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ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. is “concerned” that fighting between Israel and Hamas, in the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attack, could spill over into a broader conflict throughout the Middle East that would imperil American military forces, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Sunday. “We’re concerned about potential escalation. In fact, what we’re […]
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott on Sunday defended his recent accusation that President Joe Biden has “blood on his hands” after Hamas’ terror attack on Israel earlier this month, which has spurred a wider war. Appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” Scott, who is seeking the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, was pressed […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (ARLINGTON, Va.) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations’ annual banquet has been canceled after “extremists threatened to plant bombs and kill hotel staff due to CAIR’s support for Palestinian human rights,” the organization announced. CAIR said the Arlington, Virginia, hotel where it has held its annual banquet every year for over 10 […]
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul on Sunday bemoaned the nearly three weeks — and counting — that the chamber has gone without a speaker amid conservative infighting over how to fill the key leadership role. “This is probably one of the most embarrassing things I’ve seen, because if we […]
Alex Haenke (EAST LANSING, Mich.) — Michigan State University has issued an apology following an image of Hitler appearing on the scoreboard before Saturday night’s game. Before the rivalry game against Michigan began, the image appeared on the jumbotron as part of a trivia question about Hitler’s place of birth. Michigan State issued a statement, […]
Jason Marz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Right-wing provocateur and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay more than $1 billion in damages to families affected by the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Connecticut, despite Jones’ filing for bankruptcy, a federal bankruptcy court judge has ruled. Jones filed for Chapter 11 protection in December after he […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Several House Republicans who have voted against Rep. Jim Jordan for speaker are seething after threats have been made against them, their offices or even their spouses — including one that a lawmaker called a “credible death threat.” The chaotic battle for the speakership presses on after Republicans twice rejected Jordan […]
Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s election interference case in Washington, D.C., on Friday temporarily halted the limited gag order she had placed on the former president on Monday. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan requested briefings from the government and from Trump’s lawyers following Trump’s appeal […]
David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — California Sen. Laphonza Butler will not seek to be elected to a full term in 2024 after she was recently appointed to succeed the late Dianne Feinstein, a decision that removes one potential candidate from an already crowded field, she said in a statement on […]
Placer County Sheriff’s Office (AUBURN, CA) — Danny Serafini, a former MLB pitcher, and a woman were arrested in connection with the 2021 shootings of a California couple, police said. The Placer County Sheriff’s Office said Serafini, 49, and Samantha Scott, 33, were arrested Friday in Nevada following a two-year investigation into the murder of […]
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