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REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, Friday, Sept. 23. A telegram from Gen. ROSECRANS, dated last night, says he made a reconnaisance in force along the enemy's lines yesterday afternoon and found him in force. The enemy did not resist for advance of our reconnoitering column, which returned to its quarters after having accomplished the object of the movement, which proved to be of considerable importance. WASHINGTON, Friday, Sept. 23. Telegrams up to 2 o'clock, yesterday afternoon, from Gen. ROSECRANS, give additional assurance that his position can be assailed only by regular siege, The purpose of Gen. ROSECRANS seems to be to...

We have received our files of Richmond papers to Wednesday, the 23d inst., from which we make the following extracts: The following dispatch from Gen. BRAGG has been received at the War Department: TEN MILES SOUTH OF CHATTANOOGA, Vid RINGGOLD, Sept. 21. To Gen. Cooper: The enemy retreated on Chattanooga last night, leaving his dead and wounded in our hands. His loss is very large in men, artillery, small arms and colors. Ours is heavy, but not yet ascertained. The victory is complete, and our cavalry are pursuing. With the blessing of God, our troops have accomplished great result against...

WASHINGTON, Wednesday, Sept. 23. Dispatches from Gen. ROSECRANS, dated Chattanooga, 3 and 5 P.M., Sept. 22, (yesterday after noon,) were received by the Government this morning, from which it appears that the enemy's attack open Gen. THOMAS' corps (ROSECRANS' left) on Mon day afternoon was handsomely repulsed, and Gen. THOMAS' forces marched quietly to the position they were about to take when assaulted. The official dispatches of Monday evening stated that two divisions of Gen. LONGSTREET's corps were advancing upon Gen. ROSECRANS' left at 4 o'clock that afternoon. It turned out, however, that this movement was merely for the purpose...

Here’s a history lesson you’re unlikely to find in textbooks: California’s bear flag has links to white supremacy and pro-slavery. Here’s another: California entered the union as a “free” state, yet enslavement was widely condoned. As many as 1,500 enslaved African Americans lived in California in 1852. That completely contradicts what most of us learned in school.

Article I, section 5 of the United States Constitution provides that "Each House [of Congress] may determine the Rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member." Since 1789 the Senate has expelled only 15 members. Of that number, 14 were expelled during the Civil War for supporting the Confederacy. In several other cases, the Senate considered expulsion but either dropped those proceedings or failed to act before the member left office. In those cases, corruption was the primary cause of complaint. .... 15. The Committee on Ethics recommended that...

Special Dispatch to the New-York Times. WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Sept. 22. Shortly after noon to-day a dispatch was received here from an officer in command at Chattanooga, speaking in most encouraging terms of the general result of the actions of Saturday and Sunday last, wherein, according to his representations, the Union army achieved a substantial success instead of being beaten -- the enemy being more damaged in killed, wounded, &c. On Sunday night Gen. ROSECRANS changed the position of his army to points Dear Chattanooga, with Gen. THOMAS' command still occupying the front, which shows how much less that officer's corps...

When President Joe Biden announces the new executive-level Office of Gun Violence Prevention on Friday, he will name Vice President Kamala Harris as the one to oversee the office, according to Politico. On September 19, 2023, Breitbart News noted that Biden would be announcing the creation of the new office on Friday. Information from the Washington Post indicated the office will operate as a coordinated effort between the “White House, the Community Justice Action Fund and Everytown for Gun Safety.” Shannon Watts, a Mike Bloomberg affiliate who founded Moms Demand Action, praised the creation of the Office of Gun Violence...

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The United States Mail steamship Columbia, D.B. BARTON, Commander, from New-Orleans, Sept. 13, with mails and passengers to SPOFFORD, TILESTON & CO., and with a cargo of cotton and sugar, arrived last evening. The Columbia experienced heavy weather during the entire passage. On the 12th inst., the expedition against Texas under Gen. FRANKLIN, returned to New-Orleans, having failed to effect a landing at Sabine Pass, Texas. The gunboats Clifton and Sachem were both lost in the attempt to take the rebel batteries. We are again indebted to E. HENDERSON, Esq., purser of the Columbia, for prompt delivery of our dispatches....

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WASHINGTON, Friday, Sept. 18. The editor of the Star, who left Culpepper yesterday, says, in his paper of to-day: On Wednesday night the Union line extended from Stevensburgh through Culpepper Court-house to the Stone Mountain House, four miles north of the Court-house. Yesterday morning the line was changed, the army having advanced to a close proximity to the Rapidan River, where the rebel corps of A.P. HILL and EWELL are believed to be now strongly fortified. The Army of the Potomac never was in as fine a condition as it is at this moment -- so healthy, so cleanly clad,...

WASHINGTON, Thursday, Sept. 17. The rebels, yesterday morning, made an attempt to recross the Rapidan, which was prevented by our artillery and cavalry. The rebels advanced in three columns, with artillery, toward the river. and being met by our troops on this side, soon fell back. Appearances indicate that the rebels will dispute any attempt on the part of Gen. MEADE to cross the Rapidan. The Cavalry Fighting in Culpepper. Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch. ORANGE COURT-HOUSE. Sunday, Sept. 13. A considerable skirmish occurred to-day between three brigades of our cavalry and the enemy in considerable force of cavalry, infantry...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that House Republicans were in the middle of a “civil war.” Anchor Jonathan Karl said, “You have Kevin McCarthy launching this impeachment inquiry, and he did it just days after saying he would launch an impeachment inquiry without a full vote of the House. He did it anyway. What is going on here?”

The United States dispatch steamer Mary Sanford, Commander ROGERS, from Charleston Saturday night, 12th, with dispatches to the Department, and a mail from the flect, reached here yesterday morning. She arrived at Fortress Monroe on the afternoon of the 14th, and after communicating with the fleet at Newport's News, sailed same evening for this port. When she left Charleston Bar, Gen. GILLMORE's forces were actively engaged in erecting batteries on the upper end of Morris Island, and Forts Moultrie and Johnson were keeping up a very heavy fire upon them. The rebels have two 15-inch guns in Moultrie. Sumter is...

before his condition drastically “worsened,” according to Ukrainian intelligence. The leader of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, is reported to be in critical condition, according to Ukrainian military intelligence. “The information is confirmed by various sources in the medical and political circles,” Andriy Yusov, a representative of Ukraine’s military intelligence branch, told Obozrevatel, which first reported the news. “There is information that the war criminal Kadyrov is in a serious condition and the diseases that were there have worsened and caused such a serious condition.” His ill-health is not due to an injury, Yusov added. “It is not about injuries. Other details...

WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Sept. 15. L.L. CROUNSE sends the following to this Bureau: Gen. PLEASANTON reached the Rapidan River at Raccoon Ford, yesterday forenoon, after considerable heavy skirmishing between Culpepper and that point. Up to that time, no rebel infantry had been met with, though a heavy force of rebel cavalry had been driven back by our forces. Fighting was going on at Raccoon Ford yesterday. The enemy was vigorously resisting all our attempts to cross. It is reported that a brigade of rebel infantry was at that point, resisting our advance. Gen. FOSTER telegraphs from Fortress Monroe that the main...

We have received Richmond papers as late as Sept. 11, from which we make up the following interesting summary: THE SIEGE OP FORT WAGNER. HIGHLY INTERESTING PARTICULARS OF THE BOMBARDMENT AND THE EVACUATION. From the Charleston Mercury Sept. 7. The dawn of Friday last revealed a large United States banner -- the hated flag of stars and stripes -- flaunting from a work of the enemy within one hundred and fifty yards of Wagner. On the same morning, which, from imperfect information, we, in our last issue, erroneously reported as comparatively quiet, the enemy opened, just before 5 o'clock, with...

Justice Alito is going to allow the Biden Administration to justify why they should be allowed to control all the content on social media platforms and coordinate with the social media companies to remove opinion & information against their interests. This should be interesting. 😂🤣😂 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that would place restrictions on the Biden administration’s contact with social media companies. The brief order issued by conservative Justice Samuel Alito came less than two hours after the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to step in. It gives the court...