A court in Texas began sentencing proceedings Tuesday for Daniel Perry, an Army sergeant who was convicted last month of murder in the deadly shooting of a protester in 2020. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has said he wants to pardon Perry after he is sentenced. Sentencing is expected to continue Wednesday. …
Read More »Two candidates representing opposite ends of the Democratic party are on the ballot in the highly-watched Chicago mayoral runoff on Tuesday. Paul Vallas, the former CEO of the Chicago school system, and Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson, a former teacher who is heavily backed by the Chicago Teachers Union, were …
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Reps. Jamaal Bowman, a Democrat from New York, and Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, had an intense exchange in the hallways of the Capitol on gun control Wednesday evening, two days after the deadly shooting at a school in Tennessee. The confrontation started in a hallway outside the House …
Read More »California Rep. Barbara Lee announced in a tweet Tuesday that she’s running for Senate in California, a week after Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced she will not be running for reelection in 2024. “Today I am proud to announce my candidacy for U.S. Senate,” Lee wrote. “I’ve never backed down from …
Read More »As President Joe Biden and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met in Washington Friday, the leaders shared some awareness of what it’s like to walk in one another’s shoes. Mr. Biden defeated incumbent Donald Trump in a fraught race, securing victory with thin margins in several battleground states. …
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Supporters of abortion rights filed separate lawsuits Wednesday challenging two states’ abortion pill restrictions, the opening salvo in what’s expected to be a protracted legal battle over access to the medications. The lawsuits argue that limits on the drugs in North Carolina and West Virginia run afoul of the federal authority …
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Washington — One of the key concessions made by Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy in his bid to be House speaker was to restore the ability of a single member to call for a no-confidence vote in the speaker, a provision he opposed early this week, but one he agreed to …
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Presumptive future House Speaker Kevin McCarthy warned on Tuesday that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas could face impeachment proceedings in a Republican-led House if he does not resign over the Biden administration’s handling of an unprecedented migration wave along the U.S.-Mexico border. McCarthy, who is expected to lead a slim …
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Former President Donald Trump may be running for president again, but he still can’t use Facebook. The social media platform has no plans to reinstate Trump’s account following the former president’s announcement that he will seek a second term in the White House, the company confirmed Wednesday. Trump was kicked …
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An F-16 fighter jet, under the direction of the Continental U.S. NORAD region, intercepted a small plane last Friday in restricted airspace over Southern California, close to a community college where President Biden had just begun speaking. The incident occurred over Santa Ana, Calif.; the president’s event was in Irvine, …
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