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WASHINGTON – US Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy saw American Evan Gershkovich on Monday, the second visit by Biden administration officials since the Wall Street Journal reporter was arrested in March. American consular officials, including Tracy, were last able to see Gershkovich on April 17, about two weeks after he was arrested by Russian government officials. Tracy’s visit comes just a week after a Moscow court ruled that Gershkovich should remain in prison until August 30. “Ambassador Tracy reports that Mr. Gershkovich is in good health and remains strong, despite his circumstances,” a State Department spokesperson told NBC News. “US…

CNN — Former President Donald Trump said in 2016 that an impeached president would “paralyze the operations of our government” and create an “unprecedented constitutional crisis,” years before he himself was indicted on federal charges while running for a second term as president Trump made the comments nearly seven years ago about Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign. “We could have a sitting president under a felony indictment and ultimately a criminal trial,” Trump said he said during a campaign on November 5, 2016 rally in Reno, Nevada, reviewed by CNN’s KFile. “It would stop the government.” A few…

U.S. Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) spoke with the Washington Blade on Saturday about the LGBTQ and women’s history education bill she and U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres (DN.Y .) were reintroduced last week. The legislation, like the actions recently announced by the White House, responds to book bans and curriculum restrictions that have increasingly emerged in conservative states and school districts, which disproportionately target educational materials that include and LGBTQ stories. Balint and Torres’ LGBTQI+ and Women’s History Education Act of 2023 would to authorize the director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History to develop and distribute resources…

Updated at 2:05 p.m The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce is suing over a new election law set to take effect next year, claiming it would curb free speech for businesses if allowed to take effect. The organization questioned provisions of a broader election law that prohibit companies with foreign-influenced properties from making political contributions. And the group filed a lawsuit in federal court last week to try to block Ramsey County Attorney John Choi and members of the state’s Public Disclosure and Campaign Finance Board from enforcing the policy. Under the law, companies will face legal penalties if they make…

An amusement park in Charlotte, North Carolina, closed one of its roller coasters on Friday after a crack was found in a support beam. Carowinds closed Fury 325, which park website it is billed as the “tallest, fastest and longest giga mountain in North America” ​​crossing both North and South Carolina. Video of the ride showed the crack in the beam as cars full of riders whizzed past. Park patron Jeremy Wagner said WBTV to CBS Charlotte, NC he was the one who spotted the crack and made the video. She said she was waiting for her children to finish…

He was found unresponsive outside a church. A missing teenager has been found eight years after he disappeared while walking his dogs in Houston, police say. A spokesperson for the Houston Police Department confirmed to ABC News that Rudolph ‘Rudy’ Farias IV was found unconscious outside a church on June 29. He was picked up by a family member and is scheduled to be interviewed by police on Wednesday. Police say the investigation into Faris’ disappearance is ongoing and have not been able to confirm many details about the case. Farias, then 17, was walking her two dogs on the…

PITTSBURGH – A woman accused in the death of her 3-year-old stepdaughter was convicted Monday of first-degree murder. Laura Ramriez was accused of orchestrating the abuse that led to Bella Seachrist’s death. Bella Seachrist RELATED >>> Trial begins for stepmother accused of orchestrating abuse in death of Oakmont boy Seachrist’s death shook the close-knit community of Oakmont in 2020. PREVIOUS COVERAGE >>> Loved ones watch over Oakmont boy who died after alleged abuse by family members Investigators say Ramriez and her husband, José Eduardo Salazar-Ortiz, starved the girl, tortured and physically abused her. Salazar-Ortiz was found guilty in May 2023….