“I remember coming out of surgery and yelling ‘Help me!,” Democratic Rep. Dan Kildee, of Michigan, said of the excruciating pain that was coursing through his body. His colleague Rep. Joaquin Castro’s voice quivered slightly when he recounted the evening call home to his wife. He’d shared his unexpected diagnosis. …
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Roy Herron, a longtime Tennessee state lawmaker and former chairperson of the state Democratic Party, died Sunday from injuries sustained in a jet ski accident. He was 69. Herron died at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, according to a statement from his family. He had been hospitalized since a July …
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who has tried to steer the Republican Party away from Donald Trump, called the latest charges against the former president a “distraction” from issues that he says presidential candidates should be talking about. “For us to win the presidential race in 2024, we don’t need to be …
Read More »Attorneys for the writer E. Jean Carroll released about 48 minutes of deposition video shown at the trial in which former President Donald Trump was pressed about Carroll’s claim that he raped her in the 1990s. The video was released after media organizations, including CBS News, asked the judge in the case …
Read More »Democratic Rep. Jennifer Wexton of Virginia announced Tuesday she has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease but vowed to continue her work in Congress, saying, “I’m not going to let Parkinson’s stop me from being me.” Wexton, 54, serving her third term from a competitive district in Northern Virginia suburbs near …
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Michigan Congressman Dan Kildee said Friday that he has been diagnosed with a “serious but curable form of cancer” after a tumor was found in one of his tonsils. Kildee, 64, said he was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma that was detected very early by doctors and that he will …
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Washington — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday called on President Biden to hold another round of talks over a deal to raise the debt ceiling, warning that the White House is “putting an already fragile economy in jeopardy” by refusing to consider pairing cuts to federal spending with lifting …
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A new proposed bill in California is looking to ban five chemicals frequently found in candies and snack foods — all of which are currently banned in the European Union — claiming that they could be dangerous for consumers. AB 418, which is sponsored by Democratic California Assemblymembers Jesse Gabriel …
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Correction: This article originally stated that the bill had passed in the Florida House. It had not yet been voted on and changes have been made to reflect that. The Florida Legislature is debating a bill that would ban state colleges and universities from using funds to “promote, support, or …
Read More »Paul Manafort, the former chairman of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, has agreed to pay $3.15 million to settle a civil case filed by the Justice Department over undeclared foreign bank accounts. When the civil case was filed in April 2022, prosecutors alleged that Manafort had failed to disclose more …
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