(The Center Square) – One day before the Illinois General Assembly’s fall veto session is scheduled to begin, one of the most powerful lawmakers in state history is headed to prison. Michael J. Madigan (D-Chicago) served in the Illinois House from 1971 to 2021 and was speaker for all but two years between 1983 and […]
Washington Examiner Chief Political Correspondent Byron York said that Democrats won’t let go of Virginia Democratic attorney general nominee Jay Jones, following the Virginia gubernatorial debate last week between Former Virginia Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger and Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears. “The election is three-and-a-half weeks away, Democrats are not going to let Jay Jones […]
(The Center Square) – A Seattle-based nonprofit focused on “harnessing political power and leadership among young Washingtonians” is busing people to Spokane next Friday to campaign for progressives. The Washington Bus organization is a 501(c)(4) that endorses candidates and transports young adults around the state to canvass in other communities. The Washington Bus Education Fund, an […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than two decades later, Congress is on the verge of writing a closing chapter to the war in Iraq. The Senate voted Thursday to repeal the resolution that authorized the 2003 U.S. invasion, following a House vote last month that would return the basic war power to Congress. The amendment by Virginia Sen. […]
Authorities said Saturday that no one survived the explosion at a rural Tennessee explosives facility, which flattened the site and sent shockwaves felt for miles. At a Saturday news briefing, Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said authorities believe everyone who had been at the explosives plant on Friday was killed in the blast. The exact […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Two jurors who voted in June to convict Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault said they regret the decision and only did so because others on the panel bullied them, the former movie mogul’s lawyers said in a newly public court filing. Weinstein’s lawyers are seeking to overturn his conviction for first-degree criminal sex […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans family cleaning up their overgrown backyard made an extremely unusual find: Under the weeds was a mysterious marble tablet with Latin characters that included the phrase “spirits of the dead.” “The fact that it was in Latin that really just gave us pause, right?” said Daniella Santoro, a […]
Israel struck Lebanon on Friday in some of the first airstrikes since the country’s ceasefire with Hamas began. The airstrikes hit the village of Msayleh in southern Lebanon, killing one person and injuring seven, the Lebanese Health Ministry said. The attack hit a place that sold heavy machinery, and destroyed several vehicles. Israel claimed the […]
Almost everything went President Donald Trump’s way this week, giving him rare straight A’s from both our politically opposite graders of the Washington Secrets weekly White House Report Card. Overshadowing everything this week was the surprising approval by Israel and Hamas of the president’s 20-point peace plan, beginning with a prisoner swap and return of […]
Former President Joe Biden is beginning radiation and hormone therapy to treat an aggressive form of prostate cancer, his office confirmed Saturday. “As part of a treatment plan for prostate cancer, President Biden is currently undergoing radiation therapy and hormone treatment,” a spokesperson for the former president said, according to reporting from NBC News. The […]
