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US government nears shutdown after Donald Trump attacks bipartisan funding bill Financial Times Bernie Sanders blasts ‘President Elon Musk’ for derailing spending deal The Hill Trump, Musk fire back after Dem leader … Read More
SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Wednesday “to streamline and expedite the state’s response” to bird flu. The declaration is a result of more cases … Read More
CNN — The city of Aurora, Colorado, has reentered the national debate on immigration after a man and woman were dragged from a unit in an apartment complex Monday night … Read More
So-called murder hornets have been eradicated from the United States, officials announced Wednesday, five years after the invasive species was first identified in Washington state. The northern giant hornet has … Read More
In a stark acknowledgment of the increasing seriousness of bird flu’s spread, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California declared on Wednesday that the outbreak of infections among the state’s dairy cattle … Read More
The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a district court ruling in the nation’s first constitutional climate change trial , affirming that the youth plaintiffs have a “fundamental constitutional right to … Read More
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The shooter at a religious school in Wisconsin had two handguns with her but used only one in the attack that killed a teacher and a … Read More
The stopgap spending bill congressional leaders agreed on this week began as a simple funding measure to keep government funds flowing past a Friday night deadline and into early next … Read More
F.B.I. agents searched the home of a Los Angeles deputy mayor this week as part of an investigation into a bomb threat that officials believe he made against City Hall … Read More
