Progressive Democrat Aisha Wahab won a California special election to fill the U.S. House seat vacated by Eric Swalwell, who resigned in April amid sexual misconduct claims. Wahab, the first Muslim woman and Afghan American elected to the California legislature, led throughout the race over main opponent Melissa Hernandez.
NYTimes – US President in South Carolina celebrates supreme court’s temporary order to allow construction to continue and discusses war in Iran Pentagon fires publisher and editor of Stars & Stripes Backlash as navy carrier set to honor Black war hero could be named after Trump Sign up for the US Breaking News email US Senator Tim Sheehy, a Montana Republican and a cattle rancher, has come out against a plan announced Friday by…
NYTimes – US Aisha Wahab, a Democratic state senator in California, will fill out the term of Eric Swalwell, who resigned from the House amid accusations of sexual misconduct.
President at rally in South Carolina makes comments on key strategic waterway and jokes about bombing Iran Donald Trump called the strait of Hormuz “an American territory” on Friday, as the US continues its military blockade of Iran’s shipping and ports while Trump’s administration struggles to end its war with the country. “We don’t even know if we won, because I view the strait of Hormuz as an American territory r…
First Muslim woman and Afghan American elected to California legislature held lead throughout race over main opponent Melissa Hernandez Sign up for the US Breaking News email The Guardian’s Rachel Leingang and Sam Levine report that former officials and voting rights experts are expressing skepticism over a pledge by the Trump administration to dispatch 1,000 monitors across the country to scrutinize November’s US m…
Progressive wins bitter fight for seat formerly held by congressman who quit amid sexual misconduct claims Progressive Aisha Wahab was elected to Congress in a special election on Tuesday following a bitter intra-party battle over the seat formerly held by Eric Swalwell, who resigned in April after facing sexual misconduct allegations. Swalwell has denied the allegations. Wahab, a state senator, was widely considere…
NPR – World Flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border have killed at least 543 people—538 in Nepal and five in Tibet—with more than 1,500 still missing, according to the latest reports. The floods, triggered by a massive glacial collapse in the Himalayas on Wednesday, swept away roads, bridges and villages. Rescue operations resumed but were halted in Tibet after a newly formed barrier lake raised fears of a second flood.
NYTimes – US President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario as "Lake America." The move came amid an escalating U.S.-Canada trade dispute, with Trump criticizing Canada for treating the U.S. badly and trade talks between the nations having collapsed the previous week.
NYTimes – US Jurors began deliberations in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse accused of killing her three children in January 2023. Clancy has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder. Her defense argues postpartum psychosis made her not criminally responsible, while prosecutors accused her of "extreme atrocity and cruelty."
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