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Menendez to address fellow Democratic senators Thursday amid indictment, Schumer says
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Sen. Bob Menendez is expected to address his fellow Democratic senators behind closed doors Thursday with over half of them calling on him to resig...
Sep 27, 2023
Government shutdown would mean fewer controllers, potential flight disruptions
Siri Stafford/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A government shutdown would worsen the FAA's ongoing air traffic control shortage -- eventually resulting in potential travel disruptions. Approximately ...
Sep 27, 2023
Fishermen's Supreme Court fight against government monitors could make big splash
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images(CAPE MAY, N.J.) -- For nearly 50 years, America's herring fishermen have been required to take federal monitors on their boats when they set out into the North Atlantic. Abo...
Sep 27, 2023
Sen. Bob Menendez due in federal court to be arraigned on bribery and extortion
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Sen. Bob Menendez, his wife and two business associates are due to appear Wednesday in a Manhattan, New York federal court to be arraigned on bribery and ...
Sep 27, 2023
Five things to watch in the second Republican debate
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images(SIMI VALLEY, Calif.) -- Most of the Republican presidential candidates are gathering in Simi Valley, California, on Wednesday night for the 2024 cycle's second deba...
Sep 27, 2023
Mike Pence calls out Trump for skipping debate: 'He ought to be on that debate stage'
ABC News(SIMI VALLEY, Calif.) -- In a wide-ranging interview Tuesday with ABC News' Linsey Davis, former vice president Mike Pence said his former running mate, former President Donald Trump, should b...
Sep 27, 2023
Growing number of Senate Democrats call on Sen. Bob Menendez to resign
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A growing number of Senate Democrats on Tuesday called on New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez to resign after a federal grand jury returned a sweep...
Sep 27, 2023
Top DOJ official warns of potential 'dangerous' shutdown impact on nation's cyber defenses
Westend61/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A government shutdown could have a "dangerous" impact on the nation's cyber defenses as well as on state and federal efforts to combat violent crime, a top Justic...
Sep 27, 2023
Supreme Court refuses Alabama Republicans' request to stop second Black voting district
Grant Faint/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday again rejected Alabama's push not to have to add a second Black district to their election map, with the justices refusing a r...
Sep 27, 2023
Cassidy Hutchinson says Trump said 'hang' as he watched rioters chant 'hang Mike Pence' on Jan. 6
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson claims without providing further evidence that former President Donald Trump said the word "hang" as he was watching rioters chan...
Sep 27, 2023
