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Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The nation is barreling toward what could become one the largest government shutdowns in U.S. history beginning Oct. 1, with each of a dozen bills needed to keep funding flowing mired in Congress. Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security payments won’t be affected. Neither will the U.S. Postal Service, which uses its […]
Elijah Nouvelage for The Washington Post via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — A federal judge has ordered a Dec. 11 trial date to determine what damages Rudy Giuliani will have to pay two former Georgia election workers he was found liable for defaming. Judge Beryl Howell last month found Giuliani liable for defamatory comments he made about […]
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday will launch the “American Climate Corps,” according to the White House, which described it as “a workforce training and service initiative” for more than 20,000 Americans “that will ensure more young people have access to the skills-based training necessary for good-paying […]
WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Andrew Lester, the Kansas City man charged in the shooting of Ralph Yarl after the teenager mistakenly went to the wrong house, pleaded not guilty during his arraignment on Wednesday morning after a judge ruled on Aug. 31 that his case will head to trial. Lester waived his rights to […]
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland is set to testify before the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday in a high-stakes hearing where Republican lawmakers are expected to lambast him over his department’s handling of criminal probes into former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden and other high-profile investigations. But according […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Three of former President Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case will try to have their cases removed to federal court Wednesday. For the third time, a federal judge is set to hear arguments during an evidentiary hearing in Atlanta on the issue of federal removal, this time from […]
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — In a new interview with ABC News’ Linsey Davis on ABC News Live Prime, GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy discussed his views on climate change, race and racism in America and why he would not consider being former President Donald Trump running mate if Trump beats him for their party’s 2024 […]
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The gun used in the ambush killing of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy appears to have been purchased legally, without raising any red flags regarding the suspected gunman’s mental health, two law enforcement officials briefed on the probe told ABC News. Investigators are trying to determine whether the suspect, […]
Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images/Getty Images (HARRISBURG, Pa.) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Tuesday — which is National Voter Registration Day — that the state will now automatically register residents to vote while getting their driver’s license or state I.D. “I made a commitment when I was campaigning for this office that we would bring automatic voter […]
Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — Temple University acting president JoAnne A. Epps died suddenly after falling ill at a memorial service at the university Tuesday afternoon, the school announced. She was 72. Epps became unwell while attending the memorial service for Charles L. Blockson, a curator emeritus of the Blockson Afro-American Collection at Temple, […]
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