A Republican in a district Kamala Harris won could give Democrats a run for their moneyBy Katherine Koretski, CNN (CNN) — Mike Lawler is one of the most vulnerable Republicans in Congress this election cycle, one of only three representing a district that Kamala Harris won in 2024. But in a year when political headwinds seem to be blowing in Democrats’ favor, combat veteran and Biden administration alum Cait ConleyABC17News.com1d agoWhole story →GovernmentSecurity2024 house election
Germany arrests former foreign intelligence chief on treason and spying allegationsStory by AP BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s federal prosecutor’s office said a former foreign intelligence chief was arrested Tuesday on espionage allegations. August Hanning, 80, served as president of the Federal Intelligence Service, or BND, from December 1998 to November 2005. He is “strongly suspected of treasonous espionage, spying out state secrets,…ABC17News.com1d agoWhole story →Securitygerman espionage arrests
California woman arrested and charged with acting as unregistered agent for China, prosecutor saysBy Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The FBI on Sunday arrested a 34-year-old California woman who has been charged with acting as an unregistered agent for China, First Assistant US Attorney for the Central District of California, Bill Essayli, said in a social media post. Wanying “Heather” Zhang, of Irvine, allegedly surveilled a closeABC17News.com3d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticechina espionage arrest
Clarence Thomas is in the hot seat for Supreme Court’s biggest climate case in yearsBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — As one of the Supreme Court’s most stalwart conservative and prolific justices, Clarence Thomas’ views on the biggest cases of the day — from guns to race to religion — are rarely in doubt. Yet when it comes to perhaps the most significant climate change-related case to reach theABC17News.com4d agoWhole story →PlanetClarence Thomassupreme court climate case
Family of Renee Good sues US government and Trump officials over her deathBy Whitney Wild, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The family of an American woman shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has filed two civil lawsuits related to her death, according to court records filed Thursday in Minnesota federal court. Renee Good was killed January 7 by ICE agent Jonathan Ross inABC17News.com6d agoWhole story →GovernmentEconomyice shooting lawsuit
Former Fulton cop pleads guilty to federal child porn chargesCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Fulton police officer pleaded guilty to federal charges related to child sex abuse materials, according to a Wednesday press release from the Department of Justice. Jimmy Joe Culbertson, 68, of Columbia, pleaded guilty to two counts of producing child sex abuse materials and one count of possessing child sex abuseABC17News.com7d agoWhole story →JusticeSecuritychild porn guilty plea
Troy Jackson apologizes for remarks about Jewish Maine residents’ views of Gaza warBy Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — Troy Jackson, the Democratic nominee in Maine’s battleground Senate race, apologized on Wednesday for saying it is “unfortunate” that Jewish residents of the state do not like to label the war in Gaza a genocide. “I believe what’s happening in Gaza is genocide, and I also understand that wordABC17News.com7d agoWhole story →GovernmentSecuritymaine senate race controversy
Democrats block data centers bill, derailing Senate GOP bid to act on affordability ahead of midtermsBy Ellis Kim, Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked a GOP-led bill to combat rising energy costs driven by the data center boom, thwarting a last-ditch effort by Republicans to show they are taking voter concerns about affordability seriously. Even though the bill only recommends states take action and does notABC17News.com7d agoWhole story →PlanetTechnologyHR 9340senate rejects hr 9340
US inflation remained stubborn last month as Iran war continued to lift pricesBy Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge remained elevated in August, underscoring the persistence of above-normal price increases, new data showed Wednesday. The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index rose 0.3% from July, bringing the annual rate to 3.4%, unchanged from the month before, according to new data…ABC17News.com7d agoWhole story →SecurityEconomyinflation report
