• Minnesota governor mobilizes National Guard to battle wildfires in northern part of state
    By Erwin Seba July 12 – Minnesota Governor Tim Walz mobilized state National Guard troops on Sunday to battle wildfires on the state’s northern border with Canada.  The fires have covered more than 800 acres in five days and are yet to be contained, according to a Minnesota state website. They are among the latest […]
  • McConnell says a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking weeks of silence about health condition
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Mitch McConnell on Sunday revealed for the first time that a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking the silence about his condition after weeks of mounting speculation about the Kentucky Republican’s health. McConnell, 84, said in a statement that he was “briefly unconscious” around the time he was first taken to the hospital and has […]
  • McConnell says a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking weeks of silence about health condition
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Mitch McConnell on Sunday revealed for the first time that a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking the silence about his condition after weeks of mounting speculation about the Kentucky Republican’s health. McConnell, 84, said in a statement that he was “briefly unconscious” around the time he was first taken to […]
  • The Media Line: Lindsey Graham, US Senator and Influential Voice on Middle East Policy, Dies at 71 
    Lindsey Graham, US Senator and Influential Voice on Middle East Policy, Dies at 71  By The Media Line Staff  US Sen. Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican whose three decades in Congress made him one of America’s most influential voices on national security, judicial affairs, and foreign policy—and one of Israel’s staunchest supporters—died Saturday after […]
  • DOJ investigating allegations around UAW President Shawn Fain
    By Kalea Hall and Nora Eckert DETROIT, July 12 (Reuters) – The Department of Justice is probing allegations that United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain took actions to improperly benefit his fiancée and retaliated against another senior union member who objected to the actions, according to internal union documents reviewed by Reuters. The lead counsel […]