This morning, the U.S. House voted 232-196 to set rules for an impeachment inquiry of President Trump. (This was not a vote on actual impeachment.) A sharply divided House voted nearly on party lines on the first formal vote on a process that’s likely to take months, possibly stretching into the early weeks of the 2020 election year. The vote was…
FILE – This file image made from video posted on a militant website April 29, 2019, purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, being interviewed by his group’s Al-Furqan media outlet. (Al-Furqan media via AP, File) The leader of the Islamic State who presided over its global jihad and became arguably the world’s most…
House lawmakers have passed a bill that makes animal cruelty a federal felony. It’s called the “Pact Act,” and it specifically bans crushing, burning, drowning and impaling animals, among other things. It would also allow officials to go after suspected animal abusers who cross state lines. According to its co-sponsor, Republican Congressman Vern Buchanan, it would also close a big…
Today in History
Today is Friday, Sept. 6, the 249th day of 2019. There are 116 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Sept. 6, 2006, President George W. Bush acknowledged for the first time that the CIA was running secret prisons overseas and said tough interrogation had forced terrorist leaders to reveal plots to attack the United States and its allies.
On this date:
In 1901, President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz (CHAWL’-gawsh) at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. (McKinley died eight days later; Czolgosz was
FILE – In this Aug. 3, 2017 file photo, Kevin Hart poses at Kevin Hart’s “Laugh Out Loud” new streaming video network launch event at the Goldstein Residence in Beverly Hills, Calif. Prodded by Ellen DeGeneres, Hart says he’ll reconsider his decision to step down as host of the Academy Awards. Two days after he was named as host last…
EL PASO, Texas (AP) – The Latest on a shooting at an El Paso shopping complex (all times local): 7 p.m. El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen says authorities are investigating a hate crime as among the possible motives in the shopping complex shooting that left 20 people dead and 26 more wounded. The chief says authorities are looking into…
EL PASO, Texas (AP) – The Latest on a shooting at an El Paso shopping complex (all times local): 4:10 p.m. Hospitals say they are treating 22 victims of the mass shooting at an El Paso shopping complex, not including a patient who died after arriving at one of the hospitals. The Del Sol Medical Center is treating 11 patients,…
