Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrats’ vice presidential pick in 2000, dies at 82
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2d ago
Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who nearly won the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore in the disputed 2000 election and who almost became Republican John McCain’s running mate eight years later, has died, according to a statement issued by his family. Lieberman, 82, died in New York City as his wife, Hadassah, and other family members were with him, according to a family statement that was released by longtime aide Dan Gerstein. “Senator Lieberman’s love of God, his family, and America endured throughout his life in the public interest,” the family said. U.S ..read more
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Takeaways from Dave Min and Scott Baugh wins in CA-47 primary
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by Hanna Kang
2d ago
The dust has settled on one of the most highly contested House primaries in the 2024 election cycle. Primary election results aren’t yet official — the secretary of state will certify results on April 12 — but two clear frontrunners in California’s 47th congressional district race will advance to the general election: former Assemblymember Scott Baugh and state Sen. Dave Min. CA-47, represented now by Democratic Rep. Katie Porter, is one of several outstanding swing seats in the country that is widely considered to be instrumental in deciding which party picks up the speaker’s gavel next year ..read more
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New Planned Parenthood leader says real issue is fairness, health equity
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by Tribune News Service
2d ago
Reid Forgrave | (TNS) Star Tribune DES MOINES, Iowa — Ruth Richardson waited near the Iowa capitol’s grand staircase, just outside the limelight. At the podium nearby, abortion-rights supporters railed against the state’s conservative swing on abortion following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, calling Republican bills “nonsense,” “pseudoscientific” and “speaking for the extreme.” Richardson glanced at her speech and its somewhat different message. Not that Richardson disagreed with what speakers were saying. As the new president and CEO of Planned Parenthood North Central States, which oversee ..read more
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Trump’s social media company gains in first day of trading
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by Associated Press
3d ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Donald Trump’s social media company rose about 16% in the first day of trading on the Nasdaq, boosting the value of Trump’s large stake in the company as well as the smaller holdings of fans who purchased shares as a show of support for the former president. Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. merged Monday with a blank-check compan y called Digital World Acquisition Corp. Trump Media, which runs the social media platform Truth Social, has now taken Digital World’s place on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Shares closed at $57.99, up 16.1%, giving the co ..read more
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Who is Nicole Shanahan, the philanthropist picked by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his running mate?
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by Associated Press
3d ago
By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has picked Nicole Shanahan, a California lawyer and philanthropist who’s never held elected office, to be his running mate in his independent bid for president, he announced on Tuesday. An unconventional choice, Shanahan, who is 38, brings youth and considerable wealth to Kennedy’s long-shot campaign but is little known outside Silicon Valley. Shanahan leads the Bia-Echo Foundation, an organization she founded to direct money toward issues including women’s reproductive science, criminal justice reform ..read more
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Judge issues gag order in Trump’s hush-money trial
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by The Associated Press
3d ago
By Michael R. Sisak | Associated Press NEW YORK — A New York judge Tuesday issued a gag order barring Donald Trump from making public statements about witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and jurors in his upcoming hush-money criminal trial. Judge Juan M. Merchan cited Trump’s previous comments about him and others involved in the case, as well as a looming April 15 trial date in granting the prosecution’s request for a gag order.”It is without question that the imminency of the risk of harm is now paramount,” Merchan wrote. Prosecutors had asked for the gag order citing what they called his “l ..read more
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Arnold Schwarzenegger gets pacemaker installed after multiple open-heart surgeries
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by David Matthews
3d ago
Arnold Schwarzenegger said this week he had a pacemaker installed following three open-heart surgeries. The 76-year-old action star revealed the surprise health news on an episode of Arnold’s Pump Club podcast. “Last Monday, I had surgery to become a little bit more of a machine: I got a pacemaker,” the “Terminator” star announced. Arnold Schwarzenegger attends The Wall Street Journal’s Tech Live Conference at Montage Laguna Beach on October 16, 2023 in Laguna Beach, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for The Wall Street Journal) “First of all, I want you to know I’m ..read more
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Supreme Court seems likely to preserve abortion medication access
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by The Associated Press
3d ago
By Mark Sherman | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed likely to preserve access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court’s first abortion case since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. In nearly 90 minutes of arguments, a consensus appeared to emerge that the abortion opponents who challenged the FDA’s approval of the medication, mifepristone, and subsequent actions to ease access to it lack the legal right, or standing, to sue. Such a decision would leave the current rules in p ..read more
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House GOP threatens to hold AG Garland in contempt over Biden case
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by The Associated Press
4d ago
By Farnoush Amiri | Associated Press WASHINGTON — House Republicans threatened to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress if he did not turn over unredacted materials related to the special counsel probe into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents. In a letter Monday — obtained by The Associated Press — Reps. James Comer and Jim Jordan demanded that Garland comply with the subpoena the two Republican chairmen sent last month as part of their emerging investigation into Special Counsel Robert Hur’s decision not to charge the president. Comer, chair of the O ..read more
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First Lady Jill Biden speaks on LBGTQ+ rights at Human Rights Campaign dinner in LA
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by Clara Harter
5d ago
First Lady Jill Biden and her daughter Ashley Biden highlighted the Biden administration’s efforts to fight on behalf of the LGBTQ+ community at the Human Rights Campaign’s 2024 Los Angeles dinner on Saturday evening, March 23. “Thanks to our president, marriage equality is now a law, he ended the ban on bisexual and gay men donating blood, he made it possible for trans Americans to serve openly and honorably in the military and he’s standing firmly against conversion therapy,” said Jill Biden. HRC is the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization and selected the first lady as their ke ..read more
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