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Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is weighing in on House Republicans’ mega-bill aimed at advancing his legislative agenda Friday morning — calling on his party to unite behind it despite objections from hard-liners. As several hard-liners signaled that they would derail the tax and budget measure over concerns that it adds to […]
(NEW YORK) — A New Jersey man convicted of attempted murder in the 2022 stabbing attack on author Salman Rushdie, while on stage at a speaking event, was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Friday, the maximum sentence he faced. His sentencing hearing was held Friday morning in Chautauqua County Court. A defense motion to set […]
Handout photo by Arda Kucukkaya/Turkish Foreign Ministry via Getty Images (LONDON) — The peace talks in Turkey between Ukraine and Russia — led by a U.S. delegation headed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio — ended after less than two hours on Friday following a day of confusion on Thursday. Notably absent from the talks, however, […]
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans are working to get their mega-bill encompassing Trump’s legislative agenda back on track Friday morning — a day after hard-liners in the party signaled that they would derail it over concerns that it adds to a bloated national debt. The GOP holdouts could complicate advancing the package out […]
Sen. Van Hollen’s Office via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The federal judge overseeing the case of wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia is set to hear arguments Friday over the Trump administration’s recent invocation of the state secrets privilege to shield information about its handling of the matter. The government’s assertion of privilege was revealed in a court order last […]
Handout photo by Arda Kucukkaya/Turkish Foreign Ministry via Getty Images (LONDON) — The meeting between the U.S. delegation headed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Ukraine and Russia are set to take place in Turkey on Friday following a day of confusion on Thursday. Notably absent from the talks, however, are Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is in […]
Waleed Zein/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump lashed out Friday against ex-FBI director James Comey over an Instagram post that contained an image that top Trump officials claimed was a threat. In a now-deleted Instagram post, Comey showed a photo of “8647” written in seashells in sand, with the caption “Cool shell formation on […]
(NEW YORK) — A New Jersey man convicted of attempted murder in the 2022 stabbing attack on author Salman Rushdie, while on stage at a speaking event, is set to be sentenced on Friday. Hadi Matar likely faces a maximum of 25 years in prison, prosecutors said. He rejected a plea deal ahead of the trial. His […]
(NEW JERSEY) — New Jersey Transit train engineers have officially commenced their strike, shutting down commuter trains and leaving hundreds of thousands of commuters scrambling to find other modes of transportation. Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) union had been threatening to go on strike unless NJ Transit officials and the […]
(WASHINGTON) — A mega-bill encompassing President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda appears to be in jeopardy as several Republican hardliners on Thursday signaled their opposition to advancing the package out of the House Budget Committee later this week. “I am voting no,” Republican Rep. Ralph Norman said Thursday afternoon, citing concerns about the bill adding to […]
