A Janesville couple celebrating their 56th wedding anniversary with a trip to the nation’s capital were killed Thursday night in a lightning strike at Lafayette Park across from the White House, District of Columbia officials and a family member said Friday.The victims were identified as James Mueller, 76, and Donna Mueller, 75.The Associated Press reported a third victim, a 29-year-old…
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina mocked Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday as the Senate debated a resolution on Sweden and Finland’s accession to NATO.”One person that I want to thank, that I usually don’t give a whole big shout out to, is President Putin from Russia. Without you, we wouldn’t be here,”…
Vice President Kamala Harris announced plans to invest $1 billion in climate projects for more than 343 cities across the United States.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The co-pilot of a small cargo plane died Friday after falling from the aircraft in North Carolina before it made an emergency landing.Newsoutletsreport that the body of the co-pilot, 23-year-old Charles Hew Crooks, was found in a backyard in the town of Fuquay-Varina, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of the…
The Las Vegas Valley saw widespread flooding after severe thunderstorms, leaving multiple casinos on the Las Vegas Strip with water damage.
WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said last month that he wouldn’t allow the Senate to pass a bipartisan bill on computer chips if Democrats tried to revive their “Build Back Better” agenda. On Wednesday, the Senate approved the bipartisan tech manufacturing bill, and hours later Democrats announced a breakthrough on their big…
Former President Donald Trump gloated over a poll identifying Mitch McConnell as the least popular US senator, making the questionable claim that he was to thank.In the latest attack in his feud with the Senate minority leader, Trump posted a screenshot Monday of a Morning Consult poll on his Truth Social page. It was accompanied…
Marc Short, the ex-chief of staff to former vice president Mike Pence, said during a Monday interview that he believes there would have been a “massacre” on January 6, 2021, if the rioters who breached the US Capitol that day had gotten closer to the then-vice president, according to ABC News.Short — who was with…
First lady Jill Biden was heckled by unknown bystanders on Wednesday as she walked into a Connecticut ice cream shop.”Your husband is the worst President we ever had, you owe us gas money,” a man shouted at Biden as she walked into the Arethusa Farms ice cream shop in New Haven.”Thank you! Thank you for your…
Two of the Secret Service agents whose text messages were requested by the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general include the head of former President Donald Trump’s protective detail and the head of the US Secret Service, The New York Times reported Thursday.Robert Engel, Trump’s lead agent, and James Murray, the outgoing director of the…