As Denver faces a rising crime rate, growing homeless encampments and dizzying housing costs, voters on Tuesday are expected to whittle down an unusually large and divergent field of 16 candidates for mayor — including a former boxer, an investment banker, a state lawmaker and a former Crenshaw Mafia Gang …
Read More »New FBI docs show Las Vegas mass shooter was upset with casinos
The high-roller gambler who opened fire on concertgoers on the Las Vegas Strip had lost tens of thousands of dollars while gambling weeks before the mass shooting and was upset about how the casinos had treated him, according to FBI documents made public this week. The documents do not reveal …
Read More »Mitch McConnell back home after completing physical therapy for concussion
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell returned home Saturday after being released from an rehabilitation facility where he was receiving treatment for a concussion he suffered during a fall earlier this month. “I want to sincerely thank everyone for all the kind wishes. I’m glad to be home and working for …
Read More »Meta to reinstate Trump on Facebook, Instagram
Former President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts will be reinstated “in the coming weeks,” the social media platforms’ parent company Meta said on Wednesday. Trump’s accounts have been suspended since January 2021 when Meta initially banned the him indefinitely, after finding his posts on Jan. 6 amid the attack on …
Read More »Justice Dept outlines limits of its cooperation with House GOP
Washington — The Justice Department told House Republicans there would be strict parameters limiting its ability to fully cooperate with congressional probes into the department’s work. In a letter Friday to the new House Judiciary Committee chairman, Rep. Jim Jordan, the department cited the need to safeguard ongoing investigations. “Consistent with …
Read More »Senators urge Southwest to give stranded flyers “significant monetary compensation”
Several Democratic senators are urging Southwest Airlines to compensate thousands of flyers whose flights were canceled during peak holiday travel, as the airline nixes the majority of flights on its schedule. Passengers across the country are stranded, and in some cases, told it will be days or more than a …
Read More »House, Senate negotiators say they have framework for government spending bill
House and Senate negotiators announced they have a framework to negotiate the final details on a spending bill for a full year of government funding. House Appropriations Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro, Democrat of Connecticut, said in a statement that the framework would provide a path to passing what’s known as an …
Read More »Georgia Supreme Court denies Republicans’ bid to stop Saturday voting in Georgia runoff
Georgia’s highest court on Wednesday rejected an appeal from Republican groups of a lower court decision allowing early voting this Saturday in the U.S. Senate runoff election between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker. The Georgia Republican Party, the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the Republican National Committee …
Read More »Ashton Carter, defense secretary under Obama, dies at 68
Washington — Ashton Carter, who served as the secretary of defense under former President Barack Obama, died Monday after suffering a heart attack, his family said in a statement. He was 68 years old. Carter served as the nation’s 25th defense secretary and held the role from early 2015 to …
Read More »Judge names special master to review documents seized in Trump search
Washington — A federal judge on Thursday appointed U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie to serve as an independent arbiter, or special master, tasked with reviewing the documents seized by the FBI during its search at former President Donald Trump’s home in South Florida. Trump proposed Dearie for the role last …
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