NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A group of Tennessee parents whose children attend The Covenant School, where a deadly shooting in March took the lives of three 9-year-olds and three adults, filed a motion Wednesday seeking to keep the shooter’s writings from being released to the public. “The Parents see no good that can …
Read More »SAG-AFTRA calls for strike authorization vote ahead of studio talks
SAG-AFTRA announced Wednesday that it will hold a strike authorization vote as it seeks to get its “ducks in a row” ahead of June 7 negotiations with the major studios. The vote does not mean that the performers union will necessarily join the Writers Guild of America on the picket …
Read More »House GOP refers George Santos expulsion to Ethics panel
WASHINGTON — The House voted Wednesday evening to refer a Democratic-sponsored resolution to expel Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., to the Ethics Committee. By referring the matter to the House Committee on Ethics, which has been investigating Santos since early March, Republicans for now avoided a vote on the resolution itself, …
Read More »Influencer extradited to U.S. in connection with alleged $2 million romance scam, prosecutors say
At first glance, Mona Faiz Montrage appears like any other glamorous influencer posting photos of her designer bags and flaunting her opulent lifestyle online. But behind the screen, she was involved in a multimillion-dollar romance scam that preyed on vulnerable, lonely and older victims in the United States, prosecutors allege. …
Read More »Democrat Donna Deegan flips the Jacksonville mayor’s office in a major upset
Democrat Donna Deegan won the Jacksonville mayor’s race Tuesday night, a shocking upset that hands Florida Democrats a major shot of energy less than six months after they were trounced in the 2022 midterms and considered left for dead by the national party. Deegan came into Election Day as the …
Read More »Democrats keep Pennsylvania House with special election win
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Democrats maintained their narrow Pennsylvania House majority Tuesday by winning a special election and along with it continued control over how the chamber will handle abortion, gun rights and election law legislation. Heather Boyd won a seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives representing the Philadelphia suburbs, …
Read More »New Mexico shooter that killed 3 identified as Farmington High School student
A New Mexico teen was identified by police on Tuesday as the gunman, who killed three senior citizens in a “purely random” attack, before responding officers fatally shot him. Beau Wilson, 18, was killed by Farmington police who confronted him shortly after 11 a.m. MT on Monday, Deputy Police Chief …
Read More »North Carolina Republicans aim to override governor’s abortion ban veto
North Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature will vote Tuesday to attempt to override the governor’s veto of a 12-week abortion ban, a vote that will test the strength of the party’s new supermajority in the legislature. The state Senate will reconsider the vetoed bill at its Tuesday session. If the effort passes …
Read More »4 NH Republicans who endorsed Trump now backing Ron DeSantis
In late April, Juliet Harvey-Bolia, a Republican New Hampshire state representative, was one of dozens of elected officials whose endorsements former President Donald Trump announced at a packed rally in Manchester. On Tuesday, officials at Never Back Down, the super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, said Harvey-Bolia is throwing …
Read More »Giuliani accused of offering to sell Trump pardons for $2 million each in new lawsuit
A woman who said she worked for Rudy Giuliani during the last two years of the Trump administration alleged in a wide-ranging lawsuit that Giuliani, the former president’s personal attorney, discussed selling presidential pardons and detailed plans to overturn the 2020 election results. In a 70-page complaint filed in state …
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