Georgia State

WashingtonExaminer

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) wrote a letter Friday to his Senate Republican colleagues about the implications of President Joe Biden’s performance at Thursday’s debate. In the letter, obtained by the Hill, Tillis suggested that Biden, 81, should step aside “for the sake of the country” and that if he is “unaware of his own unfitness […]

Senator joins House GOP calls for Cabinet to consider invoking 25th Amendment

NewsNation

House Republicans on Wednesday passed what is expected to be the final government funding bill before August recess, proposing steep cuts for the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget for fiscal year 2025. The annual Department of Interior and EPA funding bill passed 210-205 late Wednesday. Democrats have come out in staunch opposition to the measure over […]

House Republicans pass bill cutting EPA funding by 20 percent

The Hill

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) voted with Republicans on Thursday to block the nomination of Judge Sarah Netburn, who garnered significant controversy after ruling a transgender woman convicted of sex crimes should be transferred to a federal women’s prison. It marked a rare instance of a Democrat breaking with the majority to bottle up one of…

Ossoff votes with Republicans to block controversial Biden nominee

Florida State

The Center Square

(The Center Square) — Florida's Republican U.S. House members on Sunday called on President Joe Biden to immediately resign after he announced he was no longer running for reelection but would finish the remainder of his term.
                Rep. Carlos Gimenez, a Cuban American from Miami, said in a post on X, "Now that we know that President Biden has decided not to seek his party's nomination, he's got to resign also," he said. "Everybody is seeing his cognitive decline. It didn't just start a year...

Florida Republican members of Congress call on Biden to immediately resign

New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Sean Grayson is pictured in a booking photo. The former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy is charged with first-degree murder and accused of shooting Sonya Massey to death in her kitchen. He has pleaded not guilty. (Source: Sangamon County Sheriff's Department) Before former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson was...

Grayson’s behavior in Logan County led superior to ask, ‘How are you still employed with us?’

Maine State

Gov. Janet Mills gives her address at her administration's sixth annual opioid response summit. (Screenshot) At the sixth annual opioid response summit, Gov. Janet Mills celebrated the decrease in fatal overdoses in Maine over the past year and a half, but outlined the work still to be done as officials continue to remove deadly substances from the street and new, more powerful drugs become more widespread.

Overdose deaths are down, but Gov. Mills says more to be done to address opioid epidemic

Chicago, IL

Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

West Virginia State

Norfolk, VA

Four Virginians were confirmed to be onboard when the Titanic sank on April 14, 1912. Phillip Acts and Selini Decker, who lived a few blocks apart in Norfolk, died when the ship sank. Richmond native Robert Decker and Eloise Smith, who later moved to Richmond from West Virginia, survived.

There's a reason no remains from the Virginia Titanic victims will ever be found

Virginia State

History Facts lists eight names US parents no longer give their newborns, which you may no longer hear in Virginia. The girls' names are Doris, Gertrude, Mildred, and Judith. I know or have known women with all four names, but they are either baby boomers or boomer parents' ages and someone's grandma or great aunt. Consider the ages of females in Virginia you know with these names.

Eight names parents in Virginia may no longer be giving to their newborns

Here’s a look at the youngest vice presidents in U.S. history. The 2024 election once pitted 81-year-old President Joe Biden against 78-year-old former President Donald Trump, but Biden’s withdrawal and Trump’s selection of a running mate have given the presidential race an injection of youth. Sen. JD...

10 Youngest U.S. Vice Presidents

Savannah, GA

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Daily Coffee Press

Newly returned indictments in the Southern District of Georgia include felony charges for illegal firearms possession and drug distribution, while additional defendants have been sentenced to federal prison or await further proceedings after pleading guilty to federal gun charges.

Federal Charges in Southern GA: Indictments and Sentences for Firearms and Drug Offenses

Charisma reveals that Megachurch pastor Joel Osteen has been criticized again for what are considered to be insensitive comments. On his Twitter/X account, the Texas preacher said the following.

Virginia ministers weigh in on Joel Osteen's comments about blessings

North Carolina State

Yolanda Hill Robinson with husband Lt. Governor Mark Robinson celebrating his primary victory on March 2, 2024. (Screengrab from Robinson's campaign YouTube channel) A nonprofit run by Yolanda Hill, the wife of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, owes the state of North Carolina more than $24,000, including more than $10,000 for inaccurate reimbursement claims it submitted on behalf of Gingerbread Learning Center for meals that the center never reported having served.

Audit indicates Balanced Nutrition, Inc. improperly billed the state for more than $24,000

Anchorage, AK

Daily Express reports that Roger Allan Holmberg Sr., a Virginia pastor, has been accused of hitting his wife while on an Alaskan Airlines flight from Seatle to Anchorage. Holberg allegedly verbally and physically abused his wife, who said she has epilepsy, and her husband hit her in the head, knowing it could cause a seizure.

Virginia pastor facing federal charges after he allegedly hit his wife on an Alaskan Airlines flight

Missouri State

Fulton, MO

CJ Coombs

Updated on July 17, 2024, concerning two of the missing children listed below. Bringing them home: for 40 years, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has been helping to locate missing children.

Seven teenagers have been missing in Missouri since June 2024

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Bucks County Beacon

“[I]nvoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God,” the Constitution of the Confederate States of America composed by southern slaveholders in 1861 sought to “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” The authors of Project 2025, the latest playbook for restructuring the federal government in order to accomplish the policy goals of Christian Nationalists, similarly declare their manifesto will “decide America’s future” by securing their “God-given individual rights to live freely” and exercise dominion over others.

Legislating Inequality: The Christian Confederate Roots of Project 2025

Indianapolis, IN

INDIANAPOLIS — Amid a sea of dark blue dresses and white blazers, Kamala Harris took the stage on Wednesday to deliver the keynote at Zeta Phi Beta sorority’s Grand Boulé — a six-day gathering held in Indianapolis this year. “You helped elect Joe Biden president and...

‘One of our own’: How Kamala Harris is leaning into the power of Black sororities

South Carolina State

Colleton County, SC

Explore Beaufort SC

Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

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Ossoff-backed bill banning stock trading for presidents, vice presidents, Congress members advances

Georgia U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff enjoys a moment of levity Tuesday before starting a field hearing at Decatur City Hall. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder. A bipartisan proposal...

Ossoff-backed bill banning stock trading for presidents, vice presidents, Congress members advances

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