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pablohart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 73-year-old woman has been attacked by a bear while she was walking with her husband and her dog near the U.S.-Canada border. The incident occurred at approximately 3 p.m. on Sunday when officials from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks were notified that a woman had been “attacked along the […]
(WASHINGTON) — The White House on Tuesday expressed confidence that regardless of developments on Capitol Hill, the U.S. would ultimately provide more assistance for Ukraine — but warned, absent progress, current funding could run out in “a couple of months.” Despite Congress’ failure to approve additional aid for Ukraine in government funding passed over the weekend […]
(PHILADELPHIA) — Josh Kruger, a freelance journalist and former city employee, was shot and killed in his Philadelphia home early Monday, according to local officials. Police responded to his home at about 1:30 a.m. and found Kruger shot seven times in the chest and abdomen. He was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he […]
(WASHINGTON) — A Republican senator is renewing calls for legislation that would require lawmakers to reach a government funding deal without threat of a shutdown. Sen. James Lankford is resuming calls to pass legislation that would require congressional lawmakers to work in “continuous session” and abide by other stipulations until reaching a deal to fund the […]
(CONCORD, N.H.) — The trial of a 27-year-old drifter charged with fatally shooting a retired couple on a New Hampshire hiking trail began Tuesday with a prosecutor telling a jury that evidence will show that “he alone” is guilty of the grisly slayings, and a defense attorney countering police “got the wrong man.” Logan Clegg is […]
(MOAB, Utah) — The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating a small plane crash that killed all four occupants — North Dakota state Sen. Doug Larsen, his wife and their two children — in Moab, Utah, according to officials. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum confirmed the deaths in a statement Monday […]
Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris swore in Sen. Laphonza Butler to serve as California’s senator on Tuesday, replacing the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Butler, whose appointment was announced by California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday, was flanked by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who met with Butler on Tuesday just prior to […]
(WASHINGTON) — GOP Rep. Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday became just the second speaker in history to be subjected to an effort by rank-and-file lawmakers to take away his gavel — and the first to have it stripped away. McCarthy faced a so-called motion to vacate from Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who put forth the motion after […]
(NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to the White House. Trump is back in the courtroom for the second day of the trial, in which he, his sons Eric […]
(WASHINGTON) — A showdown is unfolding Tuesday to determine House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s fate as leader of the chamber’s Republican majority. Hard-line Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida is leading the charge against McCarthy. He introduced a so-called motion to vacate late Monday after criticizing how McCarthy has handled spending and budget issues since Republicans retook […]
