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Congress sidesteps shutdown with eleventh-hour budget patch
3 days ago · WASHINGTON (CN) — Congress survived yet another fiscal near miss Friday night, as lawmakers in both chambers agreed to advance a stopgap budget that extends funding for federal programs through the spring and averted a government shutdown just days before the Christmas holiday. It was a monumental ...
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Prosecution nears end of its case in Mike Madigan federal …
6 days ago · Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan appears on the floor as the Illinois House of Representatives convenes at the Bank of Springfield Center in Springfield, Illinois, on Jan. 8, 2021. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune via AP) CHICAGO (CN) — U.S. attorneys didn't officially rest in ...
Details of voting equipment breach emerge in Dominion security …
Jan 12, 2024 · Ballot-counting machines from Dominion Voting are lined up at a Torrance County warehouse during a testing of election equipment in Estancia, N.M., on Sept. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File) ATLANTA (CN) — During the fourth day of trial Friday in the lawsuit over the security of Dominion ...
Bipartisanship collapses for bill expanding federal judgeships
Dec 9, 2024 · The Bob Casey Federal Courthouse in Houston, headquarters of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. (Courthouse News photo) WASHINGTON (CN) — With just weeks to go before the end of the year, the House on Monday began considering a bill that would add dozens of new ...
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4 days ago · BOULDER — A Colorado court dismissed a complaint filed by homeless Boulder residents’ challenge to the city’s blanket ban and tent ban. The court originally stayed the trial pending the Supreme Court’s judgment in Grants Pass v.
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4 days ago · OAKLAND — A federal grand jury indicted a 54-year-old former FBI special agent with cyberstalking, witness tampering and obstruction of a criminal investigation by bribery related to a reported series of unwanted romantic and intimidating advances he made toward a …
Families of Boeing 737 Max crash victims tell judge to ditch $940 ...
Oct 11, 2024 · FORT WORTH, Texas (CN) — Relatives of the 346 people killed in two Boeing 737 Max crashes implored a Texas federal judge Friday to reject a $940 million criminal plea agreement reached with federal prosecutors, calling it a “rotten deal” for the families.
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