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It was a powerful and moving vigil. And tonight thousands of law enforcement families will gather on the National Mall for a candlelight vigil. It's a tradition of Police Week that dates back to 1962 when President Kennedy designated May 15th as Law Enforcement Officers Day. And I'll just add this, guys, when I was standing at that vigil last night and you saw several dozen members of Congress, it struck me, I couldn't count a single Democrat that was there, and it's a shame that you didn't have bipartisan support for something so important like supporting our law enforcement officers.

More than a dozen House Democrats - including Jeffries' top two lieutenants - had called for Kiggans to resign as of Tuesday afternoon, with others vowing to unseat her in November either way. Kiggans said in a post on X: "The radio host should not have used that language and I do not -and did not - condone it. It was obvious to anyone listening that I was agreeing Hakeem Jefferies [sic] should stay out of Virginia."

President Donald Trump’s plan to put weapons in space - pitched as a “Golden Dome for America” missile defense program - is estimated to cost $1.2 trillion, according to a new analysis from the Congressional Budget Office, a far heftier sum than the initial $175 billion price tag he gave last year.

The Pentagon has released a new price tag for the US-Israel war with Iran, saying it has cost the United States $29bn. The department's comptroller revealed the new total during a Senate committee hearing on Tuesday alongside Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth. The estimate is an increase from the $25bn the official, Jules Hurst, reported to members of Congress in late April, the first time the administration of US President Donald Trump had given an official figure.

Leading the kitchen locally is chef de cuisine Rob Drennan, who worked for Uchi's sister restaurant Uchiko in Austin about 15 years ago. Drennan's culinary career has taken him from Norway to Hong Kong, but more recently, he was senior culinary manager for the group behind Rose's Luxury and Pineapple & Pearls.

“When our building is up and functioning, I would hope we'd be considered for an NBA All-Star Game,” Leonsis said. “The NHL All-Star Game - we'd love to be able to host it.”

Pirro said her office would respond to the defense lawyers' arguments in its own court filing. We will not tolerate people who come to the District of Columbia to engage in antidemocratic acts of political violence; and we will prosecute all such acts to the fullest extent of the law, Pirro said in a statement. Allen is scheduled to be arraigned on Monday on further charg

SCOTT: Mr. President, you are here against the backdrop of the war in a Iran. Why focus on all these projects right now with gas prices soaring? TRUMP: You know why? Because I wanna keep our country beautiful and safe. Beautiful also. This place was a disgusting place. It was Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, and we had a terrible, disgusting you probably don't see dirt. But I do. And you walked down this pond. If you would've walked down they'll tell you better than anybody. They had to take 11 or 12 truckloads of garbage out of that lake, out of that water. And it sat there for years like that. And that's not what our country's about. Our country's about beauty, cleanliness, safety, great people. Not a filthy capital.

The proposed agreement would resolve a 2024 lawsuit, started by former President Joe Biden's administration, accusing TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, of carrying out massive-scale invasions of children's privacy by allegedly collecting data from users under the age of 13 without parental consent. ABC, citing sources familiar with the discussions, reported that TikTok would pay roughly $400 million under the deal, though the settlement still requires approval from the company's board and is not expected to include an admission of wrongdoing.

In the directive, written in late March and obtained by Politico's West Wing Playbook, Wiles warned that no staff member within the Executive Office of the President is permitted to speak with members of the news media without the explicit approval of the White House Communications Office. Unauthorized leaks will not be tolerated and are subject to sanction up to and including termination, she continued. She added: Violation of this policy can result in significant disruption to ongoing operations and can potentially endanger missions and activities of national significance.

Damn, California and Virginia were supposed to be our bigger ones, one House Democrat, speaking on the condition of anonymity to avoid getting out ahead of their leadership, said in a phone interview after the ruling was released. This means we gotta make sure we have a good wave to win the House we have to make sure we win a lot of those toss-ups, the lawmaker said.

A woman who was 19 years old at the time describes a 2021 encounter at a rooftop restaurant in LA where Swalwell was dining, and where she was working as a hostess. She tells CNN that after speaking with him briefly at the restaurant and giving him only her first name, he found her on LinkedIn and contacted her, offering to write her a recommendation despite not knowing her.

The annual Washington State International Kite Festival features an eclectic array of vintage and historic kites, inflatable animals, Japanese fighter kites, and stunt kites, captivating spectators with synchronized aerial performances and competitions.

Spirit Airlines, which branded itself as 'the Dollar General of the skies,' cited intense competition from major carriers, engine defects that grounded jets, and surging fuel prices from the Iran war as reasons for its nosedive.

It is definitively his bullet. He hit at that Secret Service agent. He had every intention to kill him and anyone who got in his way, on his way to killing the president of the United States, Pirro said.