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Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former National Rifle Association operations director Joshua Powell has settled civil claims of fraud and abuse brought by the New York Attorney General’s office. The admission comes hours after Wayne LaPierre, the executive vice president of the NRA, announced his resignation ahead of a trial scheduled to begin Monday. LaPierre […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden has accepted House Speaker Mike Johnson’s invitation to deliver his State of the Union address on March 7. “Looking forward to it, Mr. Speaker,” Biden posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, Saturday afternoon. Looking forward to it, Mr. Speaker. https://t.co/YChdO92WQK — President Biden (@POTUS) January 6, […]
FBI (GROVELAND, Fla.) — Three Jan. 6 suspects were arrested at a ranch in Florida on Saturday, the FBI said — including one who has been sought ever since the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol and two who never showed up for trial, court records show. The FBI’s Tampa field office said three Jan. 6 […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (MASON CITY, Iowa) — On Jan. 6, 2021, then-President Donald Trump spoke on the Ellipse near the White House on the heels of his 2020 election loss, telling supporters to march to the U.S. Capitol “peacefully and patriotically,” but also proclaiming, “If you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a […]
Stephen Brashear/Getty Images (PORTLAND, Ore.) — The Federal Aviation Administration is temporarily grounding certain Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft after an Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff. The Alaska Airlines flight returned to Portland, Oregon, soon after takeoff after it “experienced an incident,” prompting the airline to temporarily ground its Boeing 737-9 […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (DENVER) — Former President Donald Trump is among the list of candidates certified by Colorado’s secretary of state on Friday to be on the state’s Republican primary ballot. That, despite the U.S. Supreme Court saying Friday it will consider an appeal by Trump’s legal team of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that declared […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (PERRY, Iowa) — The sixth grade student killed in a mass shooting at an Iowa high school on Thursday has been identified, as authorities increased the number of victims reported in the “horrific” incident. Ahmir Jolliff, 11, was shot three times in the shooting at Perry High School, the Iowa Department of Public […]
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images (VALLEY FORGE, Penn.) — In his first major campaign event of 2024, President Joe Biden on Friday, the eve of the third anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, delivered a speech near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to argue democracy and fundamental freedoms are under threat if […]
Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Wayne LaPierre, the executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, has announced he is resigning from the organization days before the start of a civil corruption trial. LaPierre, 74, cited health reasons, according to the NRA. The resignation will be effective Jan. 31. “With pride in […]
ilbusca/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Florida abortion rights advocates on Friday said they surpassed the required number of signatures needed to put a referendum that would enshrine abortion rights in Florida’s Constitution on the state’s 2024 ballot in November. If the referendum, which needed 891,523 total verified signatures to be placed on the ballot, prevails […]
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