BATON ROUGE, La. — BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A day after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a significant redistricting case centering on Louisiana’s congressional map, which has two majority-Black districts, Republican Gov. Jeff Landry announced that he is calling state lawmakers back to the Capitol to consider changes to next year’s election … Read more
GREENBELT, Md. — GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton was charged Thursday with illegally storing and transmitting classified information. The investigation into Bolton, who served for more than a year in President Donald Trump’s first administration before being fired in 2019, burst into public view in August when the … Read more
In 1972 she became the first woman to anchor a national evening news broadcast. She retired this summer after 50 years on the air. Source link
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Two Californians diagnosed with mpox may be the first U.S. cases resulting from the local spread of a different version of the virus, health officials said. The Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services this week confirmed the first case through testing at a state lab. Los … Read more
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy admiral who oversees military operations in the region where U.S. forces have been attacking alleged drug boats off Venezuela will retire in December, he and the Defense Secretary announced Thursday. Adm. Alvin Holsey became the leader of U.S. Southern Command only in November, overseeing an area that encompasses … Read more
The move, funded by the recently enacted tax package, is President Trump’s latest effort to pay some federal workers even though Congress has not approved a spending deal. Source link
IOWA CITY, Iowa — IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Democrat Jackie Norris ended her campaign for Iowa’s open U.S. Senate seat Thursday, saying she would focus on her job leading the Des Moines public school board following the superintendent’s arrest by immigration authorities. Norris said the Sept. 26 detention of Superintendent Ian Roberts by U.S. … Read more
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Energy said Thursday it has finalized a $1.6 billion loan guarantee to a subsidiary of one of the nation’s largest power companies to upgrade nearly 5,000 miles of transmission lines across five states, mostly in the Midwest, for largely fossil fuel-run energy. AEP Transmission will upgrade power … Read more
Angel Reese, Sunisa Lee and both Hadids were on the runway as the company made yet another attempt at relevancy. Source link
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — It figures that a billionaire would win big in Las Vegas. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker reported a gambling windfall of $1.4 million on his federal tax return this week. The two-term Democrat, often mentioned as a 2028 presidential candidate, told reporters in Chicago on Thursday that he drew … Read more