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6 reasons it's the Year of Big Money in politics

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sure, there's always handwringing about money in politics. This time really is different, though - the first presidential race since the courts changed the rules, clearing the way for secret cash and freeing billionaires and businesses to write multimillion-dollar checks for their favorite candidates. It's the Year of Big Money....

6 reasons it's the Year of Big Money in politics

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sure, there's always handwringing about money in politics. This time really is different, though - the first presidential race since the courts changed the rules, clearing the way for secret cash and freeing billionaires and businesses to write multimillion-dollar checks for their favorite candidates. It's the Year of Big Money....

Marines discharge sergeant for Facebook posts

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:09
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A sergeant will be discharged for criticizing President Barack Obama on Facebook in a case that called into question the Pentagon's policies about social media and its limits on the speech of active duty military personnel, the Marine Corps said Wednesday....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Police probe threats to SFA panel

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:09
Police give security advice to members of a Scottish FA panel that handed out punishments to Rangers after their identities are revealed.
Categories: BBC, News

Draghi says Europe needs growth pact

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:09
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- European Central Bank head Mario Draghi gave a muted outlook for the European economy and called for a "growth compact" to restore lost competitiveness across Europe....

Draghi says Europe needs growth pact

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:09
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- European Central Bank head Mario Draghi gave a muted outlook for the European economy and called for a "growth compact" to restore lost competitiveness across Europe....

Draghi says Europe needs growth pact

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:09
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- European Central Bank head Mario Draghi gave a muted outlook for the European economy and called for a "growth compact" to restore lost competitiveness across Europe....

The '92 riot: Revisiting a dark day in LA history

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:09
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Henry Keith Watson remembers April 29, 1992, as if it happened just last week. History won't allow him to forget it....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

The '92 riot: Revisiting a dark day in LA history

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:09
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Henry Keith Watson remembers April 29, 1992, as if it happened just last week. History won't allow him to forget it....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Supreme Court hints OK on Ariz. immigration law

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bucking the Obama administration, Supreme Court justices seemed to find little trouble Wednesday with major parts of Arizona's tough immigration law that require police to check the legal status of people they stop for other reasons....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

House backs bill capping gov't spending on junkets

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Outraged by lavish government conferences on the taxpayers' tab, the House easily approved a measure Wednesday to impose tough limits on future events and how much agencies can spend as well as to create a one-stop system for Americans to track where federal dollars go....

House backs bill capping gov't spending on junkets

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Outraged by lavish government conferences on the taxpayers' tab, the House easily approved a measure Wednesday to impose tough limits on future events and how much agencies can spend as well as to create a one-stop system for Americans to track where federal dollars go....

House backs bill capping gov't spending on junkets

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Outraged by lavish government conferences on the taxpayers' tab, the House easily approved a measure Wednesday to impose tough limits on future events and how much agencies can spend as well as to create a one-stop system for Americans to track where federal dollars go....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

House backs bill capping gov't spending on junkets

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Outraged by lavish government conferences on the taxpayers' tab, the House easily approved a measure Wednesday to impose tough limits on future events and how much agencies can spend as well as to create a one-stop system for Americans to track where federal dollars go....

African Union: Sudan must stop bombing South Sudan

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:09
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- The African Union called on Sudan to stop its aerial bombardment of South Sudan and for both countries to cease hostilities, as an uneasy calm settled over the south Wednesday....

Senate: Make it tougher to close post offices

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Senate bill aimed at saving the U.S. Postal Service would make it harder to close thousands of low-revenue post offices and end Saturday mail delivery, even though the struggling agency says those moves are just what's needed to reduce its massive debt and become profitable again....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

House GOP responds with own bill to protect women

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans determined to show women voters that they have their interests at heart on Wednesday announced plans to renew the Violence Against Women Act, the federal government's main domestic violence program....

NY woman admits faking cancer in wedding scheme

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:09
GOSHEN, N.Y. (AP) -- A New York woman admitted Wednesday that she faked cancer to con donors out of money and services for her wedding and Caribbean honeymoon....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Marine out for Obama Facebook remark

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:09
A Marine who used his Facebook page to criticize President Obama was given an "other-than-honorable" discharge, a spokesman for the Marines said.
Categories: CNN, News

Connecticut abolishes death penalty

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-11 09:09
Gov. Dannel Malloy signed a bill that abolishes the death penalty, making his state the fifth in five years to usher in a repeal.
Categories: CNN, News
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