wolves and they became our best friends
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Some dog owners like to feed their pets tidbits from the table -- and this friendly habit may have had a role in the domestication of dogs at the end of the last Ice Age, scientists say. Historically, humans and wol...
Authorities on high alert as pro-Trump supporters flood DC to protest election
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Hundreds of law enforcement officers have mobilized across Washington as thousands of supporters who refuse to accept President Donald Trump's election loss have flocked to the nation's capital to protest when Congr...
Republican lawmakers who downplayed coronavirus concerns face backlash over early vaccinations
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A slate of GOP lawmakers who downplayed different concerns about the coronavirus pandemic or ignored public health advice are now facing a wave of backlash for being among the first to receive a vaccine. With only ...
House lawmakers say they will cut holiday short to override possible Trump veto of defense bill
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Washington Multiple House lawmakers, including the top Democrat and Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, have said they will cut their holiday short if necessary to override a veto by President Donald Tr...
Man fined $3,500 for breaking Taiwan coronavirus quarantine for 8 seconds
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Taiwanese authorities have slapped a $ 3,500 fine on a man who broke quarantine regulations for just eight seconds. The man, a migrant worker from the Philippines, was quarantining in a hotel in Kaohsiung City when...