The Powerball jackpot rose to an estimated $1.2 billion after no one won the top prize in Monday’s drawing, game officials said. The jackpot cleared the $1 billion mark Saturday. The last time someone won the jackpot in the multistate lottery game was in July, and jackpots roll over every …
Read More »Matt Gaetz triggers vote to oust Kevin McCarthy as House speaker
WASHINGTON — Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., the Donald Trump ally and conservative bomb-thrower who has been a nagging thorn in leadership’s side, filed a resolution on Monday to force a vote to overthrow his political nemesis, Kevin McCarthy, as speaker of the House. The House must now vote on whether …
Read More »Rep. Gaetz says McCarthy can ‘probably’ survive vote to oust him as speaker
WASHINGTON — Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., conceded on Monday that Speaker Kevin McCarthy “probably” can survive a conservative effort to oust him from power. But, Gaetz said, McCarthy would almost certainly need to rely on Democrats to do so, weakening the GOP speaker’s standing among House Republicans. “Kevin McCarthy’s true …
Read More »Police are searching for 9-year-old girl abducted from a New York campground
New York State Police are searching for a 9-year-old girl who they said was abducted Saturday night while she was camping with her family. Charlotte Sena was last seen at Moreau Lake State Park in Saratoga County, about 50 miles north of Albany, around 6:15 p.m. wearing an orange tie-dye …
Read More »Gov. Gavin Newsom chooses Laphonza Butler to fill Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has chosen Laphonza Butler, the president of EMILY’s List, to fill the seat of the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the governor’s office confirmed to NBC News. She will be the third Black woman to ever serve in the Senate, as well as the first openly …
Read More »Kansas City leads 10-0 as Taylor Swift cheers on from the stands
Kansas City takes 10-0 lead Rutgers alum Isiah Pacheco came back to New Jersey and made an immediate impact with a 48-yard TD run that helped Kansas City to an early 10-0 lead. Guard Trey Smith threw a key block to spring Pacheco for the long scoring run. Seemingly vodka …
Read More »Kevin McCarthy shrugs off Matt Gaetz seeking to oust him as speaker
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., said Sunday that he intends to file a motion to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., this week after Congress voted to avert a shutdown hours before the deadline. “I do intend to file a motion to vacate against Speaker McCarthy this week,” Gaetz said in …
Read More »Simone Biles returns to the World Championships this week. She has a new vault and a new mindset.
Simone Biles is returning to her first international competition since the Tokyo Olympics when she takes part this week in the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium — the same city where she won her first world title a decade ago at age 16. Since then, she has won eight …
Read More »Powerball draw produces no winners, pushing jackpot past $1 billion
Saturday night’s Powerball lottery draw took place without a single six-number ticket matching its numbers, a result that pushed the jackpot past the $1 billion mark, game officials said. The draw revealed two $2 million, multiplier-enhanced tickets, in Indiana and North Carolina, and five $1 million tickets, one each in …
Read More »House Speaker McCarthy braces for response from members of his party after spending bill passes
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