Iran Launches Drone Attack Against Israel
White House
Iran Launches Drone Attack Against Israel
2024-04-13 21:38:19
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON – Iran launched a drone against Israel, the Israeli military said Saturday afternoon, in apparent retaliation for a deadly Israeli airstrike in early April on the Iranian Embassy complex in Damascus, Syria. President Joe Biden cut short his weekend... Read More

Rosalynn Carter, Outspoken Former First Lady, Dead at 96
Obituary
Rosalynn Carter, Outspoken Former First Lady, Dead at 96

ATLANTA (AP) — Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, has died at the age of 96. The Carter Center said she died Sunday after... Read More

As New Term Starts, Challenge to ‘Chevron’ Stars on High Court’s Docket
Supreme Court
As New Term Starts, Challenge to ‘Chevron’ Stars on High Court’s Docket
2023-09-29 18:50:35
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court returns to the bench on Monday to begin a term that will include major cases on gun rights, the Americans With Disabilities Act, social media use by public officials, racial gerrymandering in South Carolina, and... Read More

Injection-Free Diabetes Control May Be Within Reach
Health
Injection-Free Diabetes Control May Be Within Reach

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have designed a new implantable device to help in the treatment of Type 1 diabetes. One promising approach to treating Type 1 diabetes is implanting pancreatic islet cells that can... Read More

Honey Bees Faithful to Their Flowers
Environment
Honey Bees Faithful to Their Flowers

MADISON, Wis. — Once a honey bee gives its heart to a flower patch it is far more faithful than the roving bumble bee. In fact, 76% of honey bees in a recent study revisited the same plot of alfalfa... Read More

DOE Presents Solar District Cup Class of 2022–2023 Winners
Renewable Energy
DOE Presents Solar District Cup Class of 2022–2023 Winners
2023-05-03 14:46:46
by TWN Staff

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy announced the division winners and Project Pitch Champion in the Solar District Cup Collegiate Design Competition's Class of 2022-2023 during a live event held at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on Monday. According... Read More

Supreme Court Preserves Women’s Access to Abortion Drug
Supreme Court
Supreme Court Preserves Women's Access to Abortion Drug

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday evening ruled that women will continue to have access to the abortion pill mifepristone while the Biden administration appeals restrictions ordered by a lower federal court. In a brief order, the justices granted emergency... Read More

Social Security On Course to Run Short of Cash Ahead of Projections
Social Security
Social Security On Course to Run Short of Cash Ahead of Projections
2023-03-31 19:35:04
by TWN Staff

WASHINGTON — The Social Security Trust Fund is projected to run short of cash by 2033, one year earlier than projected last year, according to a report released Friday. The report followed a meeting of the Social Security and Medicare... Read More

Lawyer: Trump Indicted; 1st Ex-President Charged With Crime
Law
Lawyer: Trump Indicted; 1st Ex-President Charged With Crime

A lawyer for Donald Trump said Thursday he's been told that the former president has been indicted in New York on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter. It becomes... Read More

Wisconsin Gov. Highlights Clean Energy Economy Initiatives
In The States
Wisconsin Gov. Highlights Clean Energy Economy Initiatives
2023-03-28 17:24:14
by TWN Staff

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers plans to travel across Wisconsin this week to highlight economic initiatives in his 2023-25 biennial budget, a budget that was rejected March 23 by the State Building Commission. The state panel voted 4-4 on... Read More

Congressional Delegation Visits Taiwan in Tense US-China Moment
Congress
Congressional Delegation Visits Taiwan in Tense US-China Moment

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A delegation of U.S. lawmakers met with the head of Taiwan's legislature on Monday as part of a five-day visit to the self-ruled island that comes as U.S.-China relations remain tense after weeks of trading accusations... Read More

Biden Visits Ukraine Ahead of War Anniversary: ‘Kyiv Stands’
White House
Biden Visits Ukraine Ahead of War Anniversary: 'Kyiv Stands'

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Joe Biden paid an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Monday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a defiant display of Western solidarity with a country still fighting what he called “a brutal and unjust... Read More

Blinken: China’s Balloon Incursion ‘Must Never Happen Again’
Diplomacy
Blinken: China's Balloon Incursion 'Must Never Happen Again'

MUNICH (AP) — The top diplomats from the United States and China met on Saturday in the first high-level contact between their countries since the U.S. shot down an alleged Chinese spy balloon two weeks ago, with Secretary of State... Read More

Jimmy Carter, 39th US President, Enters Hospice Care at Home
In The News
Jimmy Carter, 39th US President, Enters Hospice Care at Home

ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter, who at 98 years old is the longest-lived American president, has entered home hospice care in Plains, Georgia, a statement from The Carter Center confirmed Saturday. After a series of short hospital stays,... Read More

Diversity Makes History in Michigan
In The States
Diversity Makes History in Michigan
2023-01-04 20:49:55
by Natalie McCormick

LANSING, Mich. — It was a turn of events that simply demanded one sit up and take notice. On Sunday morning, Jan. 1, Chad Livengood, politics editor and columnist at The Detroit News, tweeted, “As of this morning, there are... Read More

Nevada Governor: Joe Lombardo (R)
2022 Elections
Nevada Governor: Joe Lombardo (R)
2022-11-12 20:25:59
by TWN Staff

About the State The son of a U.S. Air Force veteran, Nevada Gov.-elect Joe Lombardo was born in Sapporo, Japan, on Nov. 8, 1962. He lived in Japan for over a decade before his family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada,... Read More

<strong>Trump Misses Deadline to Deliver Documents Congress Subpoenaed</strong>
Congress
Trump Misses Deadline to Deliver Documents Congress Subpoenaed
2022-11-05 00:01:39
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — The deadline came and went Friday for Donald Trump to deliver documents that answer the subpoena from the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. Lawmakers warned him he would suffer... Read More

Woodward and Bernstein Talk Nixon and Trump at SPJ’s MediaFest22
Media
Woodward and Bernstein Talk Nixon and Trump at SPJ’s MediaFest22
2022-10-29 21:00:28
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — You always can tell when the “rock stars” arrive at any given event.  In this case, the first indication was the growing murmur outside the meeting rooms on the Independence level of the Grand Hyatt hotel. Almost imperceptible... Read More

8th Circuit Puts Brakes on Biden Student Loan Forgiveness Program
Education
8th Circuit Puts Brakes on Biden Student Loan Forgiveness Program
2022-10-21 23:43:24
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON – Less than 24 hours after a federal judge said it could proceed, a federal appeals court has temporarily pumped the brakes on President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. The temporary stay of the program by the 8th U.S.... Read More

Your Medications May Be Hurting Your Teeth
Health
Your Medications May Be Hurting Your Teeth
2022-10-05 19:30:33
by TWN Staff

WASHINGTON — According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly seven in 10 adults between the ages of 40 and 79 used at least one prescription drug in the past 30 days in the United States, and approximately... Read More

Gorbachev, Who Redirected Course of 20th Century, Dies at 91
International
Gorbachev, Who Redirected Course of 20th Century, Dies at 91

MOSCOW (AP) — Before Mikhail Gorbachev came along, the Soviet Union seemed an immovable superpower in perpetual antagonism to the United States. With a breathtaking series of reforms, Gorbachev changed all that — and redirected the course of the 20th... Read More

Gunshots, Suicide Roil East Capitol Street Sunday Morning
Law Enforcement
Gunshots, Suicide Roil East Capitol Street Sunday Morning
2022-08-14 14:24:41
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — A Delaware man drove his car into the vehicle barricade at East Capitol Street and Second Street early Sunday morning, firing several shots into the air before turning his weapon on himself. The man has been identified as... Read More

Former President Trump Says FBI Agents Raided His Home at Mar-a-Lago
In The News
Former President Trump Says FBI Agents Raided His Home at Mar-a-Lago
2022-08-08 23:44:58
by Dan McCue

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Federal law enforcement officers searched former President Donald Trump’s home in Florida on Monday, prompting the ex-president to issue a lengthy statement via email saying in part, "my beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago ... is currently under siege,... Read More

Contentious Races, Numerous Candidates Define August’s Second Super Tuesday
2022 Elections
Contentious Races, Numerous Candidates Define August's Second Super Tuesday
2022-08-05 19:33:34
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — There will be no shortage of names on the ballots in four states as 2022’s elongated primary season continues. Some of the contests have already taken unexpected twists and turns and all, on some level, will be a... Read More

Global Demand for Coal Set to Return to All-Time High
Energy
Global Demand for Coal Set to Return to All-Time High
2022-08-01 18:50:59
by Dan McCue

PARIS — Despite slowing economic growth and market turbulence, the global demand for coal continues to rise and could, by the end of this year, match the record high the sector last saw a decade ago, the International Energy Agency... Read More

Jackson Sworn In, Becomes 1st Black Woman on Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Jackson Sworn In, Becomes 1st Black Woman on Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in to the Supreme Court on Thursday, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation's highest court. The 51-year-old Jackson is the court's 116th justice, and she took... Read More

Federal Appeals Court Stays FDA Ban on Juul E-Cigarettes
Regulation
Federal Appeals Court Stays FDA Ban on Juul E-Cigarettes

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Friday stayed the Food and Drug Administration's ban on sales of Juul Labs Inc's e-cigarettes, after the company appealed the agency's order on the grounds the ban would cause it "irreparable harm." The... Read More

Biden Signs Landmark Gun Measure Into Law
White House
Biden Signs Landmark Gun Measure Into Law
2022-06-25 16:20:30
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades into law Saturday morning, declaring “lives will be saved” as a result of a bipartisan compromise reached in the shadow of a wake of recent mass... Read More

Thousands Converge on Washington Mall to Demand New Gun Laws
Guns
Thousands Converge on Washington Mall to Demand New Gun Laws
2022-06-12 16:24:15
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Thousands rallied under a mostly overcast sky on the National Mall on Saturday to demand Congress pass new gun control measures after a recent rash of deadly mass shootings. The peaceful protest in Washington was just one of... Read More

Governors Forming Task Force to Address Mass Shootings
Guns
Governors Forming Task Force to Address Mass Shootings

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The leaders of the National Governors Association said Friday they're forming a bipartisan working group to come up with recommendations to stop mass shootings following the Texas school massacre. Reaching consensus could be a tall... Read More

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