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Year: 2024

A year ago Kevin McCarthy was booted as House speaker. Mike Johnson is trying to avoid that fate

AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — One year since House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was booted from office after Congress voted to fund the federal government, the new House Speaker Mike Johnson finds himself courting, but so far avoiding, a similar fate. Johnson is preparing to lead the House on Wednesday in passing legislation to fund

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Man charged with attempted assassination of Trump at Florida golf course as case is assigned to Judge Aileen Cannon

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors on Tuesday filed the charge of attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate against Ryan Wesley Routh, the man they say camped outside of Donald Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course for hours on end, armed with a rifle that he pointed through a chain-link

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Wisconsin capital city sends up to 2,000 duplicate absentee ballots, leading to GOP concerns

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Up to 2,000 voters in Wisconsin’s heavily Democratic capital of Madison were sent duplicate absentee ballots, but a city spokesperson says that none had been returned, all affected voters were being contacted and there were multiple safeguards in place to ensure only one ballot is counted. The error led

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Special counsel can present ‘substantial’ new evidence against Trump in January 6 case, judge rules

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith this week will be allowed to file hundreds of pages of legal arguments and evidence gathered in the 2020 election subversion and January 6 US Capitol attack criminal case against former President Donald Trump, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The filing is likely to be the largest

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Fact check: Trump won’t stop telling a lie that there were no terror attacks during his presidency

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — During his presidency, Donald Trump talked repeatedly about the terrorist attacks that occurred in the United States on his watch. He sometimes denounced these attacks in vivid detail. In his 2018 State of the Union address, he spoke of “two terrorist attacks in New York” in “recent weeks.”

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GOP governor halts push to prevent Trump from losing one of Nebraska’s electoral votes

Associated Press An effort to prevent Donald Trump from losing a potentially crucial electoral vote from Nebraska appears dead. Republican Gov. Jim Pillen said Tuesday that he’s not planning to push for the necessary change in state law ahead of the November presidential election. Pillen said there’s not the two-thirds legislative majority necessary to pass

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El Departamento de Justicia de EE.UU. acusa a Visa de ser un monopolio ilegal que aumenta el precio de “casi todo”

Sofía Benavides (CNN) —  El Departamento de Justicia de EE.UU. presentó una demanda este martes en la que acusa a Visa de monopolizar ilegalmente el mercado de tarjetas de débito. Durante más de una década, alega el departamento, Visa ha abusado de su posición dominante en el mercado de tarjetas de débito para obligar a

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Boeing gives union more time to vote on an offer that’s getting poor reviews from striking workers

Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing is giving the union representing striking factory workers more time to consider a revised contract offer with bigger pay increases and more bonus money, but it was unclear Tuesday whether the union would schedule a ratification vote on the proposal. On picket lines in the Pacific Northwest, strikers said

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El fiscal general de Venezuela dice que orden de detención en Argentina contra Maduro es una venganza: “Es un copión”

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El fiscal general de Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, calificó como “una venganza” la orden de detención emitida por un juzgado federal de Argentina contra el presidente Nicolás Maduro y el ministro del Interior, Justicia y Paz, Diosdado Cabello, en el marco de una investigación por delitos de lesa humanidad. Señaló

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Jordan Chiles’ attorneys say documentary footage proves decision to strip her bronze medal rests on a ‘factual error’

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — American gymnast Jordan Chiles’ legal team has submitted a new application in the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland over the decision that led to her losing an Olympic bronze medal, pointing toward new video evidence that Chiles’ lawyers say proves her case. This latest brief asks the Federal Supreme

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Diagnostican con la enfermedad de Parkinson a Brett Favre, miembro del Salón de la Fama del Fútbol Americano

Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Brett Favre, miembro del Salón de la Fama del Fútbol Americano, reveló este martes que recientemente fue diagnosticado con la enfermedad de Parkinson. El famoso mariscal de campo estaba hablando frente al Comité de Medios y Arbitrios de la Cámara de Representantes en una audiencia sobre la reforma de la Asistencia

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