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(NEW YORK) — Douglass Mackey, the social media influencer known as “Ricky Vaughn,” was sentenced Wednesday to seven months in prison for falsely assuring supporters of Hillary Clinton they could cast their vote in the 2016 presidential election through text messages or social media posts. Mackey was prosecuted under the Ku Klux Klan Act that was […]
(LANSING, Mich.) — A person attempted to breach Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s summer home in August, just months after the conviction of 9 men in a plot to kidnap the governor, according to a statement from Whitmer’s chief of staff. “We received a report of an individual attempting to breach the governor’s property through a restricted […]
(WASHINGTON) — Moderate House Republicans and institutionalists coalesced this week as the key opposition to Rep. Jim Jordan’s ascent to speaker. It’s the latest twist to what has become a weekslong fight among conservatives over who will lead the chamber and lift the paralysis over half of Congress. The dynamic confronting Jordan, the House Judiciary Committee […]
(AUSTIN, Texas) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the state’s National Guard to install a barrier in some parts along the Texas/New Mexico state line. Officials say guard members have been placing concertina wire in an area close to Sunland Park, New Mexico, which shares a border with El Paso, Texas. Footage shot by KVIA […]
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Hundreds of people protesting the Israel-Hamas war on Wednesday occupied one of the buildings in the U.S. Capitol complex and some appeared to be arrested by U.S. Capitol Police. The demonstrators, organized by a left-wing Jewish group, entered the building at different security entrance points and then assembled in the Cannon […]
(NEW ORLEANS) — Three children were killed in a house fire in New Orleans early Wednesday morning that was allegedly set by their father following an apparent domestic dispute, police said. The father — identified by police as Joseph Washington Sr., 29 — was apprehended following a manhunt Wednesday and faces multiple charges including second-degree murder, […]
(WASHINGTON) — The House is expected to cast second-round votes for the next speaker Wednesday morning after Rep. Jim Jordan failed to win the speakership Tuesday when 20 Republicans voted against him. Jordan, a conservative firebrand, staunch Donald Trump loyalist and founding member of the House Freedom Caucus, received his party’s nomination last week after […]
(WASHINGTON) — Law enforcement around the country remain “very concerned” about the threat of a “lone wolf” actor attempting to exploit the conflict between Israel and Hamas, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told Jewish leaders. “We remain very concerned about the lone wolf, the individual incited to violence by and ideology of hate,” Mayorkas […]
(WASHINGTON) — While senators on both side of the aisle are eager to confirm a nominee to serve as ambassador to Israel, Senate Republicans on the Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday questioned whether President Joe Biden’s nominee to fill the vacant post, Jack Lew, is the right man for the job at a critical moment for […]
Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A court employee was arrested Wednesday after she tried to approach former President Donald Trump while he was seated in the courtroom during his civil trial in lower Manhattan. As the trial was taking place, the woman “disrupted the proceedings by standing up and walking towards the front of the […]
