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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Republicans gathered Friday for Day 2 of the Iowa State Fair, news broke in Washington that the U.S. attorney investigating Hunter Biden was being elevated to special counsel. Several candidates in the 2024 GOP field welcomed the development, with former Vice President Mike Pence telling reporters it’s “about time.” […]
US Coast Guard (LAHAINA, Hawaii) — The U.S. military’s response to the devastating wildfires on Maui was crucial in the early response to the blazes that have devastated the island and the historic town of Lahaina. The U.S. Coast Guard, Hawaii’s National Guard and active-duty forces on the island have all pitched in to help. […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The judge overseeing special counsel Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 case against former President Donald Trump says Trump has a right to free speech — but it’s not absolute. Judge Tanya Chutkan is hearing arguments Friday morning on the terms of a protective order Smith is seeking against the former president. Smith […]
FILE — chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dangerous wildfires are spreading rapidly on Maui due to very dry conditions stemming from a drought combined with powerful trade winds being squeezed across Hawaii. At least 55 people have died from the wildfires on Maui and much of the historic town of Lahaina has been “destroyed,” […]
ilbusca/Getty Images (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Republicans suffered their latest electoral setback on a vote related to abortion, this time over a referendum in Ohio on Tuesday, leaving party operatives who spoke with ABC News saying the same thing: The GOP still hasn’t figured out how to talk about the issue. The conservative-led effort in Ohio […]
Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked Purdue Pharma’s plan to emerge from bankruptcy that shielded the founding Sackler families from liability in the nation’s opioid epidemic. The application for a stay, brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, was presented to Justice Sonia Sotomayor and […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (SANDUSKY, Ohio) — Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose put Ohio’s Issue 1, a measure that could have ultimately hindered statewide attempts at protecting abortion access, at the center of his recently announced campaign for Senate. But now, after voters defeated the Republican-backed ballot measure, LaRose is left searching for a new […]
FILE — chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dangerous wildfires are spreading rapidly on Maui due to very dry conditions stemming from a drought combined with powerful trade winds being squeezed across Hawaii. At least 36 people have died from the wildfires on Maui and much of the coastal town of Lahaina has been “destroyed,” […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, FILE (DES MOINES, Iowa) — Grilling pork chops, chowing down on corn dogs, visiting the famous “Butter Cow” dairy sculpture: these festivities and more await the 2024 presidential candidates starting Thursday at the Iowa State Fair. The fair, an annual celebration of Iowa’s agriculture industry, is a rite of passage for presidential […]
Christa Owen (MONTGOMERY, Ala.) — Police say a fourth suspect in the Riverfront Park melee turned herself in on Thursday. Charges were originally filed against three white boaters who allegedly assaulted a Black ferry co-captain in Montgomery, Alabama, on Saturday. According to the Montgomery Police Department, 21-year-old Mary Todd was booked and charged with one […]
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