Starbucks workers plan strikes that could spread to hundreds of US stores by Christmas Eve
Workers at Starbucks stores plan to go on a five-day strike starting Friday to protest lack of progress in contract negotiations with the company.
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House rejects Trump-backed plan on government shutdown, leaving next steps uncertain
A day before a potential government shutdown, the House resoundingly rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s new plan Thursday to fund operations and suspend the debt ceiling, as Democrats and dozens of Republicans refused to accommodate his sudden demands.
Wisconsin school shooter had 2 guns and got messages from man accused of plotting his own attack
Police were still investigating why the 15-year-old student at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison shot and killed a fellow student and teacher on Monday before shooting herself, Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said.
A trailing North Carolina Supreme Court candidate asks the court to get involved in his race
Jefferson Griffin, a Republican member of the Court of Appeals, is asking the state supreme court to prevent election officials from counting over 60,000 ballots that he argues weren’t lawfully cast.
Rudy Giuliani ordered to appear at contempt hearing in January over failure to give up assets
Lawyers for the election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment said in court papers that Giuliani has failed to turn over the lease to the apartment, a Mercedes, various watches and jewelry, a signed Joe DiMaggio shirt and other baseball mementos, among other items.
Late in his term, Biden supports ban on congressional stock trading
For years, bipartisan groups of lawmakers have pushed legislation to ban or limit congressional stock trading. Biden previously declined to take a position on the issue.
House Ethics Committee secretly voted to release Matt Gaetz ethics report, source says
The decision by the bipartisan committee was made earlier this month, according to a person familiar with the vote who was not authorized to publicly discuss the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity Wednesday. CNN first reported the vote.
Judge: Pardoning Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes for Capitol riot plot would be ‘frightening’
Rhodes is serving an 18-year prison sentence after a jury convicted him and other Oath Keepers members of seditious conspiracy, the most serious charge stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by a mob of Trump supporters.
Supreme Court will hear arguments over law that could ban TikTok in U.S. if it’s not sold
The justices will hear arguments Jan. 10 about whether the law impermissibly restricts speech in violation of the First Amendment.
U.S. to require passenger vehicles to have alarms for rear seat belts
Starting in September 2027, all new passenger vehicles in the U.S. will have to sound a warning if rear-seat passengers don’t buckle up.
Judge rejects Trump’s bid to toss hush money conviction because of Supreme Court immunity ruling
A judge Monday refused to throw out President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction because of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity. But the overall future of the historic case remains unclear.
Survivors seek a reckoning as FBI investigates child sex abuse in little-known Christian sect
A growing number of public allegations from around the world have prompted a broad investigation by the FBI and placed an uncomfortable spotlight on the long-quiet Christian sect the “Two by Twos.”
Former FBI informant will plead guilty to lying about phony bribery scheme involving the Bidens
A former FBI informant is set to plead guilty on Monday to lying about a phony bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden and his son Hunter that became central to the Republican impeachment inquiry in Congress.
FTC sues largest wine and spirits distributor, saying it discriminates against smaller stores
The Federal Trade Commission sued the largest U.S. distributor of wine and spirits on Thursday, saying it is illegally discriminating against small and independent businesses.
Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 in biggest single-day act of clemency
Most of the commutations announced Thursday are for people who had been placed on home confinement during the pandemic, rather than put in prison where the spread of COVID was high.
Gun found on suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO matches shell casings at scene, police say
Luigi Mangione ’s fingerprints also matched a water bottle and a snack bar wrapper that police found near the scene in midtown Manhattan, Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at an unrelated news conference.
Albertsons gives up on Kroger merger, sues grocery chain for failing to secure deal
Albertsons is accusing Kroger of not doing enough to secure regulatory approval for the $24.6 billion agreement, which would have been the largest grocery store merger in U.S. history.
Athletes in $2.8B college lawsuit tell judge they want to create players’ association
The athletes whose lawsuit against the Indianapolis-based NCAA is primed to pave the way for schools to pay them directly also want a players’ association to represent them in the complex contract negotiations that have overtaken the sport.
Supreme Court leans toward Utah oil railway plan, but may not make broad environmental ruling
Backers of the project asked the justices to get the project back on track and urged them limit the scope of environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act to speed up development.
Man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO shouts on way into courthouse and fights extradition
The displays of resistance Tuesday weren’t expected to significantly delay legal proceedings for Luigi Nicholas Mangione, who was charged in last week’s Manhattan killing of Brian Thompson, the leader of the United States’ largest medical insurance company.