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House GOP issues criminal referrals against Biden’s kin

June 5, 2024, 6:00pm Politics

House Republicans issued criminal referrals Wednesday against President Joe Biden’s son and brother, accusing them of making false statements to Congress as part of the GOP’s yearlong impeachment inquiry. Read story

The city center is covered with debris after the Russian missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, May, 25, 2024.

Ukraine uses US weapons to strike inside Russia, a Western official tells AP

The city center is covered with debris after the Russian missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, May, 25, 2024.

June 5, 2024, 9:58am Nation & World

Ukraine has used U.S weapons to strike inside Russia in recent days, according to a Western official familiar with the matter. Read story

FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Trump Tower, May 31, 2024, in New York. Manhattan prosecutors urged a judge Wednesday to keep Donald Trump&rsquo;s gag order in place in his hush money criminal case at least until the former president is sentenced in July.

Prosecutors want Donald Trump to remain under a gag order at least until he’s sentenced July 11

FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Trump Tower, May 31, 2024, in New York. Manhattan prosecutors urged a judge Wednesday to keep Donald Trump&rsquo;s gag order in place in his hush money criminal case at least until the former president is sentenced in July.

June 5, 2024, 9:53am Latest News

Manhattan prosecutors urged a judge Wednesday to keep Donald Trump ’s gag order in place in his hush money criminal case at least until the former president is sentenced in July, opposing a defense request that the restrictions be lifted following his felony convictions last week. Read story

President Joe Biden is welcomed by France's Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, left, after arriving at Orly airport, south of Paris, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Biden is in France to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

Biden will mark D-Day anniversary in France as Western alliances face threats at home and abroad

President Joe Biden is welcomed by France's Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, left, after arriving at Orly airport, south of Paris, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Biden is in France to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

June 5, 2024, 9:35am Nation & World

United States President Joe Biden will mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in France this week as he tries to demonstrate steadfast support for European security at a time when some allies fear Donald Trump threatens to upend American commitments if he wins another term in the White House. Read story

Brian Heywood, from left, founder of Let&rsquo;s Go Washington, stands Tuesday with Washington State Republican Party Chair Jim Walsh in front of boxes of petitions for an initiative to repeal Washington&rsquo;s cap-and invest program.

GOP backers sue to keep fiscal impact of WA initiatives off the ballot

Brian Heywood, from left, founder of Let&rsquo;s Go Washington, stands Tuesday with Washington State Republican Party Chair Jim Walsh in front of boxes of petitions for an initiative to repeal Washington&rsquo;s cap-and invest program.

June 5, 2024, 8:11am Latest News

The GOP backers of three initiatives that could repeal or alter a trio of significant state policies are suing to keep information about the possible budget implications of each measure from appearing on voters’ ballots in November. Read story

Chinese migrants wait to be processed after crossing the border with Mexico on May 8, 2024, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. The U.N.&rsquo;s refugee agency has expressed concern over plans for new asylum restrictions in the United States. President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled plans to enact immediate significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as the White House tries to neutralize immigration as a political liability ahead of the November elections.

Biden rolls out asylum restrictions, months in the making, to help ‘gain control’ of the border

Chinese migrants wait to be processed after crossing the border with Mexico on May 8, 2024, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. The U.N.&rsquo;s refugee agency has expressed concern over plans for new asylum restrictions in the United States. President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled plans to enact immediate significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as the White House tries to neutralize immigration as a political liability ahead of the November elections.

June 5, 2024, 8:08am Nation & World

President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled plans to enact immediate significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as the White House tries to neutralize immigration as a political liability ahead of the November elections. Read story

Volunteer Rosemarie Hepner carries a bag during a shoreline trash pickup on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, at Anacostia Park in Washington. For decades, the Anacostia was treated as a municipal dumping ground for industrial waste, storm sewers and trash. A sewer upgrade in the city and decades of local environmental advocacy have brought improvements to the river, but change has come slowly.

In Washington, D.C., the city’s ‘forgotten river’ cleans up, slowly

Volunteer Rosemarie Hepner carries a bag during a shoreline trash pickup on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, at Anacostia Park in Washington. For decades, the Anacostia was treated as a municipal dumping ground for industrial waste, storm sewers and trash. A sewer upgrade in the city and decades of local environmental advocacy have brought improvements to the river, but change has come slowly.

June 5, 2024, 8:07am Nation & World

Bruce Holmes, 65, grew up fishing on the Anacostia River, a 9-mile (14-kilometer) urban waterway that flows through Washington, D.C. and parts of Maryland, and has long been defined by pollution and neglect. Read story

FILE - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., pauses before talking with reporters after a meeting with fellow Democrats, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Senate Democrats are holding a vote to move forward with legislation designed to protect women&rsquo;s access to contraception. The test vote on Wednesday comes as the Senate has abandoned hopes for doing serious bipartisan legislation before the election and as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democrats are trying to instead spotlight issues that they believe can help them win the presidency and keep the Senate in November. (AP Photo/J.

In an election year push on reproductive rights, Senate holds a test vote on access to contraception

FILE - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., pauses before talking with reporters after a meeting with fellow Democrats, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Senate Democrats are holding a vote to move forward with legislation designed to protect women&rsquo;s access to contraception. The test vote on Wednesday comes as the Senate has abandoned hopes for doing serious bipartisan legislation before the election and as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democrats are trying to instead spotlight issues that they believe can help them win the presidency and keep the Senate in November. (AP Photo/J.

June 5, 2024, 8:04am Politics

In an election year effort to put Republicans on record on reproductive rights issues, Senate Democrats are holding a vote Wednesday to move forward with legislation designed to protect women’s access to contraception. Read story