[ad_1] CNN — A US Navy sailor who was arrested in a federal undercover operation targeting illicit weapon sales has been convicted of possessing and selling unregistered machine guns, the Justice Department announced Monday. Patrick Tate Adamiak, 28, was indicted earlier this year in Virginia after special agents from the …
Read More »Pound seesaws as Rishi Sunak prepares to confront economic challenges
[ad_1] London CNN Business — Rishi Sunak, Britain’s third prime minister in seven weeks, will face the huge challenge of projecting stability after a period of historic political and financial market chaos. But his other task — shepherding the country through a recession — is poised to be just as …
Read More »Rep. Nancy Mace said she supports Kevin McCarthy’s debt ceiling strategy to force spending cuts
[ad_1] CNN — Rep. Nancy Mace on Sunday said she supports Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy’s strategy of refusing to lift the debt limit, if Republicans win back the House, unless Democrats in the White House agree to spending cuts. “And I can tell you, I sit on the Oversight Committee, …
Read More »Democrats predict an ‘extremely busy’ lame duck. Here’s what’s on the agenda
[ad_1] CNN — A packed legislative to-do list awaits Congress when it returns to session after the midterms – and Democrats, who currently control both chambers, will face a ticking clock to enact key priorities if Republicans win back the House or manage to flip the Senate in the upcoming …
Read More »Immigration a top issue among Latino voters weeks out from Election Day
[ad_1] CNN — With the midterm elections less than three weeks away, immigration remains a top issue among Latino voters – but views on legal and illegal immigration vary greatly. “I think it’s been misunderstood,” said Ruy Teixeira, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute who has studied Latino …
Read More »How Liz Truss’ term as British prime minister went from bad to worse
[ad_1] CNN — When she took the keys to 10 Downing Street in the wake of Boris Johnson’s political demise, Liz Truss promised to “ride out the storm” of Britain’s economic crisis. Just over six weeks later, she was engulfed by a hurricane of her own making. It was a …
Read More »Juvenile suspect in Raleigh mass shooting will be tried as an adult, prosecutor says
[ad_1] Raleigh, North Carolina CNN — A 15-year-old will be charged as an adult for allegedly carrying out a mass shooting that left five people dead Thursday in Raleigh, North Carolina, prosecutors said, as calls to curb gun violence are renewed once again in the US. The suspect, identified by …
Read More »Kwasi Kwarteng: Liz Truss fires finance minister and ditches big tax cut
[ad_1] London CNN Business — UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has fired finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng and ditched a big part of her discredited economic strategy in a desperate bid to rescue her month-old premiership. At a Downing Street news conference, Truss said she was scrapping plans to reverse an …
Read More »New York asks appeals court to keep restrictive gun law in effect after lower court paused enforcement of parts of it
[ad_1] CNN — The state of New York on Monday asked an appeals court to allow a restrictive gun law to remain in effect as it appeals a decision by a federal judge that temporarily blocked parts of the measure. “Today my office filed a motion to keep the entire …
Read More »Philadelphia gun law: A judge blocked the city’s ban on guns in recreation facilities
[ad_1] CNN — A judge blocked the city of Philadelphia on Monday from enforcing a recent ban on firearms in recreation facilities after a gun rights lobbying group argued state law stipulates gun regulations can only be created on a state level, not by local jurisdictions. The decision by Judge …
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