Harris to eulogize longtime US Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas at funeral service
HOUSTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver a eulogy for U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee at a North Houston church on Thursday as days of memorials for the longtime Democratic lawmaker draw to a close.
Senate Democrats tee up vote on child tax credit in election-year pitch to families
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer is daring Republicans to vote against a bipartisan tax cut package aimed at expanding the child tax credit for millions of families and restoring some business tax breaks. And
Scholarships help Lahaina graduates afford to attend college outside Hawaii a year after wildfire
HONOLULU (AP) — College was the furthest thing from Keith Nove Baniqued’s mind after her family’s home burned down in a deadly wildfire that decimated her Hawaii town. The 17-year-old, who was 7 when she moved to
Trump ramps up his defense of Vance after one of the rockiest VP rollouts in recent memory
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump is used to defending himself. But this week, the Republican presidential nominee has been put in the rare position of having to defend someone else — his running mate, Ohio Sen.
Recount to settle narrow Virginia GOP primary between US Rep. Bob Good and a Trump-backed challenger
GOOCHLAND, Va. (AP) — A Republican primary recount is being held Thursday to settle whether John McGuire, a state senator backed by former President Donald Trump, narrowly defeated incumbent U.S. Rep. Bob Good, a conservative who chairs
Captain in 2019 scuba boat fire ordered to pay about $32K to families of 3 of 34 people killed
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A scuba dive boat captain was ordered Wednesday to pay about $32,000 in restitution to the families of three of the 34 people killed in a fire aboard the vessel in 2019. Jerry
Kansas stops enforcing a law against impersonating election officials
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is no longer enforcing a 3-year-old law making it a felony to impersonate election officials as it faces a legal challenge from critics who argue that the law has hindered efforts to
Harris calls Trump’s false claims about race ‘the same old show’ of divisiveness and disrespect
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris said Wednesday that former President Donald Trump’s false assertions about her race were the “same old show” as she emphasized the need for Black women to organize for his defeat
University of California president to step down after five years marked by pandemic, campus protests
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The president of the University of California announced Wednesday he would step down after five years of leading one of the nation’s largest public university systems through the coronavirus pandemic, labor strikes and
GOP primary voters in Arizona’s largest county oust election official who endured years of attacks
PHOENIX (AP) — Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer has fought back against death threats, almost constant harassment and streams of misinformation during his nearly four years overseeing elections in one of the nation’s most prominent political battlegrounds.
