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(WASHINGTON) — About 45 constituents of Republican Rep. George Santos traveled from New York’s 3rd Congressional District to Capitol Hill Tuesday to demand Congress vote to expel him. “We are here because Speaker McCarthy apparently cannot hear us when we speak from Long Island,” said Jody Kass. Kass is the coordinator of Concerned Citizens of […]
(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — One of the former Memphis officers charged in connection with Tyre Nichols’ death took a photo of Nichols after he was handcuffed and texted it to multiple people, according to newly obtained state records. Demetrius Haley took two pictures on his personal cell phone of the “obviously injured” Nichols after he had been […]
(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. intelligence community’s review of UFO incidents reported by U.S. military personnel in recent years played a role in the detection of China’s fleet of surveillance balloons, according to a U.S. official. In the wake of the shootdown of a surveillance balloon this past weekend, U.S. officials have disclosed that China has […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Seven additional Memphis police officers could face discipline in connection with the Tyre Nichols incident, the city’s chief legal officer, Jennifer Sink, told ABC News Tuesday. Those additional officers will be receiving a “statement of charges,” which notifies an officer about a policy violation prior to an administrative hearing […]
(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden delivers his second State of the Union address at 9 p.m. ET, marking a pivotal moment as he lays out not only his accomplishments and agenda, but makes the case for his leadership ahead of an expected announcement on whether he’ll run for reelection. Unlike his first two years in […]
(NEW YORK) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg responded for the first time since the release of a book Tuesday by former special assistant district attorney Mark Pomerantz, which accuses Bragg of making a mistake by failing to bring a criminal case against former President Donald Trump at the onset of his tenure. “I bring […]
(WASHINGTON) — Amid national outrage after the release of the video showing the deadly beating of Tyre Nichols by Memphis police, Mona Hardin was reminded of the pain she felt after learning that her son Ronald Greene died after a struggle with Louisiana State Police in May 2019. “My legs went out from under me,” […]
(SANTA FE, N.M.) — Alec Baldwin’s attorney moved on Tuesday to disqualify the special prosecutor in New Mexico who investigated him over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust.” The special prosecutor, Andrea Reeb, is a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives. She was elected to her first […]
(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday updated its use-of-force policy for when the 80,000 officers under the agency’s authority encounter the public. The new guidelines limit the use of no-knock warrants, bar the use of chokeholds under unnecessary circumstances and beef up training for officers. DHS has nine law enforcement agencies under […]
(WASHINGTON) — For the roughly 750,000 people who live in New York’s 3rd Congressional District, embattled Rep. George Santos is more than the near-daily headlines he makes. The freshman congressman, a Republican, sits at the center of controversy over his past falsehoods and embellishments and multiple ongoing investigations. (He’s denied wrongdoing.) But he is also […]
