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Alaska House Democrat's chief of staff arrested for DUI in Juneau, blew well over legal limit

The chief of staff for an Alaska House Democrat was arrested early on a Sunday morning in Juneau after police say she was caught speeding down the center of the road with open containers of alcohol in her car, and…
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Federal judge finds Pentagon in defiance of court order on press access

A federal judge in Washington ruled Thursday that the Pentagon is obstructing journalists and defying an earlier court order that required the Department of Defense to restore access to credentialed reporters, a finding that sets up a direct clash between…
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Sotomayor complains about Trump's emergency Supreme Court appeals — but the Court keeps ruling in his favor

Justice Sonia Sotomayor told a law school audience Thursday that the Trump administration's use of the Supreme Court's emergency docket is "unprecedented in the court's history", a complaint that says less about executive overreach than it does about the liberal…
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Michelle Obama declares America is in a 'janky' era on her podcast

Former first lady Michelle Obama told comedian Hasan Minhaj on her "IMO" podcast Wednesday that the United States is living through a "janky" version of itself, a word she returned to again and again as she described a country she…
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Husband arrested after wife vanishes in Bahamas — and a 2015 domestic violence report adds troubling context

Brian Hooker was arrested by the Royal Bahamas Police Force in connection with the disappearance of his wife, Lynette Hooker, 55, who vanished during a boating trip near Elbow Cay last weekend. His lawyer called the arrest "shocking." But a…
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Man accused of fatally stabbing woman on Charlotte light rail found incompetent to stand trial

The man charged with killing a 23-year-old Ukrainian immigrant on a Charlotte, North Carolina, light rail train last August will not face trial any time soon. Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr., 34, has been deemed "incapable to proceed" after a psychiatric…
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Tulare County detective killed in ambush while serving eviction notice; suspect run over by armored vehicle

A Tulare County sheriff's detective was shot and killed Thursday morning while serving an eviction notice in Porterville, California, after a suspect opened fire with a high-powered rifle in what the sheriff described as a deliberate ambush. The suspect, David…
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New York Mayor Mamdani pushes tax hikes while framing policy around race

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) laid out a governing vision on April 6 built on two pillars: higher taxes on top earners and a racial equity framework that explicitly centers city policy on outcomes for "black and brown…
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House Republicans block Democrats' bid to restrict Trump's Iran war powers

House Democrats showed up to a pro forma session Thursday and tried to force through a resolution limiting President Trump's authority to conduct military operations against Iran. They failed. Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), presiding as speaker pro tempore, gaveled the…
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Ohio man becomes first person convicted under Melania Trump's Take It Down Act

A 37-year-old Columbus, Ohio, man pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to cybercrimes that included creating and distributing AI-generated sexually explicit images, marking the first conviction under the Take It Down Act, the law First Lady Melania Trump championed and…
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