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ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Associate Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer retired from the high court in 2022 but isn’t finished prodding his former conservative colleagues to abandon what he sees as an aggressive tack to the right in how they interpret the law. “Slow down. Period,” Breyer, 85, said bluntly of his message to the […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve decided to hold its benchmark interest rate steady on Wednesday, postponing highly anticipated rate cuts as elevated inflation continues to burden U.S. households. The announcement arrives days after new government data showed that the economy is cooling off. The slowdown has coincided with a months-long stretch of […]
STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON)– Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, who pleaded guilty to numerous federal crimes after leaking sensitive information online, will now face military criminal proceedings next month for alleged violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, according to an Air Force spokesperson. “Following close coordination with the Department of […]
Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Jacksonville, Florida, on Wednesday, to focus on abortion access — the same day the state’s six-week abortion ban goes into effect. Harris’ trip comes a little more than a week after President Joe Biden also traveled to the state […]
KABC-TV (LOS ANGELES) — A Los Angeles Metro Rail train and a University of Southern California bus collided on Tuesday, leaving at least 55 people injured and two individuals in critical condition, officials said. The crash occurred on Watt Way and Exposition Boulevard in the Exposition Park neighborhood around noon, local time, according to the […]
People visit the San Diego Zoo in San Diego, California, Feb. 22, 2024. (Zeng Hui/Xinhua via Getty Images) (SAN DIEGO) — A pair of giant pandas are set to travel from China to the San Diego Zoo this summer, marking the first time the Southern California wildlife facility will house giant pandas since 2019. On […]
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced on Wednesday that she will move ahead with her attempt to oust Speaker Mike Johnson from the House’s top job — though her plan seems doomed to fail. The Georgia Republican, who first introduced a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair in […]
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Protests have broken out at colleges and universities across the country in connection with the war in Gaza. Many pro-Palestinian protesters are calling for their colleges to divest of funds from Israeli military operations, while some Jewish students on the campuses have called the protests antisemitic and said they […]
Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, California, on 04 October 2022. (Etienne Laurent/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Harvey Weinstein is scheduled to appear in court in Manhattan on Wednesday for the first time since New York’s highest court overturned his […]
Former U.S. President Donald Trump returns to the courtroom after a break during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on April 30, 2024. (EDUARDO MUNOZ/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is back on the campaign trail, hitting […]