NEW YORK – A court appointed expert released a draft of new congressional maps for New York state. The maps would help Republicans by creating five districts that lean GOP and at least four others where Republicans would be competitive. The reworked maps also change the equation in Democratic districts. …
Read More »President Biden is looking at different options to forgive an unspecified but substantial amount of federal student loan debt — a move that would thrill some of his most loyal supporters and financially strapped students nationwide, but is a departure from campaign pledges to provide limited relief. The president shared …
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Washington — Marvin Richardson, the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), is being replaced, U.S. officials tell CBS News. It’s unclear when the change will be announced. For now, the leading candidate to replace Richardson is a U.S. attorney, the officials said. Richardson was …
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Henry Cuellar, a U.S. representative from Texas, is not the target of a federal investigation, his attorney Joshua Berman told CBS News Wednesday. Cuellar’s home and campaign office were raided in January, but he denied any wrongdoing. “The Justice Department has informed me that Congressman Cuellar is not a target …
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Boise, Idaho — Idaho gubernatorial candidate and antigovernment activist Ammon Bundy received a $3,000 fine and 10 days in jail Thursday for contempt of court. Bundy was immediately handcuffed in Fourth District Court in Boise and taken to the Ada County Jail. Judge Annie McDevitt ruled Bundy failed to perform 40 …
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Washington — Former President Barack Obama is returning to the White House this week to celebrate the Affordable Care and Patient Protection Act (ACA), his signature law that passed 12 years ago. It will be Obama’s first joint appearance with President Biden at the White House since the two were …
Read More »Debra Meadows, the wife of former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows, signed two voter registration forms in 2020 that used an invalid address in Scaly Mountain, North Carolina, where the New Yorker reported that neither she nor her husband have ever resided. The forms with the North Carolina address …
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The CEOs of top American automakers and other heads of industry are expected to meet at the White House on Wednesday to discuss the future of President Biden’s proposed social and climate spending package, a person familiar with the meeting plans told CBS News. General Motors CEO Mary Barra …
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Democrat Eric Adams, a former captain in the New York Police Department and Brooklyn borough president, was elected the 110th mayor of New York City on Tuesday, becoming just the second Black mayor in the city’s history. He defeated Republican Curtis Sliwa for the position. In his victory speech Tuesday …
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Washington — Families and victims of the 2015 Mother Emanuel AME Church shooting in South Carolina and the Department of Justice have reached a multimillion dollar settlement over multiple lawsuits in which the families alleged federal regulators failed to prevent convicted murderer and white supremacist Dylann Roof from purchasing the …
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