WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California announced Monday he will resign from Congress after sexual assault and misconduct allegations that prompted loud bipartisan calls for him to step down. The decision caps a swift political fall for the seven-term lawmaker, who ...
Today is Monday, April 13, the 103rd day of 2026. There are 262 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1997, Tiger Woods, at age 21, became the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, finishing a record 12 strokes ahead of Tom Kite. Also on this date: In 1743, Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, was born in Shadwell in the Virginia Colony. In 1861, Fort Sumter in South Carolina fell to Confederate forces in the first battle of the Civil War. In 1873, members of the pro-white, paramilitary White League attacked Black state ...
Here is a letter I sent U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet, on March 9 through his Congressional portal. Congressman Bergman, The Trump administration’s multiple tariffs, threats to annex Greenland and Canada, attacks on Venezuela purportedly for drug trafficking, while pardoning a former Honduran president/drug kingpin, are baffling. The administration’s policies align more with the Queen of Hearts in “Alice in Wonderland” than a great nation. The policies, bereft of reason, are chaotic, out of focus, and consistently and needlessly cruel. The administration has killed ...
With several recent days in the 30s and 40s and perhaps a bit more, many early signs of spring can be seen in Marquette County and around the Upper Peninsula. It can be delightful to watch the snow and ice melt away. However, soil and pavement are not the only things that become visible as the snow melts: A quick drive around the Marquette area reveals long-buried plastic bags, cups, wrappers, receipts, cigarette butts and other litter melting out of the ice and snowbanks. It’s especially troubling to see this occur in our community year after year because litter, animal waste and ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell suspended his campaign for California governor on Sunday after sexual assault allegations that he continues to deny. "I will fight the serious, false allegations that have been made — but that's my fight, not a campaign's," Swalwell ...
Is personal freedom a reality or a myth? Does the government execute the will of the governed or the will of those who finance its officials? Does the Bill of Rights restrain the government? Are the levers of government power pulled by those the governed have elected or those we don't see? Do ...
