Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi came to the Capitol steps to show the faces of Americans who would be hurt if the Trump administration and Republicans succeed in efforts to overturn the ACA. (July 9)
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Kids play in Detroit-area park’s mud
Good clean fun meets down-and-dirty during Mud Day in a suburban Detroit park (July 9)
Kids play in Detroit-area park’s mud
Good clean fun meets down-and-dirty during Mud Day in a suburban Detroit park (July 9)
Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot dies at 89
H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty and twice ran for president as a third-party candidate, has died. He was 89 years old. (July 9)
Trump says he’ll look into Acosta’s Epstein link
President Donald Trump says he’ll look “very closely” at Labor Secretary Alex Acosta’s handling of a sex trafficking case involving financier Jeffrey Epstein. Trump says he feels “very badly” for Acosta because he’s been a good secretary. (July 8)
Four bodies found in Cleveland neighborhood
Police in Cleveland say they are trying to question “some persons of interest” in connection with the deaths of four people found Tuesday morning. (July 9)
Heavy rains cause flash flood chaos in Nebraska
Flash flood warnings have been issued for a section of Nebraska after an overnight deluge. Up to nine inches of rain fell from storms that struck Buffalo, Dawson, Kearney and Phelps counties. (July 9)
Schumer calls for Labor Sec to resign over Epstein
Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and a growing list of Democrats say Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta should resign for his role in a 2008 plea deal that let Jeffrey Epstein escape prison time for allegedly molesting dozens of teenage girls. (July 9)…
Mobile home residents hit with soaring rent
Low-income mobile home residents in hurricane-ravaged Robeson County, North Carolina are seeing dramatic increases in rent after Florida-based Time Out Communities bought 21 mobile home parks in the low-income county over the past two years. (July 9)
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Conway: Trump not spoken to Epstein in ‘years’
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway says President Donald Trump told her on Tuesday that he hasn’t spoken with or seen billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein in 10 or 15 years. (July 9)