Kansas lawmakers advance crackdown on Chinese land buys, economic activity
Kansas lawmakers advanced proposals Wednesday to curb economic activity by Chinese entities, including farmland and business property purchases.
Former Trump impeachment witness registers to lobby for Ukraine aid
Gordon Sondland, the former diplomat who became a key witness in former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment over frozen Ukraine aid, is now working his contacts in Washington to ensure financial support for the country’s war with Russia keeps flowing. Sondland, who served as Trump’s ambassador to the European Union before getting wrapped up in
Tennessee bill authorizing use of death penalty for child rapists moves 1 step closer to becoming law
A Tennessee bill that would authorize the use of the death penalty for convicted child rapists has passed its first legislative hurdle as the Senate Judiciary Committee has moved the bill forward.
Former Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Raymond Chan convicted in sprawling bribery case
Raymond Chan, former Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles, has been convicted of fraud, bribery, racketeering and for 'giving false statements to investigators' in a corruption scandal.
Joe Lieberman, former Connecticut senator, 2000 vice presidential nominee, dead at 82
Joe Lieberman, a longtime senator from Connecticut who became the first Jewish American to be nominated on a major party’s ticket, died Wednesday afternoon.
Joe Lieberman, longtime senator and 2000 vice presidential pick, dies at 82
Former Senator Joe Lieberman on “The Takeout” Former Senator Joe Lieberman on “The Takeout” — 1/29/2021 46:35 Washington — Joe Lieberman, a longtime senator from Connecticut who was the Democratic Party’s nominee for vice president in 2000, died Wednesday in New York City. He was 82. Lieberman, who served in the upper chamber from 1989
Evers signs new laws designed to bolster safety of judges, combat human trafficking
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed into law Wednesday bipartisan bills designed to combat human trafficking and better protect judges; the bills were introduced after a retired WI judge was killed.