Aug 23 2022 New York Primary Congressional Election Results By Associated Press U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler, who twice led fights to impeach former President Donald Trump, has defeated U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney in a Democratic primary after a court forced the two veteran lawmakers into the same New York City congressional district. Continue reading
Aug 23 2022 Florida Primary Election Results By Adriana Gomez Licon, Steve Peoples, Brendan Farrington, Associated Press U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist won the Democratic nomination for governor in Florida on Tuesday, setting him up to challenge Gov. Ron DeSantis this fall in a campaign that the Republican incumbent sees as the first step toward a potential White… Continue reading
Aug 23 2022 Oklahoma Primary Runoff Election Results By Sean Murphy, Associated Press U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin won Tuesday’s GOP primary runoff for one of Oklahoma’s U.S. Senate seats, making him a likely favorite to win the seat U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe is leaving early after nearly 30 years in office. Continue reading
Aug 23 2 men found guilty of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer By Ed White, Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press The jury also found Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. guilty of conspiring to obtain a weapon of mass destruction, namely a bomb to blow up a bridge and stymie police if the kidnapping could be pulled off at Whitmer’s… Continue reading
Aug 23 Former Tennessee speaker, top aide arrested in corruption probe By Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press Tennessee's former House Speaker Glen Casada and his top aide were arrested Tuesday on federal charges including bribery, kickbacks and conspiracy to commit money laundering involving federal funds. Continue reading
Aug 23 Trump requests special master to review Mar-a-Lago documents By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The request was included in a federal lawsuit, the first filing by Trump's legal team in the two weeks since the search, that takes broad aim at the FBI investigation into the discovery of classified records at Mar-a-Lago and that… Continue reading
Aug 22 Watch 4:56 News Wrap: Pfizer seeks FDA approval for new COVID vaccine targeting omicron subvariants In our news wrap Monday, Pfizer asked the FDA to authorize a new COVID vaccine targeting omicron subvariants, Dr. Anthony Fauci will step down from his post in December, Russia blamed Ukraine for a deadly car bombing near Moscow, Pakistan… Continue watching
Aug 22 Watch 8:53 Amy Walter and Annie Linskey on Trump’s legal troubles, New York and Florida primaries Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter and Annie Linskey of The Washington Post join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including how New York and Florida primary elections are testing the direction of the… Continue watching
Aug 22 Election workers abruptly quit, upending rural Texas county By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press The entire elections staff in a rural Texas county has quit less than three months before November's midterm elections. Two full-time elections workers in Gillespie County say threats and harassment drove them out of the job. Continue reading
Aug 22 Ethics board says South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem may have ‘engaged in misconduct’ By Stephen Groves, Associated Press A South Dakota ethics board has found enough information that Noem may have "engaged in misconduct" when she intervened in her daughter's application for a real estate appraiser license to potentially take action against the Republican governor. Continue reading