Top EU lawmakers greenlight anti-corruption reform plans
The president of the European Parliament says senior lawmakers agree to press ahead with her plans to revamp rules on lobbying and access to the assembly
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Nebraska governor names predecessor to US Senate seat
In one of his first acts as Nebraska’s governor, Republican Jim Pillen has named Pete Ricketts to fill the state’s vacant U.S. Senate seat
Proud Boys sedition trial opens two years after Washington DC Capitol riot
The trial comes on the heels of the seditious conspiracy convictions of two leaders of the Oath Keepers, another far-right extremist group.
Dem lawmakers urge Biden to void visa of Brazil’s Bolsonaro
A group of 46 Democratic lawmakers has sent a letter to President Joe Biden demanding former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s diplomatic visa be canceled in the wake of the rampage in Brazil’s capital by his supporters
Activist who ran for Belarusian presidency in 2020 detained
A human rights group says an opposition politician who ran against authoritarian Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has been arrested in Minsk
Mother of Jeffrey Dahmer victim calls Evan Peters’ Golden Globe victory ‘sick’
“People winning acting roles from playing killers keeps the obsession going and this makes sick people thrive on the fame,” said the mother of Dahmer’s 12th victim Tony Hughes
Biden says classified document found in ‘personal library’
The Department of Justice was ‘immediately notified’ after the documents were found.
Democrat Brandon Presley joins race for Mississippi governor
Democrat Brandon Presley has announced that he’s running for Mississippi governor this year
Missing mom Ana Walshe’s harrowing final note to conman husband revealed
“Wow! 2022 … What a year! And yet, we are still here and together!” reads a note left by Ana Walshe to husband Brian on a champagne box at their Cohasset home
Classified documents found in Biden’s garage as president says he’s ‘cooperating fully’
President Biden says he is ‘cooperating fully’ with the US Justice Department