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New federal bill aims to slow pace of work at Amazon, other warehouses
The fight to change warehouse working conditions that has been playing out in state legislatures is now headed to Washington, D.C.
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Massachusetts, and Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minnesota, introduced legislation Thursday that would put new safeguards in place for warehouse workers who are expected to move quickly and face intense ...Read more
Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and wife indicted on bribery schemes
WASHINGTON — Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife have been indicted in two schemes involving unlawful foreign influence, bribery and money laundering, the Justice Department announced Friday.
An indictment unsealed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas accused the Texas Democrat and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, of ...Read more
Longtime Trump aide Hope Hicks breaks down during hush money trial testimony
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s loyal former White House aide Hope Hicks testified at his Manhattan trial Friday, tearing up when questioning turned to what Trump knew about his fixer’s hush money payoff to porn star Stormy Daniels.
Trump’s former White House communications director and campaign spokeswoman, once considered among the former ...Read more
'Monumental day.' Missouri abortion rights groups drop off signatures to overturn ban
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Organizers of a campaign to overturn Missouri’s near-total abortion ban on Friday submitted hundreds of thousands of signatures from people across the state, a major step to getting abortion rights on the ballot.
The coalition of abortion rights groups, called Missourians for Constitutional Freedom, said it dropped off...Read more
Longtime Trump aide Hope Hicks testifying at hush money trial
NEW YORK — Prosecutors called Donald Trump’s loyal longtime aide Hope Hicks to the stand at his Manhattan hush money trial Friday, where she is expected to face questions on what she knew about Trump’s alleged efforts to silence women who alleged they’d had extramarital trysts with him when he first ran for the White House.
In 2019, ...Read more
Judge corrects Trump claim he “can't testify” in hush money trial due to gag order
NEW YORK — Donald Trump is in no way limited by what he can say about witnesses at his Manhattan hush money trial if he chooses to take the stand in his own defense, the judge presiding over the case told him Friday — correcting a claim Trump made outside court.
On his way out of court Thursday, Trump claimed Merchan’s gag order — the ...Read more
Judge corrects Trump claim he “can't testify” in hush money trial due to gag order: live updates
NEW YORK — Donald Trump is in no way limited by what he can say about witnesses at his Manhattan hush money trial if he chooses to take the stand in his own defense, the judge presiding over the case told him Friday — correcting a claim Trump made outside court.
On his way out of court Thursday, Trump claimed Merchan’s gag order — the ...Read more
Sunak suffers big election blow in UK, but not enough to force him out
Rishi Sunak’s ruling Conservative Party lost a bellwether parliamentary seat and was on track to shed hundreds of local councilors, a set of devastating election results that nonetheless fell short of a worst-case scenario that might have prompted a Tory bid to remove him.
The Conservatives’ widespread losses to the Labour Party echoed a ...Read more
Analysis: Trump lurches into vacuum created by Biden's days of silence on campus protests
WASHINGTON — Protests on college campuses related to the Israel-Hamas war and humanitarian crisis inside Gaza that turned violent this week handed President Joe Biden a political headache and former President Donald Trump a new attack line. The unrest showed the risks of being the incumbent and allowed Trump to — once again — push his ...Read more
The national GOP hasn't endorsed in Kansas' 3rd District. But its politicians have
WASHINGTON — Kansas Republicans have not yet chosen which candidate they want to run against Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids this November. The primary is in August and two candidates are actively campaigning for the nomination.
But Congressional Republicans appear to have made their choice.
Prasanth Reddy, a former physician, has received ...Read more
UK Tories drop bid to oust Sunak after he avoids election wipeout
Rishi Sunak looks likely to lead the Conservative Party into the U.K. general election due this year after internal critics called off a planned effort to depose him after the local elections.
Support among Tory lawmakers for a move to replace Sunak has not materialized after early results showed the party performing in line with low ...Read more
Commentary: Will justices compromise their conservative cred for Trump?
On April 25, former President Donald Trump argued to the United States Supreme Court that the Constitution crowned him absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for acts taken during his presidency. The facially alarming argument made startling headway with conservative Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and ...Read more
Commentary: Our heroes often let us down
Donald Trump is in court right now. But not everyone understands that this is not a “hush money” case. He isn’t charged with being unfaithful to his wife or even with paying a woman to keep quiet about his affair. He is charged with falsifying business records, which is illegal, no matter who you are.
I have read about the case, but I don...Read more
Commentary: The Trump prosecution has a Michael Cohen problem -- and a plan to solve it
Since the opening of the Donald Trump’s New York trial — when the former president’s counsel told the jury that the prosecution’s star witness “cannot be trusted” — the defense has telegraphed its principal strategy: Eviscerate Michael Cohen.
As Trump’s fixer and attack dog at the time of the alleged crimes, Cohen was more ...Read more
Editorial: Out of chances: Letting Donald Trump skate is contempt for justice
Acting Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan held Donald Trump in contempt for his violations of a gag order in his criminal hush money case. The penalty? A paltry $9,000. Nonetheless, the judge cautioned the former president that continued violations might result in “incarceratory punishment,” just as they might for any other ...Read more
Illinois legislators pass election bill that would favor Democrats in November
A comprehensive election bill that gained final approval by the Democratic-led Illinois legislature on Thursday would give Democrats a significant advantage toward keeping their legislative majorities before any votes are even cast in the Nov. 5 general election.
Democrats already enjoy legislative supermajorities in the Illinois House and ...Read more
Jury hears Trump discuss plans to pay hush money to Playboy model in secret recording by Michael Cohen
NEW YORK — Jurors at Donald Trump’s Manhattan trial on Thursday heard audio of him discussing plans to pay hush money to a Playboy model with his former fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen — tying him to the deal his legal team has vigorously sought to distance him from.
“I need to open up a company for the transfer of all of that info ...Read more
Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall says antisemitism bill goes too far, violates Christian scripture
WASHINGTON — Sen. Roger Marshall on Thursday claimed a Congressional push to combat antisemitism violates Christian scripture.
A bill that overwhelmingly passed the House by a 320-91 vote Wednesday evening, would require the Department of Education’s division of civil rights to consider the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s ...Read more
Biden visits key city in swing state as Trump rails against him at courthouse
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail this week, but while taking very different detours — one to handle sensitive presidential tasks and the other to appear before a criminal jury.
Biden was in North Carolina on Thursday to address supporters in the coastal town of Wilmington, which has the same ...Read more
President Biden, in Wilmington, NC, touts efforts to replace lead pipes in water systems
WILMINGTON, N.C. — During a Thursday visit to Wilmington, President Joe Biden touted $3 billion in newly released federal funding to help water utilities nationwide find and replace lead service lines.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law included $15 billion to identify and replace lead service lines. The Environmental Protection Agency has ...Read more
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