The girlfriend of U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Roger Fortson, who was on the phone with Fortson when he was killed, is speaking out about the May 3 incident.
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Judge says Donald Trump won’t give own closing argument at civil fraud trial after disputing rules
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump won’t make his own closing argument after all in his New York civil business fraud trial after his lawyers objected to the judge’s insistence that the former president stick to “relevant” matters. Judge Arthur Engoron rescinded his conditional permission for the unusual plan on Wednesday, a day ahead of closing arguments. He had said that Trump would have to abide by the rules that apply to attorneys’ closing arguments and couldn’t assail the characters of his adversaries, the judge or others in the court system.
Nevada judge rejects Trump ballot eligibility challenge, says GOP opponent 'improperly manufactured' standing
A Nevada judge rejected Republican candidate John Anthony Castro's lawsuit questioning former President Trump's eligibility over the 14th Amendment.
In blow to Johnson's leadership, GOP hard-liners revolt over government funding deal
A group of hard-line conservatives tanked a procedural vote in revolt of a tentative funding deal negotiated by congressional leaders to prevent a government shutdown.
As House GOP launches effort to impeach Mayorkas, senators want to strike a border deal with him
House Republicans are marching ahead with impeachment plans targeting Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as “derelict in his duty” over handling of the U.S.
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GOP rebels plunge House into chaos amid mutiny over government shutdown deal
The House of Representatives saw its floor proceedings halted on Wednesday as conservative lawmakers rebelled against their party leaders.
Chris Christie ends his Republican presidential bid, criticizing his rivals on his way out
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has dropped out of the Republican presidential race. He made the announcement Wednesday night at a town hall in New Hampshire just hours before the fifth debate of the 2024 election cycle kicked off without him.
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GOP-led House Judiciary Committee advances contempt of Congress resolution for Hunter Biden
The House Oversight and Judiciary Committees met to vote on resolutions recommending the full House hold Hunter Biden in criminal contempt of Congress.
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Takeaways from House Republicans' first impeachment hearing into Mayorkas
House Republicans held their first impeachment hearing into Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
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Ohio House votes to override veto of HB 68, bill banning trans youth care, sports participation
The Ohio House has voted to override Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto a ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors and transgender girls sports ban.
Deja vu storm will blast same parts of US still reeling from a winter storm with another round of extreme weather | CNN
An eerily familiar situation will play out later this week as a new powerful storm mirrors the path and hazards of a massive storm that slammed much of the country earlier this week.
www.cnn.comThe newly unsealed Jeffrey Epstein documents have Donald Trump's name all over them. He had been secretly disguised as 'Doe 174.'
Former President Donald Trump may have fought to keep his name redacted in court documents before a judge ordered to have it unsealed.
As DeSantis and Haley face off in Iowa GOP debate, urgency could spark fireworks
The big front-runner, Donald Trump, was the only other candidate to meet the 10% polling threshold to participate.
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Republicans add new threats to impeach Austin and Garland, along with Biden and Mayorkas
With little legislation having been passed into law, impeachment is quickly becoming a go-to release valve for a fractious and frustrated House Republican majority.
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Hunter Biden makes shocking appearance at his own contempt hearing
Hunter Biden and his attorneys showed up to the House Oversight Committee's meeting Wednesday to consider the resolution that, if passed, would set up a full House vote on whether to hold him in contempt of Congress for defying a congressional subpoena as part of the House impeachment inquiry...
House right flank revolts by sinking rule vote as Speaker Mike Johnson walks tightrope on government funding plan | CNN Politics
Speaker Mike Johnson is finding himself once again walking a tightrope between political reality and what can satisfy his right flank, as conservative hardliners staged a rebellion on the House floor Wednesday afternoon.
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'A spiritual battle': Pastors embrace Trump's grievances in prayers at his rallies
The prayers, offered up by local pastors in early voting states, frequently reflect the words and tone of the GOP front-runner.
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Christie ends presidential campaign, says Nikki Haley is 'gonna get smoked'
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is ending his 2024 presidential campaign against Trump
Sen. Bob Menendez seeks dismissal of criminal charges. His lawyers say prosecutors 'distort reality'
Sen. Bob Menendez is seeking dismissal of bribery charges, saying through lawyers that New York federal prosecutors are making claims that are “outrageously false, and indeed distort reality.”
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A three-judge panel of the federal appeals court in Washington heard arguments Tuesday in a momentous case over former President Donald Trump’s claim that he is immune from criminal charges for the efforts he took to overturn the 2020 election. A ruling by the court — and when it issues that...
Spate of swatting incidents ensnares high-profile targets: Politicians, prosecutors and judges
Hoax calls to police have led law enforcement to go to the homes of political figures and members of the judiciary in recent days, just as the presidential election season ramps up.
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Hard-line conservatives freeze House action in revolt of Johnson’s spending deal
Hardline conservatives tanked a procedural rule vote in revolt against Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) top-line spending deal.
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Trump civil fraud case: Judge fines Trump $354 million, says frauds 'shock the conscience'
Get updates from the trial of former President Trump in the civil fraud suit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Live updates: Israel-Hamas war, Gaza airstrikes, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits
The US said Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed "ongoing efforts to minimize civilian harm" in Gaza during a meeting with Palestinian Authority President Abbas in the West Bank. Follow for live news updates.
RFK Jr.'s presidential campaign questioned by FEC over payments to daughter-in-law
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s long shot campaign for president is facing questions from the FEC about payments made to a member of his family.
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U.S. announces effort to expedite cases of migrants who cross border illegally
The Biden administration on Thursday announced an effort to shorten the time it takes for U.S. immigration judges to decide the asylum cases of certain migrants who enter the country illegally along the border with Mexico.
Migrant adults released by federal border officials after crossing into the U.S. unlawfully will be eligible to be placed in the program, under a joint initiative between the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department, which oversees the nation's immigration courts.
The effort's objective, senior U.S. officials...
Continue reading...Migrant adults released by federal border officials after crossing into the U.S. unlawfully will be eligible to be placed in the program, under a joint initiative between the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department, which oversees the nation's immigration courts.
The effort's objective, senior U.S. officials...
Missourians head to Washington to call for a House vote on the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act expires this summer. The initial bill passed the Senate earlier this year but has yet to be considered in the House. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., has been pushing to expand and extend the initiative and has tried to add it as an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) bill.
"If we're not going to get amendment votes, I'm not going to help them speed this along," Hawley told reporters about the FAA legislation.
The bill is just one effort that residents in Missouri say, would help those sickened...
Continue reading..."If we're not going to get amendment votes, I'm not going to help them speed this along," Hawley told reporters about the FAA legislation.
The bill is just one effort that residents in Missouri say, would help those sickened...
US senator Bob Menendez reveals wife's cancer amid bribery trial
Bob Menendez said his spouse and co-defendant would undergo a mastectomy following her diagnosis.
Continue reading...Morehouse College prepares for Biden's commencement address
When he gives the commencement address at Morehouse College, President Biden will have his most direct engagement with college students since the start of the Israel-Hamas war at a center of Black politics and culture.
Morehouse is located in Atlanta, the largest city in the swing state of Georgia, which Biden flipped from then-President Donald Trump four years ago. Biden's speech Sunday will come as the Democrat tries to make inroads with a key and symbolic constituency — young Black men — and repair the diverse coalition that elected him to the...
Continue reading...Morehouse is located in Atlanta, the largest city in the swing state of Georgia, which Biden flipped from then-President Donald Trump four years ago. Biden's speech Sunday will come as the Democrat tries to make inroads with a key and symbolic constituency — young Black men — and repair the diverse coalition that elected him to the...
American doctors uncertain how they will leave Gaza: A day in their life
As the Israeli military fight against Hamas continues in the Gazan city of Rafah, thousands are being forced to evacuate and several U.S. citizens are still inside.
Continue reading...Alaska lawmakers end their session with late bills passing on energy, education
Alaska lawmakers ended their four-month session early Thursday with a flurry of last-minute bills addressing priority issues such as energy and correspondence school programs that are a focus of ongoing litigation.
Bickering over the budget was muted compared with prior years, and Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy and legislative leaders claimed successes in a session that was not without drama, marked by twofailed attempts to override Dunleavy vetoes of additional public school funding.
ALASKA LAWMAKERS FAIL TO OVERRIDE OF GOV. DUNLEAVY'S VETO OF...
Continue reading...Bickering over the budget was muted compared with prior years, and Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy and legislative leaders claimed successes in a session that was not without drama, marked by twofailed attempts to override Dunleavy vetoes of additional public school funding.
ALASKA LAWMAKERS FAIL TO OVERRIDE OF GOV. DUNLEAVY'S VETO OF...
Virginia Gov Glenn Youngkin calls out Biden for refusal of VSU presidential debate: ‘Huge snub’
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin called out President Biden for refusing to participate in a debate originally scheduled by the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) for Oct. 1 at Virginia State University (VSU), which would have been the first historically Black college or university (HBCU) to host a presidential debate.
"The Biden campaign is refusing to participate in a historic general election presidential debate at [VSU], a great university and HBCU," the Republican governor wrote in a post on X. "Joe Biden is turning his back on...
Continue reading..."The Biden campaign is refusing to participate in a historic general election presidential debate at [VSU], a great university and HBCU," the Republican governor wrote in a post on X. "Joe Biden is turning his back on...
Key weeks ahead for Russia’s war in Ukraine
Russia has launched a push north of Kharkiv but its ultimate goal is so far unclear.
Continue reading...Modi’s India: A decade of popularity and polarisation
Indian PM Narendra Modi is eyeing a historic third term after a decade in power.
Continue reading...US senator Bob Menendez reveals wife's cancer amid bribery trial
Bob Menendez said his spouse and co-defendant would undergo a mastectomy following her diagnosis.
Continue reading...The rise and fall of Canada's 'Crypto King'
Canada police have charged Aiden Pleterski, 25, with fraud and laundering the proceeds of crime.
Continue reading...Vatican to reveal new rules for the supernatural
The new guidelines are expected to tighten the criteria for what counts as a divine apparition.
Continue reading...What did ICJ ruling mean in South Africa's genocide case against Israel?
The ICJ ruling has come under intense scrutiny, centring on the word "plausible". What did the court mean?
Continue reading...Biden-Trump debates come with risks for both sides
The campaigns have agreed to debate twice before November's election - and the stakes will be high.
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