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  • 48,000 University of California academic workers go on strike

    48,000 University of California academic workers go on strike

     

    About 48,000 academic employees across the University of California system walked off the job Monday morning, demanding higher pay and improved working conditions, according to the union representing them.

    ​About 48,000 academic employees across the University of California system walked off the job Monday morning, demanding higher pay and improved working conditions, according to the union representing them. 

  • Michelle Obama on Donald Trump’s 2016 win: ‘It shook me profoundly’

    Michelle Obama on Donald Trump’s 2016 win: ‘It shook me profoundly’

     

    Michelle Obama addressed in a new book the deep hurt and disappointment she felt when Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election.

    ​Michelle Obama addressed in a new book the deep hurt and disappointment she felt when Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election. 

  • New York judge appoints retired judge to serve as monitor of Trump Organization

    New York judge appoints retired judge to serve as monitor of Trump Organization

     

    A New York judge appointed retired Judge Barbara Jones to serve as monitor over the Trump Organization after both the New York attorney general’s office and former President Donald Trump nominated her for the position.

    ​A New York judge appointed retired Judge Barbara Jones to serve as monitor over the Trump Organization after both the New York attorney general’s office and former President Donald Trump nominated her for the position. 

  • New records reveal foreign government spending at Trump’s Washington hotel

    New records reveal foreign government spending at Trump’s Washington hotel

     

    The governments of six foreign countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, spent more than $700,000 at then-President Donald Trump’s Washington, DC, hotel over the first two years of his presidency, according to newly released accounting documents.

    ​The governments of six foreign countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, spent more than $700,000 at then-President Donald Trump’s Washington, DC, hotel over the first two years of his presidency, according to newly released accounting documents. 

  • Massachusetts GOP Gov. Charlie Baker says Trump ‘hurt the party’s chances’ in midterm elections

    Massachusetts GOP Gov. Charlie Baker says Trump ‘hurt the party’s chances’ in midterm elections

     

    Charlie Baker, the moderate Republican governor of Massachusetts, said former President Donald Trump’s influence hurt their party in this year’s midterm elections as voters demonstrated they “aren’t interested in extremism.”

    ​Charlie Baker, the moderate Republican governor of Massachusetts, said former President Donald Trump’s influence hurt their party in this year’s midterm elections as voters demonstrated they “aren’t interested in extremism.” 

  • Feds end Ukraine-related foreign lobbying investigation into Rudy Giuliani without filing charges

    Feds end Ukraine-related foreign lobbying investigation into Rudy Giuliani without filing charges

     

    Federal prosecutors investigating Rudy Giuliani have informed a judge overseeing the foreign lobbying probe that their case is closing without any charges.

    ​Federal prosecutors investigating Rudy Giuliani have informed a judge overseeing the foreign lobbying probe that their case is closing without any charges. 

  • New York Times: Trump sought tax investigations of political foes

    New York Times: Trump sought tax investigations of political foes

     

    Former President Donald Trump repeatedly told his onetime White House chief of staff, John Kelly, that he wanted the Internal Revenue Service to investigate his political foes, Kelly told The New York Times.

    ​Former President Donald Trump repeatedly told his onetime White House chief of staff, John Kelly, that he wanted the Internal Revenue Service to investigate his political foes, Kelly told The New York Times. 

  • A third railroad union rejects proposed contract, further raising the odds of a strike

    A third railroad union rejects proposed contract, further raising the odds of a strike

     

    A third railroad union has rejected a tentative labor deal, a move that further raises the odds that America’s 110,000 freight railroad workers will go on strike early next month.

    ​A third railroad union has rejected a tentative labor deal, a move that further raises the odds that America’s 110,000 freight railroad workers will go on strike early next month. 

  • Retired detective and Kansas City drug kingpin charged with conspiring to run an underage sex-trafficking operation

    Retired detective and Kansas City drug kingpin charged with conspiring to run an underage sex-trafficking operation

     

    A veteran homicide detective in Kansas City, Kansas conspired with a local drug kingpin to help run a sex-trafficking operation involving underage girls, prosecutors alleged in an explosive indictment unsealed Monday.

    ​A veteran homicide detective in Kansas City, Kansas conspired with a local drug kingpin to help run a sex-trafficking operation involving underage girls, prosecutors alleged in an explosive indictment unsealed Monday. 

  • 18 students, driver injured in KY school bus crash

    18 students, driver injured in KY school bus crash

     

    A bus driver and 21 students were hospitalized, some with critical injuries, after a Kentucky school bus accident Monday, officials said.

    ​A bus driver and 21 students were hospitalized, some with critical injuries, after a Kentucky school bus accident Monday, officials said.