Secret Service opens fire on suspects near home of Biden’s granddaughter: Report
Authorities were investigating a Secret Service-involved shooting after several people attempted to break into a government car outside the Washington DC home of Naomi Biden, the 29-year-old granddaughter of the President, ABC News reported Monday morning, citing sources. According to a Secret Service spokesperson, who did not name Ms. Biden, just before midnight Sunday evening […]
UAW members in Kentucky vote to reject new deal with Ford
United Auto Workers (UAW) members in Kentucky have voted against a tentative labor agreement between the union and Ford Motors that aims to end a months-long strike. Ratification of the deal was voted down by 55% of the production workers at a Louisville assembly plant and other Kentucky truck plants. By contrast, 69% of […]
Pentagon announces more strikes on Iran-backed sites in Syria
The U.S. military carried out more strikes on Iran-backed facilities in Syria, the Pentagon announced on Sunday. “U.S. military forces conducted precision strikes today on facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Iran-affiliated groups in response to continued attacks against U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria,” Defense Secretary Lloyd […]
Mike Johnson unveils 2-step stopgap bill to avert shutdown
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) unveiled a stopgap spending bill over the weekend aiming to avert a government shutdown at midnight Friday. Johnson’s proposal extends funding for some government programs until January 19 while it continues to fund other programs until February 2. “This two-step continuing resolution is a necessary bill to place House Republicans […]
Trump-appointed judge declines to delay his documents trial for now
Judge Aileen Cannon of the U.S. District in Southern Florida, a Trump appointee, declined on Friday to postpone the former President’s classified documents trial for now—though she said she would revise the issue in several months. Trump attorneys submitted a filing in early October asking Cannon to adjourn the trial date “until at least mid-November […]
Military policy that Tuberville opposes would cost $1 million per year: study
The Defense Department policy which Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) opposes and has used to blockade hundreds of military promotions costs the government just $1 million annually, according to analysis published Friday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The $1 million JAMA says the military is shelling out for paid leave and travel […]
More states’ election offices report suspicious envelopes, several test positive for fentanyl
At least five states reported suspicious envelopes sent to election offices, with at least four of those envelopes’ contents testing positive for fentanyl, the FBI said Friday. Along with election offices in Washington state and Georgia previously reported, offices in Oregon, Nevada, and California were also reporting having been sent suspicious envelopes as of Friday, while […]
January 6 suspect arrested following manhunt
Gregory Yetman, wanted for crimes related to the deadly January 6, 2021 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol, surrendered to authorities Friday following a two-day manhunt and four days after an arrest warrant was issued. Yetman turned himself in to police in Monroe Township, New Jersey Friday morning amid a SWAT team search and a $10,000 […]
House GOP spending push hits roadblock as government shutdown looms
The GOP-controlled House was compelled to delay another government funding bill on Thursday as Congress faces a government shutdown deadline next week. If Congress does not pass a fiscal year 2024 federal budget in the next several days, the government will shut down at midnight next Friday. Thursday’s delay on the bill to fund the […]
Biden and China’s Xi Jinping to meet Wednesday in San Francisco Bay Area
President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to meet this coming Wednesday in the San Francisco Bay Area, aiming to curb tensions between the U.S. and China. The two leaders’ meeting will come on the heels of two days of meetings in San Francisco between Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and her Chinese counterpart, […]
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