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{beacon} Evening Report Friday, September 1 © AP Biden touts jobs report to knock Trump President Biden on Friday used the latest jobs report to take a swipe at former President Trump, attacking his top GOP rival on an issue both hope to campaign on heading toward a possible rematch in 2024. ...
Proud Boy Dominic Pezzola sobbed in a Washington, D.C., courtroom Friday as he asked a federal judge for leniency in his Jan. 6 sentence and vowed to stay out of politics in the future. However, after receiving a 10-year prison sentence, Pezzola reportedly raised his fist and shouted, “Trump won,” as he left the courtroom,...
A University of Texas/Texas Politics Project poll released Friday found registered Texas Republican voters were split on whether Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) should be removed from office. The poll, taken between Aug. 18-29 of 1,200 registered voters in Texas, found 24 percent of the Republicans who were asked in the poll if “Ken Paxton...
Google is alleging the Department of Justice’s top antitrust official is biased against the company over his previous work for rival firms, according to a filing in one of the government’s antitrust cases against the tech giant. In a Thursday filing, Google sought information about previous work and advocacy by Jonathan Kanter, the U.S. assistant...
The media, certain nonprofits and criminal defendants will have access to Congress's trove of security camera footage collected during the Jan. 6 riots, Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) announced Friday. “House Republicans are continuing to deliver on our promise to bring transparency and accountability to the People’s House by increasing access to security footage of the...
Paris on Friday became the first European capital to introduce a ban on self-service rented electric scooters after five years of concerns surrounding their safety and environmental impact. The ban, which went into effect on Friday, comes just two days after a 12-year-old girl was reportedly killed on an e-scooter after colliding with a car...
Ruby Franke, the YouTube vlogger behind the widely popular but now-defunct “8 Passengers” channel that documented her family's daily interactions, along with her current business partner, Jodi Hildebrandt, have been arrested for alleged aggravated child abuse.
The Guardian announced Friday that it will block artificial intelligence (AI) text generation program ChatGPT from accessing and using its content. AI products, such as ChatGPT, scrape content already online and use it as data to create new content via complex algorithms. Concerns over whether these programs have the legal right to use published text,...
A truck driver uses a machete to clear I-10 of fallen trees and branches after Hurricane Idalia crossed the state on Aug. 30 near Madison, Fla. The storm made landfall at Keaton Beach, Fla., as Category 3 hurricane.
GOP presidential candidate and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy talked about his policy differences with former President Trump in an interview Thursday. "I think we're deeply aligned on policy, 90-plus percent of the way," Ramaswamy said on Fox News. “There are some small differences. I would rescind affirmative action. I would militarize the southern border instead of...
Kenneth Chesebro, an attorney charged in the 2020 Georgia election case for aiding in the fake electors plan, made clear to a state judge Friday he wants nothing to do with co-defendant Sidney Powell. Chesebro and Powell — who both pleaded not guilty — filed separate motions for a speedy trial, which would likely allow...
Proud Boy Dominic Pezzola, who smashed a Capitol window with a police shield during the Jan. 6 riot, was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison. Pezzola was one of five members of the far-right extremist group to stand trial for seditious conspiracy over the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. The 46-year-old, who...
The MAGA faction of the House Republican Conference is once again threatening to disrupt the basic functioning of government to push an unpopular agenda. Last spring, they brought the nation to the brink of default. Now, the House Freedom Caucus is refusing to keep the government from shutting down in September unless a set of extreme...
The D.C. Appeals Court ruled Friday that former President Trump can be deposed in suits against the FBI brought by former agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page. The Department of Justice appealed a ruling from a lower court in July, which came to the same conclusion. Strzok is suing the bureau for wrongful termination and...
Uvalde, Texas, Mayor Don McLaughlin has accused District Attorney Christina Mitchell of covering up evidence related to the Robb Elementary School shooting in 2022 that led to the deaths of 19 students and two teachers. “I believe that Christina Mitchell, the District Attorney for the 38th Judicial District has been involved in a cover-up regarding...
Anti-abortion activists are looking to highways as a new battleground in their efforts to prevent people from accessing abortions. A central Texas town attempted to make it illegal for people to travel on certain roads through their jurisdiction for the purpose of receiving an abortion, a novel strategy that may prove the future for anti-abortion...
White House officials and Democratic lawmakers spent weeks celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act, a legislative package that has been dubbed the most ambitious climate legislation of all time. While that is technically correct — it’s a low bar to meet — the political and practical benefits of the law are hard...
Alaska’s state Board of Education voted Thursday to approve a proposal to ban transgender girls from competing on girls’ high school sports teams, advancing one of Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s policy priorities that was thwarted by the state legislature earlier this year. The proposal, which board members argued during a special meeting Thursday is necessary to...
President Biden on Friday took a shot at former President Trump in remarks to hail the August jobs report, calling out the job growth under his predecessor and top political rival. “America’s now in one of the strongest job-creating periods in our history, in the history of our country. It wasn’t that long ago that...
It should have been obvious that academic outcomes would get worse if students could misbehave with impunity.
California regulators voted unanimously Thursday evening to boost the capacity of the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility — the same site where the nation’s biggest methane leak forced families to flee in 2015. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved an increase in the facility’s inventory levels up to the safety limit established by...
Hundreds of active-duty U.S. troops will remain at the U.S.-Mexico border until at least the start of October, the Pentagon confirmed Friday. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Aug. 24 “approved an extension of up to 400 personnel providing support to Customs and Border Protection [CBP] on the Southwest border through September 30, 2023,” Pentagon spokesperson...
Christie's announced Friday it is canceling an upcoming auction of a late Austrian billionaire’s jewels after “intense scrutiny” over ties to Nazi Germany. Heidi Horten’s jewel collection was scheduled for its second auction this November after the initial May sale was also criticized over her late husband’s membership in the Nazi party. German billionaire Helmut...
The White House on Friday announced a round of new initiatives aimed at improving nursing home safety, including one to establish a 24/7 "federal floor" on staffing levels to ensure homes are properly staffed. "The nursing home industry receives nearly $100 billion annually from American taxpayers, yet too many nursing homes chronically understaff their facilities...
