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Election Night highlights: Democrats notch wins in first major elections since Trump returned to power

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Voters in races across the country backed Democrats, including in New York’s mayoral race and contests for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, rejecting President Donald Trump’s late and lightweight push for his preferred candidates. Democrats secured another expected win in California, where voter

 

Child slips through fencing at White House and is intercepted by Secret Service

A child slipped through fencing outside the White House on Wednesday and was intercepted by Secret Service officers.

 

Trump White House marks Black History Month while Defense Department declares ‘identity months dead’

The Trump White House has issued a proclamation recognizing February as Black History Month around the same time the Defense Department issued guidance declaring “identity months dead.”

 

No survivors found after plane that flew over DC, led to fighter jets scramble crashes in Virginia

A wayward and unresponsive business plane that flew over the nation’s capital caused the military to scramble a fighter jet before the plane crashed in Virginia, officials said.

 

Buttigieg calls on McKinsey to release list of his clients

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is calling on his former employer McKinsey & Co. to release a list of the clients he served and free him from a nondisclosure agreement he signed.

 

Warren becomes first 2020 Democrat to call for impeachment

Sen. Elizabeth Warren has become the first 2020 Democratic presidential candidate to make a full-throated call for the House of Representatives to begin impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump after the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s redacted report.

 

Khashoggi warns in last column of free rein to silence media

The Washington Post has published a new column by missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi. In it he warns that Middle East governments “have been given free rein to continue silencing the media at an increasing rate.”

 

Khashoggi warns in last column of free rein to silence media

The Washington Post has published a new column by missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi. In it he warns that Middle East governments “have been given free rein to continue silencing the media at an increasing rate.”

 

Trump revises Comey firing, Giuliani blasts ‘lynching mob’

President Donald Trump is insisting he didn’t fire FBI Director James Comey over the Russia investigation, despite previously citing that as the reason.

 

Spring storm brings blizzard warning for Cape Cod

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Just days after the official end of one of the snowiest winters on record, another storm began its trek up the Interstate 95 corridor Tuesday, blanketing Washington and dropping flurries in Philadelphia on its way to Cape Cod, which was expected to be hardest hit.

 

Wing walker, pilot die in crash at Ohio air show

CINCINNATI (AP) — A plane carrying a wing walker crashed at an air show and exploded into flames Saturday, killing the pilot and stunt walker instantly, authorities said.