Month: May 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) – Police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and public officials who fled a mob attack told a judge Wednesday that what they did still haunts them. suffer, while the judge prepares to hand down sentences. in a historic case of unrest in the Capitol. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta heard victim impact statements a day before he was expected to hand down the first seditious conspiracy convictions Jan. 6 against Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and an associate convicted of conspiring to block the transfer of power from President Donald Trump to President…

IOWA CITY, IOWA – Americans in Iowa told Fox News Digital they believe President Biden deserves a primary challenge in 2024. Fox News Digital asked people on the streets of Iowa City, Iowa if they think the president deserves to be challenged for the Democratic ticket in the upcoming election. “I absolutely do. I don’t think I’ve seen enough action in the last four years to merit re-election at this point,” said one University of Iowa student. “Even though I’m a die-hard Democrat, I don’t get excited.” BIDEN faces poor approval rating on economy after launching 2024 CAMPAIGN “Yeah, I…

By LISA MASCAO, STEPHEN GROVES and SEUNG MIN KIM (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) – House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday he was sending Republican negotiators to the White House to end debt ceiling talks. But McCarthy, R-Calif., said the two sides are “still far apart.” THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Previous AP story follows below. WASHINGTON (AP) – Debt ceiling negotiations are deadlocked in a classic problem that has previously vexed, divided and disrupted Washington: Republicans led by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy want to cut federal government spending, while President Joe Biden and other Democrats do not. Time is…

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Nikki Haley pledged Wednesday to sign a federal abortion ban, but noted that passage would be highly unlikely without more Republicans in Congress. While Haley did not say how many weeks a federal ban would cover, her pledge to sign one is the most specific she has been on the issue during her presidential campaign. The former South Carolina governor and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said “no one has been honest” about how difficult a ban could be in a tightly divided federal government. “It would take a majority of the…

Talks on the US debt ceiling stalled late Tuesday, with negotiators meeting at the White House making no significant progress on lifting the $31.4 trillion limit before the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s June 1 noncompliance notice. Yet while global stocks are in retreat (equity investors are reducing risk in light of bitterly partisan talks), bond investors have shown little concern about the so-called catastrophe risk they face the economy in the event that the United States ran out of cash and became unaccredited. your debts in the coming weeks. This last description, of course, represents the path debt ceiling the…

Prosecutors have filed a case in a Nepalese court against 30 people, including a former deputy prime minister, a former interior minister and a prominent rights activist, for allegedly taking money from Nepali citizens in exchange for promises to provide… KATHMANDU, Nepal — Prosecutors filed a case in a Nepalese court on Wednesday against 30 people, including a former deputy prime minister, a former interior minister and a prominent rights activist, for allegedly taking money from Nepali citizens in exchange for promises to provide documents falsely identifying them as Bhutanese. refugees eligible to be relocated abroad. The case has shaken…

LYNN, Mass – A stabbing at Lynn Classical High School in Lynn prompted a large emergency response and lockdown Wednesday morning. According to the Lynn Fire Department, crews responding to the high school at 235 Ocallaghan Way found a man suffering from apparent stab wounds. The man was taken to Salem Hospital. There was no word on his condition. It was not immediately clear whether the victim was a student or a teacher. Officials said the school will remain on lockdown while police sweep the building, according to the Lynn mayor’s office. Video from the scene showed several police cruisers…

SAINT ANTHONY – San Antonio-area school districts and Texas politicians honor Robb Elementary School victims with social media tributes. Wednesday marks the one-year anniversary of the Uvalde campus shooting, where 21 fourth-graders and two teachers were killed in the deadliest school shooting in Texas history. Districts in the North, Southwest, Northeast and San Antonio areas are among the San Antonio area districts sharing online memorial posts. “One year later, we remember and send continued strength and comfort to our Uvalde neighbors,” SAISD posted on Facebook. “Our hearts go out to Uvalde CISD and the entire community as we continue to…