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Month: January 2021

Jack Grundhofer, one of the valley’s most prominent philanthropists, dies at 82

One of the Coachella Valley’s most prominent philanthropists, Jack Grundhofer, has died of natural causes at the age of 82. Grundhofer, an Indian Wells resident, was the former chairman of U.S. Bancorp. He was a generous supporter of many nonprofit organizations, including the Living Desert, Eisenhower Health, the Waring, the Joslyn Center, the Barbara Sinatra

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Senior Senate Republicans voice new optimism that a power-sharing deal could be within reach

Senior Senate Republicans expressed new optimism that the two parties could be within reach of a power-sharing agreement to allow the 50-50 Senate to officially organize and let Democrats take control of key committees in the chamber. The agreement has been stalled for days after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell demanded that Democrats affirm that

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Why the Supreme Court didn’t want to hear the Trump emoluments cases and what it means going forward

Early in the Trump administration, a novel dispute arose concerning whether the President had violated the Constitution by illegally profiting from his business ventures while in public office. It triggered a fierce debate about a provision of the Constitution that most lawyers knew little about and laymen couldn’t pronounce: The Emoluments Clause. But on Monday,

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House delivers impeachment article to Senate, triggering only 4th impeachment trial of a president in US history

The House impeachment managers formally triggered the start of former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial Monday evening after they walked across the Capitol and delivered to the Senate the charge against Trump, the first president in history to be impeached twice. Wearing black masks and walking two-by-two through the very halls where rioters had

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Man in custody after Portland vehicle struck, injured at least six pedestrians over a dozen blocks

A man is in custody following an incident on Monday afternoon during which a vehicle struck at least six people in Portland, Oregon, authorities said. One person is in critical condition and has potentially life-threatening injuries, Fire and Rescue Lt. Rich Chatman said during a news conference. Five others were hospitalized with injuries that they

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An American Sign Language interpreter will now appear at all White House press briefings

The Biden administration will have an American Sign Language interpreter at every White House briefing, press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday. “As a part of this administration’s accessibility and inclusion efforts, starting today we will have an ASL, an American Sign Language interpreter for our daily press briefings,” Psaki said at Monday’s briefing. “The President

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