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Aide to Sen. Booker arrested inside Capitol for carrying a gun

By Tom Jackman
Apr 01, 2025 3:40 pm - An aide to Sen. Cory Booker, a New Jersey Democrat, was arrested Monday night inside the U.S. Capitol for carrying a pistol without a license, the U.S. Capitol Police said Tuesday.
Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say

By John Hudson
Apr 01, 2025 3:37 pm - Members of President Donald Trump’s National Security Council, including White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, have conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post and interviews with three U.S. officials.
Measles spreads to central Texas; 5 states have active outbreaks

By DEVI SHASTRI
Apr 01, 2025 3:33 pm - Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico reported new measles cases Tuesday, with the outbreak expanding for the first time into central Texas. Already, the U.S. has more meas...
Illinois, 22 other states sue Trump administration over decision to rescind billions in health funding

By DEVNA BOSE and LINDSEY WHITEHURST
Apr 01, 2025 3:25 pm - A coalition of state attorneys general sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its decision to cut $11 billion in federal funds that go toward COVID-19 initiatives ...
UN agency closes its remaining Gaza bakeries as food supplies dwindle under Israeli blockade

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAM MEDNICK
Apr 01, 2025 2:29 pm - The U.N. food agency is closing all of its bakeries in the Gaza Strip, officials said Tuesday, as supplies dwindle after Israel sealed off the territory from all imports nearly a month ago.
Storms could unleash deadly floods, strong tornadoes in large part of US in coming days

By JEFF MARTIN
Apr 01, 2025 1:43 pm - Forecasters are warning of potentially deadly flash flooding and strong tornadoes as more rounds of thunderstorms are poised to strike parts of the Midwest and South. The...
Democratic-backed Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, cementing liberal majority

By SCOTT BAUER
Apr 01, 2025 1:40 pm - Majority control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court will be decided Tuesday in a race that broke records for spending and has become a proxy battle for the nation’s political fights, pitting a candidate backed by President Donald Trump against a Democratic-aligned challenger.
Survivors still being found from Myanmar earthquake, but hopes begin to fade as deaths exceed 2,700

By DAVID RISING
Apr 01, 2025 12:39 pm - Rescue workers saved a 63-year-old woman from the rubble of a building in Myanmar's capital on Tuesday, but hope was fading of finding many more survivors of the violent earthquake that killed more than 2,700 people, compounding a humanitarian crisis caused by a civil war.
Prosecutors directed to seek death penalty against UnitedHealthcare killing suspect

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Apr 01, 2025 10:47 am - U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday she has directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a New York City hotel on Dec. 4.
Cory Booker sets a record with marathon Senate speech. Will it rally anti-Trump resistance?

By MIKE CATALINI
Apr 01, 2025 9:15 am - In a feat of determination, New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted all night and into Tuesday evening, setting a historic mark to show Democrats’ resistance to President Donald Trump’s sweeping actions.

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