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Araya Doheny/Getty Images, FILE (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Sunday plans to appoint Laphonza Butler, the president of EMILY’S List, to fill the Senate seat left vacant following Dianne Feinstein’s death late last week. Butler was previously an adviser to Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign in 2020, and before that […]
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Exposure to anhydrous ammonia apparently caused the deaths of five people, including two children, when a tanker truck loaded with the hazardous material overturned on a highway Friday night in a rural Illinois community, according to preliminary findings from the local coroner’s office. At least seven other people from […]
Stella/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Across the country, a generation of young readers is standing up against efforts to ban or restrict certain books in schools and libraries. Student-led banned book clubs and anti-censorship groups have been popping up in states where a conservative-led movement to remove certain books or lessons has led to boisterous […]
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With a little over a month until Election Day in Virginia, the national Democratic Party is investing more than $2 million in the state to boost candidates as the party fights to keep Republicans from gaining full control of the General Assembly. Every seat in both the state […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump goes on trial in New York Monday in a $250 million lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to the White House. Trump has signaled his intention to attend the first days of the trial, in which he, […]
New York State Police (SARATOGA COUNTY, N.Y.) — An Amber Alert has been issued for a 9-year-old girl who police said may have been abducted from a New York state park. Charlotte E. Sena was last seen at the Moreau Lake State Park in Saratoga County, New York, at 6:15 p.m. on Saturday, according to […]
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — In a dramatic move that could roil the House, hard-line Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz said Sunday that he plans a vote this week to try and remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his role as punishment for McCarthy backing a bipartisan stopgap funding bill to stave off a partial government shutdown. In an […]
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — It was Democrats in the House who helped avert a partial government shutdown this weekend, in the final hours before funding ran out amid “brinkmanship” and “theater” by hard-line conservatives, President Joe Biden’s budget director argued on Sunday. “I will tell you, if I’m sick of it, I can only imagine what […]
David McNew/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office filed a reply Friday evening to former President Trump’s opposition to the prosecution’s proposed gag order in Trump’s federal election interference case. Smith’s office raises new concerns about Trump’s recent public statements attacking prosecutors and other potential witnesses and also suggests he may have violated a […]
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Twenty-eight people were rescued in a “historic” storm which brought major flooding in New York City, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Saturday. A state of emergency will remain in effect for the next six days, she said. No deaths were reported from the storm, she said at a press conference. […]
