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Prince Andrew Acknowledges He Faces US Sex Assault Lawsuit

(Associated Press) Prince Andrew has acknowledged through his lawyer that he has been served with a lawsuit by a U.S. woman who says he sexually assaulted her, clearing a hurdle that had stalled legal proceedings for several weeks. The acknowledgment was confirmed in a joint agreement signed by a lawyer for...

Milley Defends Calls to Chinese at End of Trump Presidency

(Associated Press) The top U.S. military officer told Congress on Tuesday that he knew former President Donald Trump wasn't planning to attack China and that it was his job to reassure the Chinese of that fact in phone calls that have triggered outrage from some lawmakers. Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman...

Defense Sec. Austin Deflects on Afghan Withdrawal Disaster; Blames Failed Nation-Building

(Associated Press) In his first congressional testimony on the tumultuous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday defended the military's execution of a frantic airlift from Kabul and asserted it will be “difficult but absolutely possible” to contain future threats from Afghanistan without troops on the ground. Speaking...

Appeals Court: NYC Can Force Vaccine Mandate on Teachers

(Associated Press) The nation's largest school district can immediately impose a vaccine mandate on its teachers and other workers, after all, a federal appeals panel decided Monday, leading lawyers for teachers to say they'll ask the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene. The city’s Department of Education said the mandate would now...

Senate Republicans Block Attempt to Expand Debt, But Dems Will Try Again

(Associated Press) Republican senators blocked a bill to keep the government operating and allow federal borrowing, but Democrats aiming to avert a shutdown pledged to try again — at the same time pressing ahead on President Joe Biden’s big plans to reshape government. The efforts are not necessarily linked, but the...

Fed Chair Admits Biden Inflation Is Worse than Expected

(Headline USA) Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is preparing to tell Congress that the current spike in U.S. inflation has proven to be larger and more long-lasting than expected. But, in remarks prepared for delivery Tuesday, he says that if inflation does not abate, the Fed is ready to use...

As Activist Judges Block Challenges to School Mask Mandates, Tennessee Fights Back

(Headline USA) A wave of activist judges, including ones in Iowa and Arizona, issued rulings to block efforts by the state legislatures and governors imposing pro-freedom bans on mask mandates in public facilities including schools. However, Tennessee's Attorney General Herbert Slatery signaled that he was leading the legal charged to...

Va. Democrats Nervous Over Gap Closing in Governor’s Race

(Headline USA) Richard Stuart, a longtime Republican state senator in Virginia, got three days' notice this summer to help pull together a weekday campaign event for Glenn Youngkin, the GOP candidate for governor. To his surprise and delight, some 200 people showed up from across his district, which stretches from the...

Biden Admin Creates New Scheme to End-Run DACA’s Illegality

(Associated Press) The Biden administration on Monday renewed efforts to shield hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came to the United States as young children from deportation, the latest maneuver in a long-running drama over the policy's legality. The proposed regulation attempts to satisfy concerns of a federal judge in Houston...

John Hinckley, Who Shot Reagan, to Be Freed from Court Supervision

(Associated Press) A federal judge said Monday that John Hinckley Jr., who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan four decades ago, can be freed from all remaining restrictions next year if he continues to follow those rules and remains mentally stable. U.S. District Court Judge Paul L. Friedman in Washington said...

Republicans Push for Forensic Audits in Battleground States & Texas

(Headline USA) The most closely watched attempt by Republicans to examine the 2020 presidential election in a battleground state has ended in a resounding victory in Arizona, and their efforts are cranking up elsewhere. The most recent is in Republican-controlled Texas, where the secretary of state's office announced Thursday it...

Population Gains in Urban Cities Could Give Blue States Bigger Democrat Majorities

(Headline USA) As congressional redistricting gets underway, some of the country's most populous cities are taking prominent roles in reshaping the balance of power in Washington. And that's good news for Democrats. Robust growth in the liberal strongholds of New York and metropolitan Chicago are poised to give Democrats an edge...
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