Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) has alleged in court filings that her now-ex-husband abused her while they were still married. Ernst said in divorce documents that Gail Ernst subjected her to emotional and physical abuse during their nearly 26-year marriage, the Des Moines Register reported on Tuesday. This included a physical assault after she confronted him about […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new government report says that the U.S. budget deficit is set to hit $897 billion this year and predicts that economic growth will slow as the effects of President Donald Trump’s tax cut on business investment begin to drop off. The Congressional Budget Office Report predicts a $118 billion increase over […]
WASHINGTON ― William Barr, President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, raised doubts on Tuesday that he would release to the public the complete final report by the special counsel team led by Robert Mueller. Barr, seeking to reassure members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday about his ability to oversee the probe into […]
A 65-year-old man clung to the hood of an SUV as it traveled at speeds of up to 70 miles an hour following a road rage incident on the Massachusetts Turnpike. The man, Richard Kamrowski, and the driver of the SUV, 37-year-old Mark Fitzgerald, were involved in a minor sideswipe on Saturday and had pulled over […]
By Kate Kilpatrick Editor’s Note: This story is part of a series about how schools, teachers and students are coping with the immigration crisis. Christine Thompson, 16, recently joined her school’s chess club. She hopes it will be a distraction from the terrifying reality that her family could fall apart. “I can ease my mind, […]
Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Robinson died Thursday after battling a long illness, according to MASN in Baltimore. He was 83 years old. Known for his elite talent and intense demeanor, Robinson became a central figure in advancing Major League Baseball’s integration of black players after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947. Robinson […]
A Texas woman, Emily Wade, is missing under mysterious circumstances, and her family is pleading for information on her disappearance. “I’m scared to death,” her mother, Shirley Wade, told Houston’s KTRK News. “I just don’t know what’s wrong.” A 38-year-old Chili’s waitress and the mother of a 7-year-old girl, Emily Wade was last seen on Jan. […]
Many right-wing figures lined up Friday night to criticize President Donald Trump for temporarily ending the government shutdown for three weeks without having convinced Congress to fund his proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall. Controversial commentator Ann Coulter called Trump “the biggest wimp ever to serve as president” and Fox Business host Lou Dobbs said Trump had […]
An Indiana state senator is pushing a bill that advances Christian beliefs in the state’s public and charter schools. Republican state Sen. Dennis Kruse’s bill, introduced last Thursday, seeks to place a poster reading “In God We Trust” in every public and charter school classroom in Indiana. The bill, titled “Education Matters,” specifies that the phrase […]
By: Tim Henderson Editor’s Note: This is part four of the State of the States 2019 series. For states, counting every resident in the census is like hunting for coins under the sofa cushions. Added together, those people equal real money in the form of federal dollars — not to mention more seats in the […]