WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Monday that one of his most senior aides is leaving for a top job with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and will be replaced by a brother of President Joe Biden’s national security adviser. State Department counselor Derek Chollet, a veteran of national security positions in Democratic […]
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Thursday called a special session for the state’s Legislature to get President Joe Biden on the ballot this November, saying his patience has “run out” with his fellow Republicans who appear less than inclined to offer a legislative fix for a timing problem with the Democratic convention. “The Legislature had […]
FILE – Chair of the House Republican Conference Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., talks to reporters about their plans to respond to student protests over the Israel-Hamas war, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Elise Stefanik, a House Republican leader seen as a candidate to be Donald Trump’s running mate, delivered a speech […]
In closed-door talks with U.S. officials, the Israeli government has expressed “deep frustration” at both the Biden administration’s delay of a weapons shipment and U.S. confirmations to the media of the once-private halt. The publicity, they argue, could jeopardize hostage negotiations. That message, detailed to POLITICO by three people from the U.S. and Israel familiar […]
A key Donald Trump aide has yet to be formally notified he is named in a blockbuster grand jury indictment charging 18 Arizonans and allies of the former president in a plot to stand in the way of Joe Biden’s 2020 White House win. Rudy Giuliani’s name has not yet been formally revealed on the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden urged the U.S. House to immediately take up Senate-passed supplemental funding for Ukraine and Israel on Monday as he hosted Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala in the Oval Office. The visit came as Biden aimed to highlight the efforts other nations are making to support Ukraine. It followed the […]
The New York state Legislature blew through Thursday’s already extended deadline to reach a budget deal and agreed to continue talks through Monday in time for the 2024 solar eclipse. This is the second extender the legislature has passed as Gov. Kathy Hochul and Democratic leaders in the Senate and Assembly leadership try to resolve […]
A man who robbed a Brinks security guard at gunpoint in North Texas pulled the guard’s pants off to prevent him from fighting back, police said. Irving police are trying to identify the robber shown in surveillance video of the holdup on Friday. The robbery happened about 9:45 a.m., when the gunman got out of […]
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Cannabis consumption lounges have been a hot topic in Las Vegas since the Nevada Legislature legalized them in 2021; but as we start the new year, many wonder why we haven’t seen any locations in business yet. Industry leaders told 8 News Now they are confident movement will come in the […]
LOS ANGELES — A 71-year-old man who spent more than half his life in prison for robbing banks before his release three years ago is at it again, police said Wednesday. Bruce Edward Bell was arrested after the holdup at a bank in Sun Valley, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley, on Dec. 21, […]
Jan. 5—A Hamilton man was sentenced Thursday to four months in jail for handing a note to a teller and whispering “hurry up,” during a November holdup at a Fifth Third Bank branch in Kettering. Daniel Brian Freytag, 39, was given credit for 44 days already spent in the Montgomery County Jail during his sentencing […]
Jan. 5—A Hamilton man was sentenced Thursday to four months in jail for handing a note to a teller and whispering “hurry up,” during a November holdup at a Fifth Third Bank branch in Kettering. Daniel Brian Freytag, 39, was given credit for 44 days already spent in the Montgomery County Jail during his sentencing […]