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Today in History: December 2, Senate condemns McCarthy
Today in History Today is Saturday, Dec. 2, the 336th day of 2023. There are 29 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 2, 1954, the U.S. Senate passed, 67-22, a resolution condemning Republican Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy of...
Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has died at age 93
WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, an unwavering voice of moderate conservatism and the first woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, died Friday. She was 93. O’Connor died in Phoenix, of complications related to advanced dementia and a...
Wisconsin Senate Democrats choose Hesselbein as new minority leader
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats in the Wisconsin state Senate have a new leader. The caucus elected Dianne Hesselbein of Middleton on Friday to replace Melissa Agard as minority leader, the caucus' assistant leader, Jeff Smith, said in a news release. The move came...
Republicans again target Democrat Lucy McBath in Georgia congressional map that keeps 9-5 GOP edge
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republicans on Friday proposed to redraw the state's congressional districts to create a new court-ordered Black majority district, maintaining the current 9-5 Republican congressional majority and again targeting Democratic U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath's district for wholesale...
Klete Keller, Olympic gold medalist swimmer, gets 6 months in home detention for Jan. 6 Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (AP) — Olympic gold medalist swimmer Klete Keller, who threw his USA team jacket in a trash can after he stormed the U.S. Capitol, was sentenced on Friday to six months of home detention for joining the mob's Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the seat of American democracy. At...
Senate Democrats authorize subpoenas in the Supreme Court ethics probe as Republicans stage walkout
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to authorize subpoenas for two prominent conservatives who arranged luxury travel and other benefits for Supreme Court justices, but Republicans planned to object to the legitimacy of the action. The...
Wisconsin state Senate Democratic leader plans to run for a county executive post in 2024
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin state Senate's top Democrat announced Thursday that she's going to leave the body to run for local office in 2024. Senate Minority Leader Melissa Agard of Madison said she will run to replace retiring Dane County Executive Joe Parisi. State law...
Opponents gave input on ballot language for abortion-rights measure, Ohio elections chief says
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose consulted with three prominent anti-abortion groups while drafting the contested ballot language used to describe Issue 1, an abortion-rights measure overwhelmingly approved by voters earlier this month, cleveland.com reported...
Senate Majority Leader Schumer warns that antisemitism is on the rise as he pushes for Israel aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat who is the highest-ranked Jewish elected official in the U.S., warned Wednesday that antisemitism in the United States has reached levels unseen in generations and called on his fellow Democrats to clearly condemn it. ...
Georgia Republicans move to cut losses as they propose majority-Black districts in special session
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers opened a special session Wednesday as majority Republicans moved to minimize their losses while also trying to increase the number of Black-majority districts to comply with a federal court order. It’s one in a series of redistricting sessions...
