Crime
McCarthy, GOP lawmakers escalate standoff with Jan. 6 panel
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks during his news conference on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is making clear that he will defy a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, escalating a standoff with the panel over […]
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Judge dismisses Trump federal lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James over her probe of business
Former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a press conference announcing a class action lawsuit against big tech companies at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster on July 07, 2021 in Bedminster, New Jersey. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images A judge on Friday dismissed a federal lawsuit by former President Donald Trump that […]
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Rep. Joaquin Castro asks FBI to investigate police response timeline in Texas school shooting as controversy grows
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) speaks at a press conference on immigration on Capitol Hill on November 18, 2021 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Texas Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro on Thursday asked the FBI to investigate the timeline of the Uvalde elementary school massacre and the police response to it as controversy grew […]
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Biden to travel to Uvalde to mourn victims of Texas school shooting
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks from the Roosevelt Room of the White House as first lady Jill Biden looks on concerning the mass shooting at a Texas elementary school on May 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images President Joe Biden will travel to Uvalde, Texas on Sunday to console the […]
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Senate GOP blocks domestic terrorism bill, as Democrats urge action after Buffalo, Texas shootings
Family members look on during the funeral service for retired Buffalo Police officer Aaron Salter, Jr, a security guard who was shot dead in the attack by an avowed white supremacist at TOPS supermarket, in Buffalo, New York, May 25, 2022. Jeffrey T. Barnes | Reuters Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a domestic terrorism bill […]
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Actor Kevin Spacey charged with sexually assaulting three men, U.K. prosecutors say
Kevin Spacey attends the Build Series to discuss his new play ‘Clarence Darrow’ at Build Studio on May 24, 2017 in New York City. Daniel Zuchnik | WireImage | Getty Images Actor Kevin Spacey has been charged with sexually assaulting three men in the U.K. from 2005 to 2013, Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service said Thursday. […]
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National Rifle Association says ‘our deepest sympathies’ are with families and victims of Uvalde, Texas school massacre
NRA, National Rifle Association, sign promotes membership of NRA, Texas. Joe Sohm | Visions Of America | Universal Images Group | Getty Images The National Rifle Association on Wednesday said its “deepest sympathies” are with the families and victims of the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school massacre — the latest in a series of mass shootings […]
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Schumer says Democrats want to craft gun reforms with GOP after Texas school massacre
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., conducts a news conference after senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol, on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer pledged Wednesday to renew his efforts to pass stricter U.S. gun-control laws, but acknowledged that Republicans will likely block […]
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Biden addresses nation after Texas man kills 18 kids, 3 adults at elementary school
[The stream is slated to start after 8:30 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Joe Biden is delivering a primetime address Tuesday evening, hours after a gunman killed 18 children and three adults at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. Earlier, he ordered […]
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Supreme Court makes it tougher for inmates to win release from prison due to bad lawyering claims
The Supreme Court of the United States building, photographed on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022 in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The Supreme Court in a ruling Monday made it tougher for prison inmates to win release, barring federal courts from holding evidentiary hearings or considering new evidence of claims […]
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