Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) is pictured at a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press) Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Michigan, the longest-serving member of the House of Representatives, resigned Tuesday after his support among fellow Democrats collapsed amid accusations of sexual harassment by several female employees. … Read more
President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev, their summit talks behind them, parted company in the heart of the Kremlin on a dreary, overcast Thursday morning after delivering glowingly upbeat reports on the future of superpower relations. But, despite the optimistic note on which the meeting ended, Gorbachev prodded Reagan for speedier progress, and … Read more
The campaign of John Cox, the 2018 Republican gubernatorial nominee who lost to Democrat Gavin Newsom in the general election, has been ordered to pay $100,000 in unpaid bills. (Howard Lipin / San Diego Union-Tribune) Multimillionaire recall candidate John Cox’s prior gubernatorial campaign has been ordered by a judge to pay about $100,000 to a … Read more
An American flag hangs in a classroom at a Denver elementary school. (David Zalubowski / Associated Press) The last time Donald Trump was president, rumors of immigration raids terrorized the Oregon community where Gustavo Balderas was the school superintendent. Word spread that immigration agents were going to try to enter schools. There was no truth … Read more
President Bush, reaffirming his support for the anti-abortion movement, told an estimated 200,000 abortion foes gathered under a hot, cloudless sky in the nation’s capital Saturday that their mission “must be to help more and more Americans make the right choice–the choice for life.” In a brief telephone address broadcast to the crowd over loudspeakers, … Read more
In this 2018 photo, Earlonne Woods gestures while speaking during an interview in Oakland. (Ben Margot / Associated Press) The day before Thanksgiving, Gov. Gavin Newsom granted pardons for 19 people, including award-winning San Quentin podcaster Earlonne Woods. “Ear Hustle,” the popular and critically acclaimed podcast that Woods co-founded from inside San Quentin State Prison … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump arrives to speak at a meeting of the House GOP conference, followed by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) on Nov. 13 in Washington. (Alex Brandon / Associated Press) Several of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks and appointees have been targeted by bomb threats and “swatting attacks,” Trump’s transition said Wednesday. “Last night and … Read more
Mike DeWine speaks, Jan. 14, 2019, in Cedarville, Ohio. (John Minchillo / Associated Press) Transgender students from kindergarten through college at Ohio public and private schools will be banned from using multiperson bathrooms that fit their gender identities under a measure that Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday that he has signed. DeWine signed the … Read more
A girl uses her phone while sitting on a bench in Sydney this month. (Rick Rycroft / Associated Press) Australia’s House of Representatives has passed a bill that would ban children younger than 16 years old from social media, leaving it to the Senate to finalize the world-first law. The major parties backed the bill … Read more
Gina Haspel, a Kentucky native, loves Johnny Cash so much she keeps a 5-foot-tall poster of the country music star in her office at the Central Intelligence Agency. She became a spy more than three decades ago, a time when few women filled that job, and rose through the ranks holding some of the agency’s … Read more
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