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Senate Dems block bill to protect consumers from data center-driven electricity price hikes

Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked a House-passed bill to protect consumers from data center-driven electricity rate increases, arguing it was "toothless" and that Republicans have already agreed to stronger language in a separate deal.

Seattle's minimum wage headed to $22.14 as job market, downtown office sector struggle

Seattle's minimum wage will rise to $22.14 an hour in 2027, up from $21.30 this year, an increase of about 3.9%. The city's economy is showing strain in hiring and downtown real estate.

Inflation, not immigration, chasing Hispanic voters away from GOP

Whether the midterm elections prove to be a devastating wipeout for Republicans largely depends on Hispanic voters - a voting bloc that shifted rightward in 2024 but now appears to be slipping through the GOP's fingers.

Sen. Blackburn sues Jack Smith for obtaining her phone records

One of the senators whose phone records were obtained by Jack Smith during his ill-fated probe of President Trump sued on Wednesday, asking a court to reprimand the former special counsel for his aggressive actions.

Climate-disaster satire 'Digger' faces a chilly box office opening as Tom Cruise gambles on WB

Tom Cruise plays an oil baron at the center of an ecological catastrophe in "Digger," a satire that some have billed as a climate disaster comedy. The bigger crisis may be at the box office, where the film opens Friday tracking for just $12M to $15M in North America.

Democrats block congressional stock-buying ban, objecting to attached voter ID provision

Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked a House-passed bill to ban the purchase of individual stocks by members of Congress.

America formally ends military presence in Iraq after 2 decades

The last remaining American troops and equipment on Wednesday pulled out of Erbil Air Base in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, the final U.S. military outpost there.

Sunny Hostin defends DA's 2024 decision in Cornell fraternity case, criticizes coverage

"The View" co-host SUNNY HOSTIN, a former prosecutor, said Tuesday that media coverage of the Cornell University fraternity case is inaccurate and unfair. "The pictures of these young men who have not been charged, not been adjudicated, are being plastered all over the internet," Hostin said.

Arizona CEO pleads guilty to stealing $8.8M from employee benefit plan

A Scottsdale, Arizona, man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Maryland to embezzling more than $8.8 million from an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) benefit plan, the Justice Department announced.

DOJ seeks penalties for Minnesota judges who gave press interview criticizing Trump on immigration

The Justice Department filed a misconduct complaint Wednesday against a group of federal judges in Minnesota who publicly complained about President Trump's immigration policies, which the government said ruined their ability to be impartial.

Report: Diddy lives in relative comfort at Fort Dix, with paid inmate help and contraband

REPORT: Sean "Diddy" Combs is living far more comfortably inside a New Jersey federal prison than most inmates.

Tennessee was about an hour from executing Christa Pike. Then a federal court stepped in

A federal appeals court halted Christa Pike's execution about an hour before it was set to begin. She would have been Tennessee's first woman executed in at least 200 years.