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Live updates: 26-year-old suspect named in UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s shooting

Luigi Mangione, 26, was arrested in Pennsylvania in connection to the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City, after police recovered evidence and a fraudulent ID.

Mark Ruffalo presses Biden to act fast on ‘forever chemicals’ before Trump takes office

Actor and activist Mark Ruffalo is urging the Biden administration to take decisive regulatory action on "forever chemicals," as the return of President-elect Trump to the White House looms near. "The EPA has worked their butts off, against all odds, to get a drinking water standard on this particular chemical class," Ruffalo said at a...

Rep. Adam Smith calls on Johnson to strike transgender care ban from final NDAA

Rep. Adam Smith (Wash.), the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, is requesting Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) strike a provision from the annual defense policy bill targeting some medical treatments for transgender children. House and Senate negotiators unveiled a compromise version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) late Saturday, including a provision that would...

Russia’s authoritarianism and imperialism block a just peace in Ukraine

The Russo-Ukrainian war cannot end until all sides want a stable and just peace, and the greatest obstacle to such an outcome is the Russian regime, which is deeply authoritarian and hostile to Ukraine.

Police arrest person of interest Luigi Mangione in UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting

Police have identified Luigi Mangione, 26, as a person of interest in the deadly shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City last week, after Mangione was taken into custody in Pennsylvania earlier Monday. Mangione was arrested around 9 a.m. EST at a McDonald's in Altoona, about 280 miles west of New York...

Schiff: Trump jail threat ‘about sending a message that no one better hold him to account’ 

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said President-elect Trump’s threat to throw members of the House committee that investigated rioting at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in jail is a signal "that no one better hold him to account.” “This is not just about retribution against those of us on the committee," Schiff said on MSNBC’s...

NJ governor signs law prohibiting book bans

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) signed a law Monday prohibiting book banning in state libraries and schools. The law says school boards and the governing boards of public libraries need to create standards for how books are removed from shelves and how complaints are addressed. Books will not be allowed to be removed based...

Grassley rips Wray’s ‘failed’ leadership at FBI with 11 pages of examples in blistering ‘no confidence’ letter

Longtime Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley slammed FBI chiief Christopher Wray for "failed" leadership in a lengthy letter where he expressed "no confidence" in the director.

‘Gov’t knows best’: Biden admin breaks Obama record for filling Federal Register with most regulations

President Biden's administration has filled up the Federal Register with more pages of regulations than any other president in history, breaking President Barack Obama's record.

John Cornyn ‘inclined’ to back Trump FBI pick Kash Patel after Senate meeting

Sen. John Cornyn said after meeting with Kash Patel that he is inclined to support him to become the next FBI director.

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