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Among those visiting Elon will be journalist and author Mónica Guzmán, entrepreneur Daymond John, activist and CEO Reshma Saujani and the authors of “We are Charleston: Tragedy and Triumph at Mother Emanuel.” Elon University will host an exciting and engaging lineup of speakers from the worlds of business, economic empowerment, social connection activism and more […]
When sentencing former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder on Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Black blasted the Perry County Republican for abusing the public trust, lying on the witness stand and failing to take responsibility. Black gave Householder a verbal thrashing as reporters scribbled down his remarks. He sentenced
“Beyond financial greed, I think you just liked power,” U.S. District Judge Timothy Black said. “You weren’t serving the people. You were serving yourself.” Householder expressed no remorse for leading an extensive bribery scheme at the Ohio Statehouse but instead focused on the harm a prison sentence would impose on his relatives and loved ones. […]
June 11 (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Sunday he hoped to get back on the right track after a conservative revolt paralyzed the Republican Party’s efforts to advance its agenda in Washington.
WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) – House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday said he believed the United States will not default on its debt now that congressional leaders and President Joe Biden’s administration are sitting down and negotiating. “I think at the end of the day, we do not have a debt default,” McCarthy said in […]
WASHINGTON, April 17 (Reuters) – Republican U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy plans to make his case for cuts in federal spending to accompany a lifting of the government’s $31.4 trillion
Sam Hyun delivers a talk on “The Invisible Race” on March 23 in the Century Rooms of the Millennium Student Center. (Photo by Steve Walentik) Fishermen from the Philippines were the first people of Asian origin to immigrate to the United States beginning in the 18th century, and over the next 250-plus years, they . […]
BEIJING, April 8 (Reuters) – China will hold three days of military exercises around Taiwan from Saturday, the People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theatre Command announced, the day after Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen returned from a trip to the United States. China will hold “combat readiness patrols” and exercises around in the Taiwan Strait and to […]
Debra Adams Simmons Debra Adams Simmons ’86, a national leader in journalism and a champion of diverse media organizations, inclusive editorial coverage, increased accountability journalism and a strengthened local news ecosystem, will deliver the alumni keynote address at the 2023 College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) | Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs undergraduate convocation on […]
LOS ANGELES, April 5 (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy met Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in California on Wednesday, becoming the most senior U.S. figure to meet a Taiwanese leader on U.S. soil since 1979 despite threats of retaliation from China, which claims self-ruled Taiwan as . . .