Colorado’s governor signed four gun control bills Friday, following the lead of other states struggling to confront a nationwide surge in violent crime and mass shootings. Before the ink was even dry on Gov. Jared Polis’ signature, gun rights groups sued to reverse two of the measures: raising the buying …
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Washington — The pharmaceutical company that makes the generic version of the widely used abortion pill mifepristone filed a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday in an effort to keep the drug on the market. The dispute brought by GenBioPro in federal district court in Maryland comes …
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The U.S. Capitol Police on Friday confiscated an assault-style rifle with an extended magazine, partially wrapped in a blanket, from a delivery truck before it reached Capitol Hill. The driver, 57-year-old Michael J. Donohue of Maryland, faces charges for possession of an unregistered firearm, possession of unregistered ammunition and unlawful …
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The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee has issued a subpoena to FBI Director Christopher Wray for records as part of a probe into the bureau’s handling of an FBI field analysis that proposed further developing sources within a group of traditionalist Catholic chapels in Richmond, Va., to look for signs of …
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Washington — A Fox News producer who worked for hosts Maria Bartiromo and Tucker Carlson filed a pair of lawsuits against the network Monday, alleging its legal team “coerced” her into giving misleading testimony in the ongoing defamation case brought by Dominion Voting Systems and accusing the company of fostering a “toxic” …
Read More »A federal manhunt is underway for Roy McGrath, once the chief of staff to ex-Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, after he failed to appear in court Monday for the first day of his trial on wire fraud and embezzlement charges. FBI and U.S. Marshals are both working on the search, according …
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Washington — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell suffered a concussion after tripping at a Washington hotel on Wednesday and is expected to remain hospitalized for several days, a spokesman for the senator said. The senator from Kentucky, 81, was attending a private dinner when he tripped. He was taken to a …
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The top eight congressional leaders known as the “Gang of 8” will be briefed Tuesday on the documents with classified markings that were found at the residences and offices of former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence, according to multiple sources familiar with the …
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Wisconsin voters winnowed a field of four state Supreme Court candidates to two on Tuesday in a critical race to determine which party will hold the majority on the state’s highest court. Liberal Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Janet Protasiewicz and the conservative former state Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly have …
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Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, Democrat of Oregon, says she and her husband are recovering at home after being hit by a car in Portland on Friday evening. The Democratic congresswoman and her husband, U.S. District Judge Michael Simon, were struck by a car while crossing the street. The driver turned into …
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