Could Aaron Rodgers really be a VP nominee? Here's a look at athletes who became politicians
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by Mike Gavin
10h ago
The 2024 Aaron Rodgers political campaign seems to have been quite similar to his first season with the New York Jets in that it never really began. It was reported last that Rodgers, a future Hall of Fame quarterback who suffered a season-ending injury on his first possession with the Jets in September, was being considered as a potential running mate for independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Just days later it was reported that another – perhaps more qualified? – vice presidential candidate had emerged as Kennedy’s top choice. But professional athletes transitioning into p ..read more
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Social media influencer is charged with joining the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol
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by Michael Kunzelman | The Associated Press
12h ago
A conservative social media influencer has been charged with storming the U.S. Capitol and passing a stolen table out of a broken window, allowing other rioters to use it as a weapon against police, according to court records unsealed on Monday. Isabella Maria DeLuca was arrested last Friday in Irvine, California, on misdemeanor charges, including theft of government property, disorderly conduct and entering a restricted area. DeLuca, who has more than 333,000 followers on the platform formerly known as Twitter, is a former congressional intern who works as a media associate for The Gold Insti ..read more
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Supreme Court extends block on Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants
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by Lindsay Whitehurst | Associated Press
12h ago
The Supreme Court on Monday continued to block, for now, a Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. while the legal battle it sparked over immigration authority plays out. A one-page order signed by Justice Samuel Alito indefinitely prevents Texas from enforcing a sweeping state immigration enforcement law that had been set to take effect this month. The language of the order strongly suggests the court will take additional action, but it is unclear when. It marks the second time Alito has extended a pause on the law, k ..read more
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Netanyahu agrees to send Israeli officials to Washington to discuss prospective Rafah operation
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by Aamer Madhani, Zeke Miller and Julia Frankel | The Associated Press
12h ago
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday agreed to send a team of Israeli officials to Washington to discuss with Biden administration officials a prospective Rafah operation as each side is looking to make “clear to the other its perspective,” White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said. The agreement to hold talks about Rafah came as Biden and Netanyahu spoke on Monday, their first interaction in more than a month, as the divide has grown between allies over the food crisis in Gaza and Israel’s conduct during the war, according to the White House ..read more
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Putin hails electoral victory and extends his rule over Russia
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by Emma Burrows, Dasha Litvinova and Jim Heintz | Associated Press
1d ago
President Vladimir Putin basked in a victory early Monday that was never in doubt, as partial election results underlined the Russian leader’s total control of the country’s political system. After facing only token challengers and harshly suppressing opposition voices, Putin was set to extend his nearly quarter-century rule for six more years. Even with little margin for protest, Russians crowded outside polling stations at noon on Sunday, the last day of the election, apparently heeding an opposition call to express their displeasure with the president. Putin hailed the overwhelming early re ..read more
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What makes people happy? California lawmakers want to find out
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by Sophie Austin | The Associated Press
3d ago
California Assemblyman Anthony Rendon likes to spend his spare time away from the Capitol in Sacramento with his 4-year-old daughter back home near Los Angeles. Last weekend, he took her ice skating and to an indoor playground, then let her get a donut after she agreed to ride her scooter on the way there. “Those are the types of things that make me happy,” he said this week in an interview outside the state Assembly chambers, where he’s served as a lawmaker for a dozen years. Now Rendon, a Democrat who was one of the longest-serving Assembly speakers in California history, is spending his las ..read more
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Judge delays Trump's hush-money criminal trial 30 days due to last-minute evidence dump
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by Michael R. Sisak | Associated Press
4d ago
A judge on Friday delayed former President Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal trial until at least mid-April after his lawyers said they needed more time to sift through a profusion of evidence they only recently obtained from a previous federal investigation into the matter. Judge Juan Manuel Merchan agreed to a 30-day postponement and scheduled a hearing for March 25 to address questions about the evidence dump. The trial had been slated to start on March 25. It is among four criminal indictments against Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee. Trump’s lawyers wanted a 90 ..read more
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Prosecutor leaves Georgia election case against Trump after relationship with district attorney
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by Kate Brumback and Alanna Durkin Richer | Associated Press
4d ago
A special prosecutor who had a romantic relationship with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis formally withdrew Friday from the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump after a judge ruled one of them had to leave the case for it to move forward. Attorney Nathan Wade’s role in the prosecution had come under fire since an attorney representing one of Trump’s co-defendants alleged in early January that Wade and Willis were involved in an inappropriate relationship that resulted in Willis profiting improperly from the prosecution. Wade offere ..read more
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Kansas is close to banning gender-affirming care for minors as GOP leaders seek the last vote
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by John Hanna | Associated Press
4d ago
Republican legislators in Kansas are close to banning gender-affirming care for minors over the Democratic governor’s expected veto after winning over previously skeptical GOP colleagues, fueling fears that success will encourage further attempts to roll back transgender rights. Supporters were confident Thursday that the Republican-controlled Senate would approve a bill that would bar health care providers from treating a child’s gender dysphoria with puberty blockers, hormone treatments and surgery and strip doctors who violate the ban of their licenses. But GOP leaders wanted to send the bi ..read more
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Iowa Republicans block personhood bill that could have threatened IVF from advancing
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by Adam Edelman | NBC News
5d ago
Iowa Republicans have blocked a personhood bill from advancing in the Legislature that would have made it a felony offense to “cause the death” of an “unborn person” — language that prompted concerns that the measure would criminalize in vitro fertilization. The bill had passed the GOP-controlled state House last week, but the Republican-led Senate declined to take up the bill after the chairman of the state Senate committee that would have initially debated it refused to do so. State Sen. Brad Zaun, the chair of the chamber’s Judiciary Committee, told the Associated Press that he didn’t ..read more
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