CNN — A 30-year-old councilman in the borough of Sayreville, New Jersey, was found shot to death in his car Wednesday, according to authorities. Eunice Dwumfour, a Republican councilwoman, was found by police with multiple gunshot wounds just after 7 p.m. Wednesday and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Middlesex County officials. Dwumfour … Read more
Washington CNN — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders will deliver the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s upcoming State of the Union address, according to an announcement from GOP congressional leaders. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced Thursday that Sanders will deliver the Republican Address to the Nation from … Read more
CNN — The Republican-led House of Representatives voted Thursday to pass a resolution to remove Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee. House Republicans have argued that Omar should not serve on the committee in light of past statements she has made regarding Israel, which in some cases have been criticized … Read more
CNN — President Joe Biden announced Thursday that his director of the National Economic Council, Brian Deese, plans to step down from his role, a long-awaited confirmation of an expected departure. Biden’s statement gave no details on a successor or the timing of Deese’s departure, but praised his top economist’s work during a difficult time … Read more
CNN — Two witnesses in the murder trial of Alex Murdaugh told a court Wednesday they are “100%” sure Murdaugh’s voice is on recordings that prosecutors say undermine the disgraced former South Carolina attorney’s claim that he was not at the scene of the killings , when his wife Maggie and 22-year-old son Paul were … Read more
CNN — With hundreds of thousands still without power in Texas on Thursday amid frigid temperatures and icy roads, the Northeast is bracing for a blast of bitterly cold air that forecasters say could be the coldest felt in decades. Texas has borne the brunt of a dangerous ice storm that dumped multiple rounds of … Read more
CNN — Treacherous road conditions are now linked to three deaths in Texas as a wave of ice and sleet continues to hammer parts of the southern and central United States into the overnight hours. A 49-year-old woman was killed this week when she lost control of her truck on an icy road north of … Read more
CNN — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy did not walk away from his long-awaited meeting at the White House on Wednesday with a deal in hand to tackle the debt limit, but signaled optimism that both he and President Joe Biden can reach consensus “long before” US reaches standard. McCarthy and the president traded political jabs … Read more
CNN — Federal law enforcement officials are investigating a U.S. Navy veteran’s claim that Rep. George Santos has raised money for a life-saving operation for his dying dog only to walk away with the money. Rich Osthoff, the veteran, told CNN he spoke to a pair of FBI agents about the incident on Wednesday on … Read more
CNN — In a closed-door hearing last week on the fate of the Colorado River, representatives from California’s powerful water districts proposed modeling what the basin’s future would look like if some of the West’s biggest cities — including Phoenix and Las Vegas — were cut off from the river’s water supply, three of the … Read more