CNN By Holmes Lybrand and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that before publicly releasing footage of the US Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, the faces of the mob will be blurred to protect them from the Justice Department. The Louisiana Republican said during a news conference that he
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has reaffirmed her ruling this summer that state law permits consensual medical abortions, handing abortion rights advocates a massive victory. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last year reactivated Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban. Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul immediately
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox, Ted Barrett, Manu Raju and Morgan Rimmer, CNN A classified briefing Tuesday on Ukraine devolved into a shouting match about border security as senators described a tense meeting that did little to break the Senate’s stalemate over whether to include tighter immigration policies in the aid package. The meeting came as Republican senators
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By KEN RITTERAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A planned high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area got a Biden administration pledge on Tuesday of $3 billion to help start laying track, Nevada elected officials said. The $12 billion project led by Brightline West has been talked about for decades, and
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued five people from floodwaters in Washington state as an atmospheric river brings heavy rain, flooding and unseasonably warm temperatures to the Pacific Northwest. The Coast Guard says it plucked a man from the roof of a truck and rescued four people trapped in a home
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British police say a woman has died and two people have been wounded in a shooting in east London. The Metropolitan Police force said on Tuesday that three people were found with gunshot wounds after officers were called to reports of a shooting in the east London neighborhood of Hackney. The police
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Donald Trump ally who worked in his Justice Department said Tuesday that if the former president is elected again, his administration will retaliate against people in the media “criminally or civilly.” Kash Patel, who was also chief of staff in the Defense Department and
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A man hiding in a pit during the Oct. 7 Hamas assault on an outdoor music festival in Israel said he heard someone nearby screaming she was being raped. Elsewhere in the area, a combat paramedic saw the body of a young woman with her legs open,
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations food agency says it’s stopping food distribution in areas of war-torn Yemen controlled by the Houthi rebels, a move that will impact millions of people. The World Food Program said on Tuesday the “pause” was driven by limited funding and the lack
Continue ReadingREFORM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama police officer is on leave after video circulated on social media showing her appearing to shock a handcuffed man with a stun gun. The officer is also seen telling him to shut up after he cries out in pain. The video shows a white female police officer in uniform
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Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press The United States will work with other governments to speed up efforts to make nuclear fusion a new source of carbon-free energy, U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry said Tuesday, while in Dubai for U.N. climate talks. Nuclear fusion melds two hydrogen atoms together to produce a helium atom and a
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate in a single stroke Tuesday approved about 425 military promotions after Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama ended a monthslong blockade of nominations over his opposition to a Pentagon abortion policy. Tuberville had been under pressure from members of both sides of the political aisle to
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said Tuesday that the world needs to recognize and confront the “gender apartheid” against women and girls imposed by the Taliban since they seized power in Afghanistan more than two years ago. She urged the international community to
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN and MEAD GRUVER Associated Press/Report for America COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Relatives who knew or feared their loved ones were among the 190 abandoned bodies found decomposing in a Colorado funeral home watched in person for the first time as the owners of the business appeared before a judge. Jon and
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — A former Colorado police officer has pleaded guilty to one count of reckless endangerment for parking his patrol car on railroad tracks before a handcuffed woman was put inside and seriously injured when it was hit by a freight train. ablo Vazquez pleaded guilty Tuesday in a plea deal with prosecutors. He
Continue ReadingBy Haley Talbot, CNN Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington state said Tuesday that she “unequivocally condemns Hamas’ use of rape and sexual violence as an act of war,” following comments she made to CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday that set off a firestorm among her Democratic colleagues in the House. “Let me be completely
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — With George Santos out of Congress, the special election to fill his seat has been set for Feb. 13. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul set the date in a formal proclamation on Tuesday. The race is expected to be a high-profile contest that will mark the
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak, David Wright and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN Boston (CNN) — President Joe Biden told Democratic donors Tuesday he wasn’t confident he’d be seeking another term if his predecessor Donald Trump wasn’t running for the White House, a notably candid assessment of his reelection rationale as he enters a likely rematch with his
Continue ReadingBy Aishwarya Iyer, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Just a few pieces of debris stood between Munna Qureshi and dozens of laborers who his team had been tasked with rescuing from deep inside a Himalayan tunnel after all previous attempts to free them had failed. “I could hear the laborers gasping on the other side
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