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UPDATE: Pat Robertson, televangelist who mobilized Christian voters, dead at 93
UPDATED 9:48 A.M. (Reuters) - Pat Robertson, the televangelist who helped turn Christian conservatives into a potent force in U.S. politics, died at age 93 at his Virginia home, the Christian Broadcas...
Jun 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Evangelical Christian leader Pat Robertson takes his seat onstage ahead of a campaign rally with Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney in Virginia Beach, Virginia September 8, 2012. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Pence attacks Trump as he challenges his ex-boss in 2024 White House race
(Reuters) -Former Vice President Mike Pence, who loyally served Donald Trump for four years, on Wednesday blasted his former boss for the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol as he launched his campaign fo...
Jun 08, 2023 Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is greeted by supporters as he arrives with his wife Karen to make a U.S. presidential campaign announcement kicking off his race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination at a Future Farmers of America "enrichment center" in Ankeny, Iowa, U.S. June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Hollywood actor becomes latest arrested in Jan 6 Capitol assault
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Hollywood actor who has appeared on such TV shows as "Arrested Development" and the cartoon hit "Bob's Burgers," was arrested on Wednesday for his role in the U.S. Capitol ri...
Jun 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A mob of supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump fight with members of law enforcement at a door they broke open as they storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Trump lawyers notified that he is the target of classified documents probe
(Reuters) -Federal prosecutors have notified former U.S. President Donald Trump's attorneys he is the target of an investigation into his handling of classified materials, a person familiar with the m...
Jun 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a campaign event in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., April 27, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
House Republicans cancel vote to hold FBI director in contempt
(Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have abandoned plans for a vote on Thursday to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress over agency documents related to ...
Jun 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before a Senate Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on President Biden’s proposed budget request for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Craig Hudson
Peoria Public Library, union workers head to mediation after months of no new contract
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Public Library and the union that represents its workers will start mediation Wednesday after months without an agreement. AFSCME Local 3464, which represents the library worker...
Jun 07, 2023 (Peoria Public Library via Facebook)
UPDATE: Ex-US Vice President Mike Pence launches 2024 election bid, attacks Trump over Jan.6
UPDATED 2:13 P.M. (Reuters) - Former Vice President Mike Pence, who once served Donald Trump loyally, on Wednesday announced he would challenge his former boss for the Republican presidential nominati...
Jun 07, 2023 Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is greeted by supporters as he arrives with his wife Karen to make a U.S. presidential campaign announcement kicking off his race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination at a Future Farmers of America "enrichment center" in Ankeny, Iowa, U.S. June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Gunman shoots two dead, wounds five others at Virginia high school graduation
(Reuters) -A man armed with four handguns killed two people and wounded five others when he fired into a crowd outside a high school graduation ceremony in Richmond, Virginia, on Tuesday, police said....
Jun 07, 2023 Law enforcement officers investigate at the scene after a gunman opened fire in a park as high school graduates and their families emerged from a theater where commencement exercises had just concluded, in Richmond, Virginia, U.S. June 6, 2023 in this picture obtained from social media. Clark Frierson/Instagram @by.esign/via REUTERS
UPDATE: Trump backer-turned-critic Chris Christie makes White House run official
UPDATED 3:18 P.M. (Reuters) -Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Tuesday formally launched his 2024 presidential campaign, joining a growing Republican field led by former President Donald Tr...
Jun 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Republican Chris Christie speaks during the Heritage Action for America presidential candidate forum in Greenville, South Carolina on September 18, 2015. REUTERS/Chris Keane
Light plane that sparked scare lost contact soon after takeoff -NTSB
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Air traffic controllers lost contact shortly after takeoff with the pilot of a light plane that caused a security scare on Sunday when it flew over heavily restricted airspace ne...
Jun 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: US flags that surround the Washington Monument are seen on Memorial Day in Washington, U.S. May 29, 2023. REUTERS/Jon Cherry
