Former Vice President Kamala Harris will not run for California governor, she announced Wednesday, ending months of speculation following her 2024 defeat to Donald Trump in the presidential race. “In recent months, I have given serious thought to asking the people of California for the privilege to serve as their Governor,” Harris said in a prepared statement. “I love this …
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US elections Gubernatorial elections State & local races See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Former Vice President Kamala Harris announced Wednesday that she would not run for governor of California in 2026, ending questions about her interest in the role but raising new ones about the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee’s plans for the future. “For now, my leadership — …
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Facebook Tweet Email Link Grand jury transcripts the Justice Department is asking to unseal from its investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell include testimony from only two witnesses, both law enforcement officials, according to a Justice Department memo submitted late Tuesday. The admission raises further questions about whether the Trump administration’s long-shot bid to …
Read More »Some air traffic controllers wanted to close a helicopter route near Washington’s airport. It was abandoned as ‘too political.’ Politico Families of DC plane crash victims break down in hearing as new video is released ABC News NTSB hearing live updates: Army crew had trouble hearing air controllers before D.C. plane crash The Washington Post Final Conversation Revealed Between Black Hawk Pilot and …
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In today’s edition: more money for AI, a new CEO, and remembrances of a star executive gone too soon. – Senseless loss. Tragedy struck in midtown Manhattan on Monday, when a gunman entered 345 Park Avenue. Four people were killed—and one of them was Wesley LePatner, one of the highest-ranking women at Blackstone. At just 43, LePatner had risen to …
Read More »Trump administration halts, then releases, NIH research funding The Washington Post Trump Administration Scraps Effort to Pause Health-Research Funding – WSJ The Wall Street Journal Trump administration reverses course, lifts pause on NIH grant awards statnews.com Trump cuts to National Institutes of Health took more than $100M out of Pa. economy, according to local researcher WHYY White House backtracks on NIH funding hold amid …
Read More »Trump brings elite institutions to heel in $1.2 billion settlement spree Axios Harvard Is Said to Be Open to Spending Up to $500 Million to Resolve Trump Dispute The New York Times Harvard’s $500 million surrender to Trump heralds an end to US academic freedoms The Hill Harvard open to $500 million settlement with the Trump administration: report KOMO Trump administration wants Harvard to …
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Workers at a site in South Carolina that once made key parts for nuclear bombs in the U.S. have found a radioactive wasp nest but officials said there is no danger to anyone. Employees who routinely check radiation levels at the Savannah River Site near Aiken found a wasp nest on July 3 on a post near …
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ADDRESSING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order implementing an additional 40% tariff on Brazil, bringing the total tariff amount to 50%, to deal with recent policies, practices, and actions by the Government of Brazil that constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. The …
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The suspect alleged to have opened fire at a Reno, Nevada, casino Monday was identified as a local man with no known connections to his victims, police said Tuesday. Sparks police identified the dead as Southern California residents Andrew Canepa and Justin Aguila, both 33, and northwest Nevada resident Angel Martinez, 66. Aguila and Canepa were in Sparks for a …
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