QUESTION OF THE DAY: Did Columbia make the right choice for police chief?
The City of Columbia unveiled the name of its newest police chief on Wednesday.
Continue ReadingThe City of Columbia unveiled the name of its newest police chief on Wednesday.
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Americans aren’t the only ones feeling the pinch of higher interest rates. The US government is shelling out way more money to cover interest payments on the national debt these days. Net interest costs soared to $659 billion in fiscal year 2023, which ended September 30, according to the
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Ginger Goepper only spoke to Ron DeSantis for 15 seconds in the summer of 2018, but the environmental advocate managed to secure an on-camera pledge from the Republican to ban fracking in Florida if he became governor. He kept that promise after he won. More than five years later, Goepper was “shocked” and “irritated”
Continue ReadingA St. Louis judge will hear arguments in a lawsuit challenging Missouri’s abortion ban on the grounds that lawmakers who passed the measure imposed their own religious beliefs on others who don’t share them.
Continue ReadingJill Schlude has been selected as the next Columbia police chief.
Continue ReadingBy Sam Fossum, Morgan Rimmer and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Law enforcement clashed with protesters calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war outside of the Washington headquarters of the Democratic National Committee Wednesday night, the latest eruption of tensions across the country over the Israel-Hamas war. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority
Continue ReadingCNN By Donald Judd, CNN Woodside, California (CNN) — US President Joe Biden said Wednesday he still believes Chinese President Xi Jinping is a dictator, even as the two leaders made progress in their relationship during a meeting outside San Francisco. “Well, look, he’s a dictator in the sense that he is a guy who
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd, CNN Woodside, California (CNN) — US President Joe Biden said Wednesday he still believes Chinese President Xi Jinping is a dictator, even as the two leaders made progress in their relationship during a meeting outside San Francisco. “Well, look, he’s a dictator in the sense that he is a guy who runs
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Closing arguments wrapped up Wednesday in Donald Trump’s disqualification trial in Colorado, paving the way for a state judge to decide by the end of this week whether the former president is barred from office under the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.” Colorado District Judge Sarah Wallace is expected to
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox and Annie Grayer, CNN The new speaker may have averted a government shutdown this week, but the major showdown over spending has merely been punted till January. Now, Speaker Mike Johnson has just two months to forge consensus within his fractious conference over a series of spending bills that don’t have the
Continue ReadingBy Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia on Wednesday wouldn’t rule out a departure from the Democratic Party, saying he’s never considered himself “a Washington Democrat” as he weighs a potential presidential run. “I’ve never considered myself a Washington Democrat. I’ve been a very independent person,” Manchin told CNN’s Kaitlan
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to endorse Donald Trump on Sunday, during an anticipated visit from the former president to the border city of McAllen, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The endorsement would be a major boon to the Trump campaign, especially
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County prosecutors asked a judge Wednesday to jail Harrison Floyd, who is charged in the 2020 election subversion case in Georgia, because of his alleged “effort to intimidate codefendants and witnesses,” according to court filings. This is the first time Fulton County District Attorney Fani
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju and Sam Fossum, CNN GOP Rep. Michael Guest, the chairman of the House Ethics Committee, told CNN that there would not be a recommendation on whether to expel Rep. George Santos from the House in the panel’s long-awaited report on his conduct. The decision to avoid an explicit recommendation could make it
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Rudy Giuliani plans to testify in his own defense at an upcoming civil trial over how much he must pay two women he defamed in Georgia while spreading disinformation about the 2020 election. Giuliani’s disclosure that he planned to take the stand in the Washington, DC, courtroom at the
Continue ReadingBy Nick Valencia, Jason Morris and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee said Wednesday that he plans to bar the public release of “sensitive” evidence in the Georgia election subversion case against former President Donald Trump and over a dozen others after key video evidence was leaked earlier this week.
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US government’s humanitarian agency will resume food assistance to Ethiopia next month after suspending it earlier this year, the agency’s spokesperson announced Tuesday. In June, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) suspended the aid nationwide after determining “that a widespread and coordinated campaign is diverting food assistance from the
Continue ReadingBy Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — New Hampshire will hold its “first-in-the-nation” presidential primary on January 23 next year, putting the state at odds with national Democrats and President Joe Biden, who will not be on the primary ballot. New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan made the announcement Wednesday at the statehouse in Concord. “We
Continue ReadingBy David Wright and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Eugene Vindman, the twin brother of retired US Army Col. Alexander Vindman – one of the high-profile witnesses during former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment – is set to announce plans to run for Congress, according to a source familiar with his plans. Vindman will be
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — A US warship shot down a drone that is believed to have originated from Yemen in the Red Sea on Wednesday, according to two US officials. The USS Thomas Hudner, an Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer, engaged a drone that originated from Yemen on Wednesday and was heading
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