The $895 billion National Defense Authorization Act passed despite some Democrats’ frustration with a late addition on transgender health care from Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Nation & World
National and world news from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
House Ethics Committee secretly voted to release Matt Gaetz ethics report, AP source says
Just last month, the panel’s 5 Republicans and 5 Democrats voted along party lines to not release the findings of their nearly 4-year investigation into the Florida Republican.
advertisement
Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, Politics
Electoral college elects Donald Trump as next president
The gatherings unfolded uneventfully, unlike 4 years ago when alternate electors for Trump convened in 7 states that he lost.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
After investigating Jan. 6, House Republicans side with Trump and go after Liz Cheney
Among those president-elect Donald Trump wants prosecuted are Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, Cheney and other members of the Jan. 6 committee.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, Politics
Trump sues Des Moines Register and Iowa pollster, claiming election interference
Trump’s lawsuit claims a poll by Ann Selzer for the Des Moines Register that incorrectly found he was behind in Iowa amounted to consumer fraud.
Posted inNation & World, News
Alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer charged in 7th death
The suspect, a New York architect, was already accused of killing 6 other women, including Megan Waterman of Scarborough.
Posted inNation & World
Police chief says motive for Wisconsin school shooting was a ‘combination of factors’
Investigators in Wisconsin are trying to determine a motive in a school shooting that left a teacher and a student dead and 2 other children in critical condition.
Posted inNation & World
Suspect charged with killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO as an act of terrorism
Luigi Mangione already was charged with murder in the Dec. 4 killing of Brian Thompson, but a terror allegation is new.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Americans end 2024 with grim economic outlook, but Republicans are optimistic for 2025
A new poll finds that Democrats are feeling more pessimistic about the U.S. economy after Donald Trump’s victory.
Posted inNation & World
N.Y. judge denies Trump’s motion to throw out hush money conviction
Justice Juan Merchan ruled that Trump’s conviction for falsifying business records should not be overturned because of the U.S. Supreme Court’s immunity ruling.