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Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After House Republicans twice rejected Rep. Jim Jordan for speaker this week, he pressed his case ahead of a third vote Friday morning. Jordan, a conservative firebrand, staunch Donald Trump loyalist, House Judiciary Committee chair and founding member of the House Freedom Caucus, received his party’s nomination last […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to the White House. Trump, his sons Eric and Don Jr., and Trump Organization executives are accused by New York Attorney […]
kali9/Getty Images (HAGERSTOWN, Md.) — Maryland authorities are searching for a 49-year-old in connection with the fatal shooting of a judge Thursday night. Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson, 52, was found shot in a driveway in Hagerstown, Maryland, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said. Authorities said Friday morning they’re searching for 49-year-old Pedro Argote. He […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Several House Republicans who have voted against Rep. Jim Jordan for speaker are seething after threats have been made against them, their offices or even their spouses — including one that a lawmaker called a “credible death threat.” The chaotic battle for the speakership presses on after Republicans twice rejected Jordan […]
David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — California Sen. Laphonza Butler will not seek to be elected to a full term in 2024 after she was recently appointed to succeed the late Dianne Feinstein, a decision that removes one potential candidate from an already crowded field, she said in a statement on […]
Mark Newman/Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — In February, Nevada Republican voters are expected to be able to choose from two entirely different ballots for the 2024 presidential nomination. On one — for the caucus held by the Nevada Republican Party on Feb. 8 — will be former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, businessman and […]
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Camden County, Georgia, Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday released the dashboard camera and body camera footage of the fatal police shooting of 53-year-old Leonard Allan Cure. Cure was wrongfully convicted of armed robbery in 2003 and was exonerated in 2020 after spending 16 years in prison. The Camden County […]
400tmax/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — An office at the Department of Homeland Security that helps detect biological and chemical weapons could shutter if Congress doesn’t fund it by December — an increasingly likely possibility as Republicans on Capitol Hill struggle to select a speaker. The Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office at the Department of Homeland Security, […]
WABC-TV (NEW YORK) — A woman is in critical condition after being “forcibly shoved” into a moving subway train in New York City and then falling onto the tracks, police said. The “horrific assault” occurred at the 53rd Street/Fifth Avenue station in midtown Manhattan midday Wednesday, NYPD Chief of Transit Michael Kaplan said during a press […]
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Amid increased reports of threats against Jewish, Muslim, and Arab communities, federal agencies are reaching out to community leaders to assess their needs regarding safety and security. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said at a Thursday press conference he has directed “all 94 of our United […]
