L.A. Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson wins the council presidency, will replace Krekorian As president, he will have the power to determine the makeup of council committees dealing with public safety, homelessness, the city budget and many other high-profile issues. A close ally of Mayor ... 05/28/2024 - 11:41 am | View Link
Harris-Dawson Confirmed as Next LA City Council President The Los Angeles City Council Tuesday confirmed the nomination of President Pro Tem Marqueece Harris-Dawson as the next council president. In a 14-0 vote, with Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez absent, the ... 05/28/2024 - 11:34 am | View Link
What the mayor, city council election results mean for Salem In the wake of the 2024 Primary Election, Salem is set to have a new mayor and three new councilors come January. 05/24/2024 - 12:19 am | View Link
L.A. City Council approves Mayor Karen Bass' budget, cutting 1,700 vacant positions The Los Angeles City Council signed off on Mayor Karen Bass' $12.8 billion budget on Thursday, cutting 1,700 vacant positions and engaging in a back-and-forth over police spending. On a 12 to 3 vote, ... 05/23/2024 - 4:14 pm | View Link
NYC council introduces bill to increase oversight over mayoral picks for top jobs The new bill would add 20 commissioner-level spots to be subject to a confirmation process, including the heads of the Department of Transportation, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, ... 05/23/2024 - 3:00 pm | View Link
The relationship between foreign governments and members of Congress is generating headlines and drawing scrutiny. First, on May 3, the Department of Justice charged Texas Representative Henry Cuellar with bribery, money laundering, and doing work on behalf of a foreign government. Then on May 15, the trial began for New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez, who stands charged with using his office to facilitate favorable deals and agreements involving select businesspeople and the Egyptian and Qatari governments.
When the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi went missing on May 19, initial reports said nine passengers were on board, including two bodyguards. But after the wreckage was finally found, the number of bodies was eight. Four days later, the mystery of the second bodyguard was revealed in social media posts: Javad Mehrabl is seen leaning disconsolately in the rear of the memorial service for Raisi.
The Royal Family has removed Prince Harry’s 2016 statement addressing the racist and sexist comments Meghan Markle received following public knowledge of the couple’s relationship from their website.
The statement was released that November by Harry’s spokesperson following a “wave of abuse and harassment” Harry’s now-wife was facing from the British press and social media users.
Melinda French Gates says she will be donating $1 billion over the next two years to individuals and organizations working on behalf of women and families globally, including on reproductive rights in the United States.
French Gates earlier this month announced she would step down from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and vowed to focus on women and families.
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French Gates, one of the biggest philanthropic supporters of gender equity in the U.
T-Mobile is buying U. S. Cellular’s wireless operations and certain spectrum assets in a deal valued at $4.4 billion, and further consolidating the industry.
T-Mobile would get more than 4 million new customers and control of U. S. Cellular’s wireless operations and about 30% of spectrum assets across several spectrum bands.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s campaign on Tuesday showed up outside former President Donald Trump’s New York City criminal hush money trial with actor Robert De Niro and a pair of former police officers in an effort to refocus the presidential race on the Jan. 6, 2021, U. S. Capitol insurrection.
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It was a sharp about-face for Biden’s team, which had largely ignored the trial since it began six weeks ago and is now looking to capitalize on its drama-filled closing moments, sending the “Goodfellas” actor and the first responders who were at the Capitol on Jan.