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WASHINGTON — Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., is expected to announce Monday that he’s running for Senate in Arizona in 2024, according to a source familiar with his planned rollout. Gallego’s announcement had long been rumored for the end of January, and Newsweek was first to report the plan for Monday. …

Google parent Alphabet Inc. is cutting 12,000 jobs worldwide in the latest round of layoffs to hit the technology sector. CEO Sundar Pichai announced the cuts in a memo to Google employees that was later shared online in a company blog post. “This will mean saying goodbye to some incredibly …

A federal judge on Thursday sanctioned former President Donald Trump and one of his top attorneys nearly $1 million for filing a sprawling lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and other perceived political enemies “that should never have been filed.” U.S. District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks of Southern Florida said in his …

David Crosby, the legendary singer-songwriter and founding member of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, has died, a source close to the musician confirmed Thursday. He was 81. The two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee died after a long illness, his wife said in a statement …

Oscar-nominated actor Alec Baldwin will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the New Mexico set of the Western movie “Rust,” prosecutors said Thursday. Baldwin and the film’s armorer who was in charge of weapons on the set, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, will each face …

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Thursday that she will step down, saying she no longer had “enough in the tank” after a premiership defined by her response to a series of crises. Ardern, 42, has become a global progressive icon since her election in 2017 and won praise …

Former President Donald Trump confused E. Jean Carroll, the writer who has accused him of rape, with ex-wife Marla Maples in a photo he was shown during a deposition, newly unsealed court documents show. An excerpt of the October deposition released by a federal court on Wednesday includes an exchange where …

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —  Republican lawmakers scrambled on Wednesday to distance themselves from shooting suspect and failed GOP candidate Solomon Pena. Pena, who lost his race for the New Mexico state House, was arrested Monday in connection with a string of shootings at the homes of state and local Democratic leaders, police …

An arsonist, driving a pickup truck, set fire to a Planned Parenthood clinic in central Illinois, police said Tuesday, just days after the state enacted new laws protecting abortion rights. The attacker used a “fire accelerant” at about 11:31 p.m. CT on Sunday in the 2700 block of North Knoxville …

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said he had ordered a special commission to be created to lead an investigation into the circumstances of the incident. Yurii Ihnat, spokesperson for Ukraine’s Air Force Command, said the commission would include a number of aviation experts. “It is too early to talk about …