GOP Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming spent $8 million in her reelection bid against primary challenger Harriet Hageman, who spent just $3.5 million on her campaign. Yet Cheney did something that well-funded incumbents rarely do: she lost. Hageman’s victory on Tuesday cemented a new political reality in the 2022 Republican […]
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Closing arguments next in trial of 2 men in Whitmer plot
Jurors will hear closing arguments Monday in the retrial of two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. declined to testify Friday as defense lawyers rested their case in federal court in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The government has portrayed […]
Indiana governor in Taiwan following high-profile US visits
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Indiana’s Republican governor met with Taiwan‘s President Tsai Ing-wen Monday morning, following two recent high-profile visits by U.S. politicians that drew China‘s ire and Chinese military drills that included firing missiles over the island. Gov. Eric Holcomb arrived Sunday evening in Taiwan for a four-day visit that […]
Back to school, with panic buttons: The post-Uvalde scramble
MISSION, Kan. — Melissa Lee comforted her son and daughter after a student opened fire in their suburban Kansas City high school, wounding an administrator and a police officer stationed there. Then weeks later, she wept for the parents in Uvalde, Texas, who were forced to bury their children after […]
California pig welfare rule delays frustrate small farmers
DES MOINES, Iowa — Ohio hog farmer Joe Brandt changed his operation a few years ago to give his pigs more room and keep pregnant sows out of the narrow crates used by most farms. Brandt said he wanted to treat his pigs more humanely, but in doing so he […]
US, S. Korea open biggest drills in years amid North threats
SEOUL, South Korea — The United States and South Korea began their biggest combined military training in years Monday as they heighten their defense posture against the growing North Korean nuclear threat. The drills could draw an angry response from North Korea, which has pushed its weapons testing activity to […]
3 Arkansas law enforcement officers suspended over arrest
MULBERRY, Ark. — Three Arkansas law enforcement officers were suspended Sunday following social media outrage over a video that seemingly showed two deputies and an officer striking a suspect under arrest. Crawford County Sheriff Jimmy Damante issued a statement Sunday evening, stating two county deputies will be suspended during the […]
Jill Biden ends COVID-19 isolation after testing negative
First lady Jill Biden will end her COVID-19 isolation on Sunday after receiving two consecutive negative tests and quarantining for five days, the White House announced. Her spokeswoman Elizabeth Alexander said in a statement that she will leave South Carolina and join President Joe Biden in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, where […]
Tom Weiskopf, major champion and golf course architect, dies
Tom Weiskopf’s golf skill went far beyond his 16 victories on the PGA Tour and his lone major at Troon in the British Open. He was always candid, often outspoken and unfailingly accurate in the television booth. He found even greater success designing golf courses. Weiskopf died Saturday at his […]
Appeals court puts pause on Lindsey Graham’s testimony in Ga. election investigation
A federal appeals court on Sunday temporarily halted a lower court’s ruling mandating that Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., testify before a grand jury in Georgia that is investigating pro-Trump efforts to sway the state’s 2020 presidential election results. In a brief order, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sent […]