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Biden prods Boeing to end impasse with firefighters union
President Joe Biden weighed in on a labor dispute underway at Boeing Co., urging the planemaker to restart stalled contract talks with a union representing 160 of its firefighters.
“Collective bargaining is a right that helps employers and employees,” Biden said in a post on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter. He said he was...Read more
Fetterman slams Biden over threat to withhold some arms supplies to Israel, calling it 'deeply disappointing'
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman called President Joe Biden's threat to withhold military aid to Israel "deeply disappointing," the latest criticism he has levied at the president over his handling of the war in Gaza.
On Wednesday, Biden announced on CNN that he would halt some shipments of bombs and artillery into Israel if the country invaded the ...Read more
Biden administration wants to speed up deportation for some migrants. How will it work?
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration proposed a rule Thursday aimed at speeding up the deportation process for migrants who are already ineligible for asylum.
The change isn't expected to have broad implications, but rather tighten existing rules. It comes as the White House and Democrats play offense on the border and immigration, one of ...Read more
California AG plans how to thwart Trump with lawsuits if he wins another term
WASHINGTON — California Attorney General Rob Bonta said he and his staff have been reviewing former President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda in detail to prepare a potential onslaught of environmental, immigration and civil rights lawsuits in the event Trump defeats President Joe Biden.
“We can’t be caught flat-footed,” Bonta said...Read more
Boston Chamber chief urges City Council to rein in Mayor Wu's spending amid economic uncertainty
BOSTON — The head of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce criticized the mayor’s decision to raise the city budget by 8% amid economic uncertainty while urging the City Council to practice “fiscal discipline” by making cuts to her spending proposal.
In a letter addressed to Councilors Brian Worrell and Enrique Pepén, chair and vice ...Read more
Judge denies bid to modify gag order so Trump can respond to Stormy Daniels' sex tryst testimony
NEW YORK — Stormy Daniels, facing tough questions from Donald Trump’s defense team as she returned to the witness stand following her bombshell testimony on the alleged Lake Tahoe tryst with the former president, fended off accusations she’d made up the story during hush mney trial testimony Thursday.
As the day’s witnesses wrapped up, ...Read more
Polarization may phase out of American politics as younger generations shift into power
The sharp increase in political polarization in America over the past 50 years has been driven in part by how different generations think about politics. But the rise of younger generations to political power may actually erase the deep social divisions associated with polarization.
That’s one of the strong possibilities for the ...Read more
A sex scandal that’s boring the public − and a judge forced to keep Trump focused
John E. Jones III is the president of Dickinson College and a retired federal judge appointed by President George W. Bush. David E. Clementson is a scholar of political communication at the University of Georgia and a specialist in political deception. Senior politics editor Naomi Schalit interviewed the two about the latest developments in ...Read more
Federal judge dismisses suit seeking to halt certification of Maryland election
BALTIMORE — A federal judge Wednesday dismissed without prejudice a lawsuit against the Maryland State Board of Elections filed by a right-wing coalition seeking to delegitimize election results across the country.
U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher said in an opinion filed less than a week away from primary day that plaintiffs United ...Read more
Hunter Biden loses bid to avoid impending federal gun trial
A federal appeals court Thursday rejected Hunter Biden’s effort to throw out gun charges against him and ordered the president’s son to go on trial early next month.
Citing procedural grounds, a three-judge panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Hunter Biden’s appeal to have his felony gun case in Delaware tossed before a ...Read more
Biden administration tightens asylum standards. How will it work?
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration proposed a rule Thursday aimed at speeding up the deportation process for migrants who are already ineligible for asylum.
The change isn't expected to have broad implications, but rather tighten existing rules. It comes as the White House and Democrats play offense on the border and immigration, one of ...Read more
Stormy Daniels fends off accusations she made up story of sex tryst with Trump at hush money trial
NEW YORK — Stormy Daniels, facing tough questions from Donald Trump’s defense team as she returned to the witness stand following her bombshell testimony on the alleged Lake Tahoe tryst with the former president, fended off accusations she’d made the story up.
Keying in on a central part of Daniels’ testimony about her encounter with ...Read more
Supreme Court rules innocent owners of seized cars are not entitled to immediate hearing
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court refused on Thursday to give innocent owners of seized cars a right to an immediate hearing to reclaim their vehicles.
Instead, the justices in a 6-3 decision said the Constitution requires a "timely hearing" to consider whether the police had properly arrested the driver and seized the vehicle, but that may take...Read more
Stormy Daniels fends off accusations she made up story of sex tryst with Trump at hush money trial
NEW YORK — Stormy Daniels is facing tough questions from Donald Trump’s defense team as she returned to the witness stand following her bombshell testimony on the alleged Lake Tahoe tryst with the former president as his hush money trial resumed Thursday in Manhattan.
Keying in on a central part of Daniels’ testimony about her encounter ...Read more
US House committee wants Nathan Wade to testify
ATLANTA — A congressional committee has asked former Fulton County special prosecutor Nathan Wade to testify behind closed doors about his relationship with DA Fani Willis.
In a letter dated Thursday, U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, the Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, asked Wade to appear for an interview and to produce numerous ...Read more
Analysis: Takeaways from Biden's candid CNN interview as he warns Israel
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is headed back to California to raise more campaign cash Friday and Saturday after he sent shockwaves around the globe with a potential landmark change to U.S. foreign policy.
Biden sat down with CNN anchor Erin Burnett Wednesday during a campaign stop in battleground Wisconsin. As he did during recent ...Read more
Moskowitz uses taxpayer-funded mailer to distance himself from unpopular Biden border policies
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It seems like typical campaign advertising. The mailer describes an elected official as “securing our border” and as someone who has “voted to disapprove” of the Biden administration’s border policies, which are widely unpopular with the public.
It is, however, somewhat unusual.
The mailer looks as if it ...Read more
Did Stormy Daniels' testimony help or hurt the case against Trump? It's complicated
When Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Susan Hoffinger announced on Tuesday, the 13th day of Donald Trump’s hush-money trial, that “the people call Stormy Daniels,” there was a perceptible tremor of anticipation among the jurors. Although the 34 criminal offenses charged against Trump are legally peripheral to his interactions with the...Read more
Analysis: What could appeal of Fani Willis fight mean for Fulton Trump case?
ATLANTA — Wednesday’s announcement from the Georgia Court of Appeals that it will review a judge’s ruling that allowed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue prosecuting former President Donald Trump will have major implications on the election interference case.
Here’s what the consideration from the state’s second-...Read more
Georgia election board proposes an 'inquiry' before certifying results
ATLANTA — The State Election Board started writing a new rule Wednesday that requires a “reasonable inquiry” before certifying Georgia elections, granting a request from a Republican county election board member who refused to sign off on this year’s presidential primary.
If certification rules are changed, local election board members ...Read more
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