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Editor's note: This article has been updated to confirm that the attack was "intentional" and left 30 people injured. It has also been updated to confirm that the suspect is dead.

A mass casualty incident occurred in New Orleans' French Quarter in the early morning hours of New Year's Day, according to several reports, in what was an "intentional" attack, Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick said during a Wednesday morning press conference.

Jan. 1 will mark the start of a new generation of babies: Gen Beta.

The start of the new year will mark the end of Generation Alpha, which are generally said to have been born in the early 2010s, and the beginning of a new generation, according to media reports. Anybody born from 2025 through 2039 will belong to the Beta generation, USA Today reported.

Justin Baldoni has reportedly filed a lawsuit alleging libel against The New York Times over its bombshell reporting on accusations of sexual harassment against him by Hollywood co-star Blake Lively.

Baldoni’s lawsuit accused the newspaper of relying "almost entirely on Lively’s unverified and self-serving narrative, lifting it nearly verbatim while disregarding an abundance of evidence that contradicted her claims and exposed her true motives."

Capitol Hill’s unguarded moments will once again be captured by C-SPAN cameras when they return to the House chamber for Friday’s speaker vote and beyond.

The move comes as lawmakers are set to elect a speaker and certify Donald Trump’s presidential election victory when Congress reconvenes, Axios reported Tuesday.

This Friday, January 3 in the United States, a new Congress will be seated — and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) is hoping that he will remain in that position.

President-elect Donald Trump gave Johnson his "complete and total endorsement" on December 30. But according to reporting from Axios' Andrew Solender and The Hill's Emily Brooks, Johnson may not have the votes needed for confirmation.

Pressed by reporters ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations on why he apparently reversed his position on the H1-B visa program, President-elect Donald Trump denied doing any such thing.

"I didn’t change my mind," said Trump. "I always felt we have to have the most competent people in our country. We need competent people. We need smart people coming into our country. We need a lot of people coming in."

A Colorado Republican has apologized after posting on social media that he was celebrating former President Jimmy Carter's death by popping open a bottle of champagne.

Jimmy Carter died Sunday at the age of 100 at his home in Plains, Georgia, where he was surrounded by family. He faced several health challenges in recent years, including melanoma that metastasized to his liver and brain.

Donald Trump’s recent legal filing to the Supreme Court regarding a possible ban on the popular TikTok app was largely met with ridicule and bewilderment by legal experts, who doubted the incoming president’s legal basis for his request.

With the court poised to rule on the ban, an attorney for the president-elect submitted a brief on Friday asking the high court to suspend the law’s Jan. 19 deadline until Trump is sworn in so he can attempt to negotiate a compromise.

Far-right MAGA activist and failed Florida congressional candidate Laura Loomer has spent much of the last week attacking tech billionaire Elon Musk. Now, she has set her sights on another billionaire who helped finance President-elect Donald Trump's election.

Loomer took aim at Marc Andreesen after Vice President-elect J.D. Vance backed him up in his accusation that historian Rick Perlstein, who claimed he had expressed gratitude that rural Americans were being pacified with "video games and OxyContin," was a "communist."

Dartmouth College's men's basketball team is opting to withdraw its historic union petition ahead of a possible challenge from President-elect Donald Trump's administration, according to a report.

The players voted 13-2 in March to join a union in what was an unprecedented move that threatened to upend the multi-billion-dollar industry of college sports.

Former Clinton administration Labor Secretary Robert Reich sounded off on the threat posed to America in the coming four years in a lengthy post to Facebook — and how to keep everything in perspective.

Reich, an outspoken warrior for progressive economic issues, has already warned Trump's tax agenda stands to benefit the ultra-wealthy at the expense of everyone else.

President-elect Donald Trump's latest legal briefing is a bridge too far even for the Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board, which called his argument to save TikTok "extraordinary in several ways, none of them good."

Trump — who once signed an executive order four years ago threatening to ban the popular social media app — this month asked the Supreme Court to let him "save" TikTok ahead of a looming nationwide ban set to take effect Jan. 19 if its Chinese parent company doesn’t sell it to a U.S. company.

Chief Justice John Roberts’ year-end report on Tuesday seemed to be more of a tongue lashing at critics of the high court than a reasoned report, according to a legal analyst who noted the “chilling” effect it can have on the judiciary and country.

Roberts’ annual report included a stern warning to reject “dangerous," "open disregard” for federal court rulings from both sides of the political spectrum. He also warned about the threat of violence and intimidation that judges across the country face, and of officials who defy their rulings.