Sep 11 WATCH: Senate GOP takes first steps to change rules to speed up Trump’s nominee confirmations By Mary Clare Jalonick, Stephen Groves, Associated Press Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s move is the latest salvo after a dozen years of gradual changes by both parties to weaken the filibuster and make the nominations process more partisan. Continue reading
Sep 11 How politicians who have experienced violence directly are responding to Charlie Kirk’s death By Associated Press Several leaders who have survived public attacks or had family members victimized joined in bipartisan condemnation of the attack on Kirk. Continue reading
Sep 11 WATCH: Trump says he will award Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom By Associated Press The United States’ highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom is awarded by presidents to people who have made significant contributions in a variety of areas, including culture and public service. Continue reading
Sep 11 High-powered rifle recovered from Utah campus where Kirk’s killer was able to blend in By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press, Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press/ Report for America Investigators obtained clues including a palm print, a shoe impression and a high-powered hunting rifle found in a wooded area along the path the shooter fled. But they had yet to name a suspect or cite a motive in the… Continue reading
Sep 11 Live updates: Authorities search for Charlie Kirk’s shooter By Associated Press Authorities say Kirk was killed with a single shot from a rooftop on Wednesday. Whoever fired the gun then slipped away amid the chaos of screams. Continue reading
Sep 11 WATCH: Trump and Hegseth honor heroes of deadly 9/11 attack at Pentagon By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press At the Pentagon in Virginia, the 184 service members and civilians killed when hijackers steered a jetliner into the headquarters of the U.S. military were honored in a ceremony attended by President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump. Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch 8:15 ‘Putin is mocking’ Trump, Polish foreign minister says after Russian drone incursion By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn It was an ominous series of firsts for the world’s largest military alliance. For the first time in NATO history, alliance airplanes engaged enemy targets in allied airspace, and for the first time since Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine, NATO… Continue watching
Sep 10 Charlie Kirk, who helped build support for Trump among young people, killed at age 31 By Nicholas Riccardi, Ali Swenson, Associated Press Kirk died doing what made him a potent political force — rallying the right on a college campus, this time Utah Valley University. The event was kicking off a planned series of Kirk college appearances from Colorado to Virginia dubbed… Continue reading
Sep 10 See Epstein’s full ‘birthday book,’ with alleged personal messages from Trump, Clinton and others By Molly Finnegan A collection of personal notes penned for Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday offers a portrait of the convicted child sex offender through crude drawings, images and messages filled with sexual content or innuendo. Continue reading
Sep 10 Who else appears in Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday book? By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press The messages were compiled in 2003 and include greetings from Epstein's relatives, business executives and scientists. Continue reading