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WASHINGTON — Tempers flared Thursday as Republicans battled among themselves over whether to accept or reject a deal for tougher immigration laws, with some pushing back on colleagues who want to bow to former President Donald Trump‘s wishes and kill it. “The border is a very important issue for Donald Trump. And the fact that […]

If 2016 was Trump’s breakout moment, and 2020 offered the advantages of incumbency, 2024 marks the rise of a professionalised Trump campaign. 01:22 Trump wins New Hampshire primary, beating rival Nikki Haley who vows to stay in the race Trump wins New Hampshire primary, beating rival Nikki Haley who vows to stay in the race […]

Jan. 25—Republicans held up a vote Thursday on a contentious bill to create a paid family and medical leave program in New Mexico after they skipped a hearing that left the Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee without a quorum. Their Democratic colleagues, who met as a subcommittee, moved forward nonetheless and promised a vote […]

WASHINGTON — A Republican-appointed federal judge who has served on the bench for 37 years slammed prominent politicians for their “preposterous” claims about how the courts have handled Jan. 6 cases and their attempts to “rewrite history” about the U.S. Capitol attack, saying such rhetoric could foreshadow future far-right violence. Senior U.S. District Judge Royce […]

A California judge this week sentenced a woman to two years’ probation for involuntary manslaughter in the 2018 fatal stabbing of a man she was dating, who sustained more than 100 “sharp-force injuries,” according to attorneys and court records. Bryn Spejcher, 33, faced up to five years in prison for stabbing Chad O’Melia, 26, in […]

A Republican National Committee member floated, and then withdrew, a resolution to declare former President Donald Trump the party’s “presumptive” presidential nominee, a source familiar with the resolution told NBC News Thursday evening. The draft resolution from David Bossie, a Maryland national committee member and a longtime Trump ally, had been circulating among RNC members […]

It marked the first time that a new execution method has been used in the United States since lethal injection, now the most commonly used method, was introduced in 1982. Kenneth Eugene Smith. Photo: Alabama Department of Corrections The execution took about 22 minutes, and Smith appeared to remain conscious for several minutes. For at […]

TechCrunch Cruise reveals DOJ, SEC probes as it releases internal report on pedestrian crash Cruise, the GM self-driving subsidiary, said Thursday that federal prosecutors and securities regulators have opened investigations into the October 2 incident that left a pedestrian stuck under and then dragged by one of its robotaxis. The probes by the Department of […]

Republican governors are rallying behind Texas Gov. Greg Abbott amid court battles with the federal government over the state’s border policy. A coalition of 24 Republican governors released a joint statement Thursday in support of Abbott’s efforts to exercise what he claims is Texas’ “constitutional right to self-defense.” “We stand in solidarity with our fellow […]

Jan. 25—MORGANTOWN — Senate committees on Thursday approved bills dealing with firearms instruction and belief-based student organizations, and a resolution honoring Morgantown resident and Holocaust survivor Edith Levy. Senate Government Organization took up SB 402, to allow the U.S. Concealed Carry Association to provide concealed carry classes in West Virginia. Committee council told the senators […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump said the district attorney in the Georgia election interference prosecution should be removed from the case, claiming she “inappropriately injected race into the case and stoked racial animus” in response to allegations of misconduct against her. Defense attorneys Steve Sadow and Jennifer Little filed a motion […]

The FTC orders will allow the agency to scrutinise the inner workings of deals between Microsoft, Google and Amazon and AI providers to help the antitrust and consumer protection agency understand how these deals have affected competition. 03:08 What if robots took over the world? One ‘imagines’ nightmare scenario What if robots took over the […]