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Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House has embarked on a 12-day winter recess, joining the Senate’s two-week recess and leaving a long list of critical unfinished business on Capitol Hill. Navigating a three-vote majority, Speaker Mike Johnson rejected pressure to consider the Senate’s bipartisan $95 billion national security supplemental. That move leaves not only […]
Jason Marz/Getty Images (FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ohio) — A judge declared a mistrial for the second time Friday in the murder trial of a former Ohio deputy Jason Meade, who was charged with two counts of murder and one count of reckless homicide in the 2020 shooting death of 23-year-old Casey Goodson Jr. On Friday morning, […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump has been fined $354 million in a civil fraud lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel him to the White House. In the decision, Judge Arthur Engoron excoriated Trump, saying the president’s credibility was “severely compromised,” that the level […]
avid_creative/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jacob Gooch and his family were among the 1 million fans enjoying the Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration in Kansas City, Missouri, on Wednesday when they heard a fight break out. “We hear a lady saying, something like, ‘Not now, this isn’t the place,’ or something, and pushing this guy back,” […]
President Biden. CREDIT: Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (NEW YORK) — President Joe Biden is heading to East Palestine, Ohio, on Friday to mark one year since a train derailment spilled hazardous materials and toxins into the environment that forced many residents out of their homes. Biden will be briefed by officials and […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sen. Joe Manchin, the Democrat from West Virginia, announced Friday he will not launch a 2024 bid for the White House as an independent — removing what would have been a major challenge for President Joe Biden’s campaign. “I will not be seeking a third-party run. I will not […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Scott McAfee, the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s Georgia election interference case, is set to hear arguments over motions to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, primarily over accusations from Trump co-defendant Michael Roman that she benefited financially from a “personal, romantic relationship” with prosecutor Nathan Wade, who […]
WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Police believe they have recovered the body of 5-year-old Darnell Taylor, whose disappearance had prompted a statewide Amber Alert in Ohio earlier this week. The body was recovered in a sewage drain in Franklin County, near his hometown of Columbus. The alert was issued Wednesday after his foster mother, Pammy […]
Police officers investigate the scene of a shooting where at least one person was killed and more than 20 others were injured after the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl LVIII victory parade on Feb. 14, 2024, in Kansas City, Missouri. (Tammy Ljungblad/The Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) (KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — Two […]
kali9/Getty Images (KNOXVILLE, Tenn.) — The body of a deputy who disappeared after making an arrest has been recovered, authorities said Thursday night. The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office in Tennessee confirmed in a Facebook post that following a search with the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office, the body of Deputy Robert “R.J.” Leonard had been found […]
