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Schumer warns of a shutdown if Republicans don’t accept Dems’ health care demands

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer weathered backlash from Democrats earlier this year when he voted with Republicans to keep the government open. But he’s now willing to risk a shutdown at the end of the month if Republicans don’t accede to ...
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Trump says he’ll send National Guard to Memphis to address crime concerns

President Donald Trump said Friday he’ll send the National Guard to Memphis to address crime concerns there with the support of the mayor and the governor. Since sending the National Guard to Los Angeles and Washington, the Republican president has openly mused about sending troops ...
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Right-wing anger surges as Kirk’s killing fuels calls for vengeance

By Joseph Tanfani, Ned Parker and John Shiffman (Reuters) -As the manhunt for the killer of conservative activist Charlie Kirk stretched into Thursday evening, his death ignited a wave of fury on the far right, where some Trump supporters cast the murder as a political ...
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Tension lingers at Utah campus traumatized by Charlie Kirk killing

By Andrew Hay OREM, Utah (Reuters) -The campus of Utah Valley University was mostly deserted and silent on Thursday, a stark contrast with the scenes of panic and disbelief that erupted 24 hours earlier when a sniper killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk in front of ...
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US Senate loosens rule to speed confirmation of some Trump nominees

By Richard Cowan and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Thursday rammed a change in one of the chamber’s long-standing rules that will allow faster and easier confirmations of President Donald Trump’s executive-branch nominees. Following months of complaining that Democrats were slowing ...
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Son of billionaire Patriots owner Josh Kraft drops out of Boston mayor’s race against Michelle Wu

BOSTON (AP) — Josh Kraft, the son of the New England Patriots’ owner, announced Thursday he is dropping his bid to unseat Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, days after advancing to the November ballot. He announced the move on WCVB-TV after Kraft and Wu bested two ...
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Kirk slaying prompts US lawmakers to confront an old adversary: Threats to their lives

By Bo Erickson, Nolan D. McCaskill and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Representative Rick Crawford was aware of the danger of political violence in the United States long before this week’s killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, and he has his own coping strategy: a ...
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US Rep. Emanuel Cleaver faces off with Missouri lawmakers seeking to reshape his district

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Facing those seeking to oust him from office, Democratic U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver warned Missouri lawmakers on Thursday that a redistricting plan backed by President Donald Trump is reopening decades-old racial divisions in Kansas City. Cleaver flew from the ...
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While Johnson calls to lower temperature, House Republicans finger-point in Kirk killing

(WASHINGTON) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson urged lawmakers “to turn the temperature down” on Capitol Hill following the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.“You will hear me, as I have always done, I'm trying to turn the temperature down around here. I always do ...
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Trump condemns political violence, but doesn’t mention attacks on Democrats

(WASHINGTON) -- While President Donald Trump has called for an end to political violence following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, he did not recognize or acknowledge the recent threats, violent attacks and killings of Democrats.During his remarks Wednesday night, hours after Kirk, a conservative ...
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Political violence in US mirrors 1960s turmoil, historian warns after Charlie Kirk shooting

(WASHINGTON) -- Political violence and extreme rhetoric in the United States today mirror the turbulent 1960s, but with key differences that make the current era particularly challenging, according to presidential historian Mark Updegrove."The 1960s were another time of great upheaval and discord and division," ...
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Trump announces he will posthumously award Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump, at a memorial event at the Pentagon on Thursday on the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, announced he will posthumously award Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom.Kirk, a prominent conservative activist, was shot during an event at Utah Valley ...
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