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Youngkin receives backlash after taking $2M from TikTok investor despite app ban
Julia Eisen – WMAL News | October 5, 2023Back in December, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin banned TikTok use from state government devices but now critics say Youngkin has accepted large donati...
Oct 05, 2023
Trump campaign says he raised more than $45 million in 3rd quarter, far surpassing DeSantis
Associated Press | October 4, 2023Donald Trump's campaign said Wednesday it raised more than $45.5 million in the third quarter of the year - a haul that far surpasses Ron DeSantis, the man once seen ...
Oct 05, 2023
Wisconsin Republicans consider $614M plan to fund Milwaukee Brewers stadium repairs
Associated Press | October 4, 2023MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The public will get a chance to sound off Thursday on a Republican-authored plan to hand the Milwaukee Brewers more than $614 million in public f...
Oct 05, 2023
Thousands of US health care workers go on strike in multiple states over wages and staff shortages
Associated Press | October 4, 2023LOS ANGELES (AP) - Picketing began Wednesday at Kaiser Permanente hospitals as some 75,000 health care workers went on strike in Virginia, California and three other ...
Oct 04, 2023
Kevin McCarthy is out as speaker of the House. Here’s what’s next
Associated Press | October 4, 2023WASHINGTON (AP) - The House of Representatives is entering uncharted territory after a far-right effort to remove fellow Republican Kevin McCarthy from the ...
Oct 04, 2023
Biden presses student debt relief as payments resume after the coronavirus pandemic pause
Associated Press | October 4, 2023WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden announced another wave of federal student loan forgiveness on Wednesday as borrowers brace for payments to restart after a three...
Oct 04, 2023
Virginia Railway Express to increase fares, start weekend service
Julia Eisen – WMAL News | October 3, 2023The Virginia Railway Express (VRE) is looking to increase its fares for the first time since 2020.The proposed preliminary FY25 budget is hoping to balan...
Oct 03, 2023
Child sex abuse lawsuit filed against Archdiocese of Washington
Julia Eisen – WMAL News | October 3, 2023The Archdiocese of Washington is facing a class action lawsuit, now that a new Maryland law has eliminated statutes of limitations on civil claims.By lif...
Oct 03, 2023
US Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas is carjacked by three armed attackers about a mile from the Capitol
Associated Press | October 3, 2023WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar was carjacked by three armed attackers but was unharmed, the Texas Democrat's office said.Cuellar's chief of staff Jacob Hoc...
Oct 03, 2023
California governor names Laphonza Butler, former Kamala Harris adviser, to Feinstein Senate seat
Associated Press | October 2, 2023LOS ANGELES (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom has selected Laphonza Butler, a Democratic strategist and adviser to Kamala Harris' 2020 presidential campaign, to fil...
Oct 02, 2023
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