Wisconsin Supreme Court race won by Susan Crawford, with support from Democrats and big donors nationwide

Susan Crawford, who was endorsed by the Democratic Party, won the closely-watched Wisconsin Supreme Court race Tuesday night in what was the most expensive judicial election in American history.  What would have normally been a sleepy nonpartisan judicial race turned into an expensive battle between Crawford, a Dane County judge, and Waukesha County Judge Brad

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Congo’s leader commutes death sentences of 3 Americans convicted in failed coup attempt

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has commuted the death sentences of three Americans convicted on charges of participating in a botched coup attempt in the country’s capital Kinshasa last year, an official said Wednesday. A presidential order commuted their death sentences to life imprisonment, Congolese presidential spokesperson Tina Salama said more than

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“JFK” director Oliver Stone tells Congress to reinvestigate 1963 assassination starting “at the scene of the crime”

Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, whose 1991 film “JFK” portrayed President John F. Kennedy’s assassination as the work of a shadowy government conspiracy, called Tuesday for a new congressional investigation of the killing during a hearing that aired conspiracy theories about it. The freewheeling hearing of the House Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets,

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4/1: CBS Evening News Plus

4/1: CBS Evening News Plus – CBS News Watch CBS News What to expect in Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcement; Reporter’s Notebook: Shifting rationale for Trump’s “Liberation Day” View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source: cbsnews.com

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4/1: CBS Evening News – CBS News Watch CBS News Man deported to El Salvador in error is “not a gang member,” lawyer says; Harvesting spaghetti, nylon TV among April Fools pranks from history View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not

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Sen. Cory Booker breaks record with marathon 25-hour speech on Senate floor to protest Trump policies

Washington — Democratic Sen. Cory Booker delivered a record-breaking marathon speech on the Senate floor, which started Monday evening and continued more than 25 hours before wrapping up Tuesday night, in a protest against the Trump administration’s policies. At 25 hours and five minutes, the speech now marks the longest on Senate record, surpassing Sen. Strom

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