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(NEW YORK) — Lawyers for the off-duty pilot facing attempted murder charges after allegedly trying to shut off an airplane’s engines while on a flight last month have spoken out about the incident, saying their client, Joseph Emerson, “suffered a panic attack” while on the flight. In a lengthy statement, Levi Merrithew Horst PC, the […]
(SAN FRANCISCO) — President Joe Biden and China’s President Xi Jinping on Wednesday held their first face-face meeting in more than a year amid tensions in the U.S.-China relationship. For security reasons, the two leaders held the talks at a private location — the historic Filoli Estate in Woodside, California, outside San Francisco — near […]
(NEW YORK) — A man who allegedly had a fake FBI badge and a BB gun has been arrested after a road rage incident involving shots being fired at a passing vehicle, police said. On Wednesday at approximately 10:20 a.m., officers in Michigan were dispatched to a report of possible shots being fired during a […]
(WASHINGTON) — The White House denied Wednesday that U.S. confirmation of intelligence that Hamas uses Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza as a control center had anything to do with the timing of the Israeli military operation there, which began just hours earlier. “My delivery of some downgraded information yesterday, that, the timing of that really […]
(WASHINGTON) — Capitol Police said they are working to “keep back” 150 people who are “illegally and violently” protesting outside of the Democratic National Committee in Washington, D.C. They said they were making arrests but didn’t say how many. It appears, based on social media postings, that protesters are calling for a cease-fire in the […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate leaders voted Wednesday night in favor of the short-term government funding bill the House passed Tuesday night ahead of Friday’s shutdown deadline. House Speaker Mike Johnson pitched a two-step plan that he described as a “laddered CR” — or continuing resolution — that will keep the government funded at […]
(ATLANTA) — Lawyers Sidney Powell and Jenna Ellis agreed to cooperate with Georgia prosecutors last month. Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee indicated that he is inclined to issue a protective order in the election interference case against Donald Trump and others, based on a request from District Attorney Fani Willis’ office following the publication of confidential […]
(WASHINGTON) — The House Ethics Committee will not recommend any punishment for embattled New York Republican Rep. George Santos in a public report it plans to release later this week after a monthslong investigation, Chairman Michael Guest said Wednesday. Instead, the panel will release its evidence and details of its work for members to review […]
(NEW YORK) — Three Jewish students at New York University have filed a lawsuit alleging the school has failed to protect them from escalating antisemitism, which they say has worsened since the start of the Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 7. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Manhattan federal court by NYU juniors Bella Ingber, Sabrina Maslavi and […]
(WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is gradually shaking off attempts to bar him from individual states’ 2024 ballots under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, a constitutional clause which disqualifies people from running for office if they previously held office, swore an oath to the Constitution and then engaged in “insurrection or rebellion” against […]
