All scheduled “No Kings” protests across Minnesota were abruptly cancelled Saturday after two Democratic lawmakers and their spouses were targeted in separate shootings in what officials are calling a ‘politically motivated assassination’. Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed in their Brooklyn Park home by a man posing…
A manifesto identifying numerous lawmakers and public officials as potential targets was found in the vehicle of the suspect who shot and killed Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, and wounded State Senator John Hoffman, Reuters quoted Brooklyn Park, Minnesota Police Chief as saying. Police Chief Mark Bruley said the suspect fled through…
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The Israeli government has cancelled visas for 27 French left-wing lawmakers and local officials just two days before they were set to begin a five-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories. The delegation, comprising members of France’s Ecologist and Communist parties, was invited by the French consulate in Jerusalem. Their mission, according to the…
Two Republican congressmen arrived in Damascus on Friday, the first visit by American lawmakers to Syria in many years — and a signal that the party is starting to pay attention to the war-ravaged country after changes in leadership. The congressmen, Cory Mills of Florida and Marlin Stutzman of Indiana, were accompanied by members of…
American mortgage giant Fannie Mae sacked around 200 employees, a majority of them Telugus, over allegations that they engaged in a salary scam. The mass sacking involving Indian-origin employees has made three Indian-American lawmakers write to Fannie Mae, seeking an explanation. The lawmakers believe that the termination of the services of the Telugu staffers took…
In a rare emergency session on Saturday, UK lawmakers cut short their Easter break to pass legislation rescuing the country’s last fully integrated steel plant from imminent closure.Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the extraordinary session — only the sixth of its kind since World War II — to pass a bill aimed at halting plans…
Britain and Israel traded sharp criticisms this weekend after Israel blocked two British lawmakers from entering the country and sent them back to London. The members of Parliament, Abtisam Mohamed and Yuan Yang, both of whom belong to the governing center-left Labour Party, said in a joint statement on Sunday that they had been “astounded”…
Maryland lawmakers passed a measure Saturday to try to limit future liabilities from claims of sexual abuse at state and private institutions after thousands of people unexpectedly came forward with allegations of abuse, many of them in youth detention centers, putting potentially billions of dollars at stake for the state. The wave of cases targeting…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday that he has launched an investigation into one of the state’s Medicaid insurance providers after allegations that the company illegally spied on Texans. The state is investigating Superior HealthPlan, an insurance company that provides Medicaid coverage to adults and children and coverage for the Children’s Health Insurance Program…