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Sen. Mitch McConnell’s spokesperson has a new update on his ailing, elderly and publicly unseen boss. David Popp told the Washington Post Saturday that McConnell — the 84-year-old senator who has spent weeks in the hospital — is hard at work. “The Senator continues to meet with staff regarding Senate and Kentucky business,” Popp … Read more
President Donald Trump is embroiled in an arsenic-laced dirt fight — and opponents say his administration is fighting dirty, reports show. The Trump administration is refusing to allow testing on soil it dumped on a public golf course in Washington, D.C. despite National Park Service findings the dirt contains arsenic and lead, according to new … Read more
A former CIA director on Saturday slammed the Trump administration for a cover-up he predicts is doomed to fail. In an interview with The Guardian, Leon Panetta laid out how he believes the Pentagon is trying to combat press access amid the war in Iran. “There’s a deliberate effort here to basically withhold information from … Read more
A Democratic Senate hopeful on Saturday shredded Robert F. Kennedy Jr. like the lettuce Americans are now afraid to eat. U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-MI) tore into the scandal-plagued Health and Human Services secretary as the nation faced a Cyclospora parasite outbreak — linked to contaminated shredded iceberg lettuce — under his watch.continue … Read more
President Donald Trump’s insistence that a Qatari-donated jumbo jet be ready to serve as a temporary Air Force One in time for the nation’s 250th birthday led to the omission of several key security features found on the current presidential fleet, a New York Times investigation revealed Friday. Trump demanded the retrofitted 747-8 be … Read more
Congressional lawmakers are hitting the brakes on the Pentagon’s efforts to to quietly move forward with powering AI, per Politico. The Department of Defense is already leasing land to private companies to build data centers proposed for military bases, but the move is drawing scrutiny from members of Congress, according to reporting by Politico. “It’s … Read more
President Donald Trump’s Forest Service chief, Tom Schultz, was exposed Saturday for having potentially lied during a congressional hearing earlier this week, a potential lie that may very well prove fatal. On Wednesday, Rep. Angie Craig (DFL-MN) pressed Schultz on whether the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts from early on in the second … Read more
An employee for a right-wing think tank and MAGA lobbyist was caught trying to sneak drugs and pistol ammo into Senate offices, per NOTUS. Heritage Foundation employee Matthew Christopher Wingate faces a drug-possession charge after security at the Russell Senate Office Building found a substance that tested presumptive positive as cocaine and fentanyl continue reading … Read more
DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — A Durham County judge threw out multiple claims centered on an unfinished castle that stands at the top of Red Mountain in Person County. Local sculptor Robert Mihaly, who owns Castle Mont Rouge in Rougemont, faced a lawsuit filed by a woman he once dated for less than a year. According … Read more
WILSON, N.C. (WNCN) — Local authors will gather in Wilson this weekend for the inaugural Black Author Expo, an event designed to celebrate Black writers, encourage literacy and connect readers with authors from their own community. The expo will be held Saturday at Dee’s House, 810 Reid St. E. in Wilson. Doors open at 2 … Read more
