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  31. <title>Trump Announces $1.4 Billion In Political War Chest</title>
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  43. <p>The figure nearly matches the $1.45 billion his campaign and outside groups raised for the 2024 election, according to <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/2024-presidential-race/donald-trump/candidate?id=N00023864">Open Secrets</a>. The figure appears even more impressive as the campaign committee had a mere $9.8 million in cash on hand following the election.</p>
  44. <p>The $1.4 billion sum would be a staggering amount on its own heading into the midterms and could signal that Trump has the strength to wage both aggressive primary challenges to disfavored Republicans and to boost competitive candidates on the national stage without much tradeoff.</p>
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  51. <title>Nebraska Rep Bacon Won&#8217;t Seek Reelection, Leaving House Republican Seat Vulnerable</title>
  52. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/nebraska-rep-bacon-wont-seek-reelection-leaving-house-republican-seat-vulnerable/</link>
  54. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Weber]]></dc:creator>
  55. <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 23:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
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  61. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1751074808-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) announced Monday he will not seek reelection next year from his key battleground district, leaving a House Republican seat vulnerable. &#8220;After 30 years in the Air Force and 10 years in Congress, it’s time to spend my future with the love of my life, our four kids, and our wonderful grandchildren. [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/nebraska-rep-bacon-wont-seek-reelection-leaving-house-republican-seat-vulnerable/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
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  63. <p>&#8220;After 30 years in the Air Force and 10 years in Congress, it’s time to spend my future with the love of my life, our four kids, and our wonderful grandchildren. Thank you, Nebraska!&#8221; Bacon wrote on X.</p>
  64. <p>Bacon won reelection in 2024 in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District by less than two percentage points. Meanwhile, Democratic Presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris won the district by nearly five percentage points.</p>
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  74. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Weber]]></dc:creator>
  75. <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 22:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
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  80. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749126304-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />DHS Strives To Exceed 50K Illegals Arrested Per Month<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/turbo-charge/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  81. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749126304-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="699" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749126304-1024x699.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749126304-1024x699.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749126304-300x205.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749126304-768x524.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749126304-1536x1048.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749126304.jpg 1713w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>Efforts by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to arrest illegal aliens have led to the detention of more than 250,000 people since President Donald Trump took office, averaging nearly 50,000 arrests per month.</p>
  82. <p>&#8220;Our arrest numbers as they stand, are about 250,000 and we want those numbers up, we want to turbo charge them,&#8221;  Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin told this reporter on the &#8220;John Solomon Reports&#8221; podcast.</p>
  83. <p>With the administration taking over in late January, those figures point to an arrest rate of roughly 50,000 per month, which would put the administration on course to arrest roughly 2.4 million people by the end of his term. But Trump has set an ambitious target of deporting all illegal aliens from the U.S., putting the total at 21 million.</p>
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  90. <title>Jury In Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs Trial Ends First Day Of Deliberations Without Verdict</title>
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  94. <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 22:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
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  100. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1748010516-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Jury deliberations got underway on Monday in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal sex trafficking trial and hit a snag almost as soon as they started. But, by the end of the day, jurors indicated they were making progress weighing complex charges that could put the hip-hop mogul in prison for life. The first day of deliberations [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/jury-in-sean-diddy-combs-trial-ends-first-day-of-deliberations-without-verdict/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  101. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1748010516-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1748010516-1024x768.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1748010516-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1748010516-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1748010516-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1748010516-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1748010516-2048x1536.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p class="default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph">Jury deliberations got underway on Monday in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal sex trafficking trial and hit a snag almost as soon as they started. But, by the end of the day, jurors indicated they were making progress weighing complex charges that could put the hip-hop mogul in prison for life.</p>
  102. <p class="default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph">The first day of deliberations saw a flurry of notes from the jury and Combs and his supporters bowing their heads in prayer in the courtroom — but no verdict.</p>
  103. <p class="default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph"><a href="https://apnews.com/article/diddy-sean-combs-trial-jury-jurors-81dec675f8c17599dfafa0829517470a">The jury</a> of eight men and four women are sifting through seven weeks of sometimes graphic and emotional testimony about the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/diddy-sean-combs-timeline-f9c343652872f787a73069d50a821611">rap, fashion and reality TV impresario</a> &#8216;s propensity for violence and his sexual predilections, including drug-fueled sex marathons dubbed &#8221; <a href="https://apnews.com/article/sean-combs-diddy-trial-juror-removed-5f4a05fbe191d7a8ad8597ee23432d49">freak-offs</a> &#8221; or &#8220;hotel nights.&#8221;</p>
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  131. <title>Bryan Kohberger To Plead Guilty To Idaho College Murders</title>
  132. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/bryan-kohberger-to-plead-guilty-of-idaho-college-murders/</link>
  134. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Weber]]></dc:creator>
  135. <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 22:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
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  141. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745974697-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to all counts in the killings of four Idaho college students sparing him from the death penalty, according to a letter sent to victims&#8217; family members. Kohberger will be sentenced to four consecutive life sentences and waives all right to appeal. A court hearing is scheduled for July 2. Kohberger [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/bryan-kohberger-to-plead-guilty-of-idaho-college-murders/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  142. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745974697-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="717" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745974697-1024x717.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745974697-1024x717.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745974697-300x210.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745974697-768x538.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745974697-1536x1075.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745974697-2048x1434.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to all counts in the <a class="zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE " href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/idaho-college-victims-friends-recall-moment-responded-home/story?id=123243278" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-testid="prism-linkbase">killings of four Idaho college students</a> sparing him from the death penalty, according to a letter sent to victims&#8217; family members. Kohberger will be sentenced to four consecutive life sentences and waives all right to appeal.</p>
  143. <p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">A court hearing is scheduled for July 2.</p>
  144. <p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">Kohberger was charged with murder in the killings of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin in an off-campus house on Nov. 13, 2022.</p>
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  152. <title>Nantucket To Test Sewage For Traces of Cocaine, Fentanyl, And Meth</title>
  153. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/nantucket-to-test-sewage-for-traces-of-cocaine-fentanyl-and-meth/</link>
  155. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dillon B]]></dc:creator>
  156. <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 21:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
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  159. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/nantucket-to-test-sewage-for-traces-of-cocaine-fentanyl-and-meth/</guid>
  160.  
  161. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/AP23352777175818-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Nantucket&#8217;s Health Department has announced it will test sewage for drugs including cocaine, fentanyl and meth in an effort to combat drug-related harm and support first-responders with actionable data. “Everyone’s got a good idea of what the [drug] situation is, but we have very little direct measurement,” said Jerico Mele, a human services director for [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/nantucket-to-test-sewage-for-traces-of-cocaine-fentanyl-and-meth/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  162. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/AP23352777175818-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="576" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/AP23352777175818.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/AP23352777175818.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/AP23352777175818-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/AP23352777175818-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>Nantucket&#8217;s Health Department has announced it will test sewage for drugs including cocaine, fentanyl and meth in an effort to combat drug-related harm and support first-responders with actionable data.</p>
  163. <p>“Everyone’s got a good idea of what the [drug] situation is, but we have very little direct measurement,” said Jerico Mele, a human services director for Nantucket, a Massachusetts island. “When we get away from our gut to getting data, we get a better picture of what’s going on.”</p>
  164. <p>A 2021 report by the National Drug Intelligence Center said cocaine and specifically crack were the biggest drug threat to Nantucket and its surrounding areas.</p>
  165. <p>But just how much cocaine, fentanyl and other opiates are in Nantucket’s sewage? The town does not plan on posting the results publicly, though they may be shared with healthcare partners, according to Mele.</p>
  166. <p>The new drug testing initiative is an expansion of the town’s COVID-19 sewage testing at the Surfside Wastewater Treatment Facility.</p>
  167. <p>Nantucket has partnered with the Cambridge firm Biobot, testing sewage weekly for COVID-19, since the beginning of the pandemic, which has not been a national emergency in the U.S. since April 2023. </p>
  168. <p>Those same samples will now be used to test for drugs in order to catch signs of alarming drug trends.</p>
  169. <p>“They can use the same samples we take,” Nantucket Sewer Department head David Gray said. “The numbers will be interesting. They want to get a baseline, and that’s the reason we test for COVID. It’s going to be data that is a great forecasting tool.”</p>
  170. <p>Data from the sewage samples will help Nantucket residents and first-responders fight the counry&#8217;s opioid crisis.</p>
  171. <p>“If we can get an idea of the standard usage of drugs, we can see if interventions and behaviors change the rate of consumption,” Mele said. “That can give us a scorecard on the efforts and reducing usage.”</p>
  172. <p>Nantucket’s population is estimated at 14,250 people, according to a 2024 census. However, in the summer months the population on the island — which largely relies on tourism — increases to around 80,000 or more, according to the local government.</p>
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  179. <title>Trump Ends Lawsuit Against Iowa Pollster J. Ann Selzer</title>
  180. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/trump-ends-lawsuit-against-iowa-pollster-j-ann-selzer/</link>
  182. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dillon B]]></dc:creator>
  183. <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 21:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
  184. <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>
  185. <category><![CDATA[6]]></category>
  186. <category><![CDATA[LEFT COLUMN]]></category>
  187. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/trump-ends-lawsuit-against-iowa-pollster-j-ann-selzer/</guid>
  188.  
  189. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2016-02-17T000000Z_1953877887_D1AESNOQEAAB_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-TRUMP-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Lawyers for President Trump have dropped a lawsuit against Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register, according to a Monday court filing. An attorney for Selzer told NPR that there has been no settlement. Attorneys for Trump and the Des Moines Register did not immediately return a request for comment. Trump sued [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/trump-ends-lawsuit-against-iowa-pollster-j-ann-selzer/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  190. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2016-02-17T000000Z_1953877887_D1AESNOQEAAB_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-TRUMP-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2016-02-17T000000Z_1953877887_D1AESNOQEAAB_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-TRUMP-1024x683.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2016-02-17T000000Z_1953877887_D1AESNOQEAAB_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-TRUMP-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2016-02-17T000000Z_1953877887_D1AESNOQEAAB_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-TRUMP-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2016-02-17T000000Z_1953877887_D1AESNOQEAAB_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-TRUMP-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2016-02-17T000000Z_1953877887_D1AESNOQEAAB_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-TRUMP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2016-02-17T000000Z_1953877887_D1AESNOQEAAB_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-TRUMP-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>Lawyers for President Trump have dropped a lawsuit against Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register, according to a Monday court filing.</p>
  191. <p>An attorney for Selzer told NPR that there has been no settlement. Attorneys for Trump and the Des Moines Register did not immediately return a request for comment.</p>
  192. <p>Trump sued the newspaper and the longtime Iowa pollster following the release of a poll in the last days of the 2024 presidential contest that found former Vice President Harris was winning the Hawkeye State by 3 percentage points, a result that temporarily buoyed Democrats’ hopes. Trump won Iowa by 14 points.</p>
  193. <p>Seltzer announced in November that she would retire from polling, having previously decided not to continue her contract with the paper.</p>
  194. <p>In December, attorneys for Trump filed suit against her and the Des Moines Register in state court, accusing them of violating Iowa’s consumer fraud laws and charging that the polling miss was intentional.</p>
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  201. <title>Judge Delays Abrego Garcia’s Release From Tennessee Jail Again Over Deportation Concerns</title>
  202. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/judge-delays-abrego-garcias-release-from-tennessee-jail-again-over-deportation-concerns/</link>
  204. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dillon B]]></dc:creator>
  205. <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 21:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
  206. <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
  207. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/judge-delays-abrego-garcias-release-from-tennessee-jail-again-over-deportation-concerns/</guid>
  208.  
  209. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749244449-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Kilmar Abrego Garcia will stay in jail for now over concerns from his lawyers that he could be deported if he’s released to await his trial on human smuggling charges, a federal judge in Tennessee ruled Monday. Abrego Garcia’s attorneys had asked the judge to delay his release because of what they described as “contradictory [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/judge-delays-abrego-garcias-release-from-tennessee-jail-again-over-deportation-concerns/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  210. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749244449-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="837" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749244449-1024x837.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749244449-1024x837.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749244449-300x245.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749244449-768x627.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749244449.jpg 1284w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>Kilmar Abrego Garcia will stay in jail for now over concerns from his lawyers that he could be deported if he’s released to await his trial on human smuggling charges, a federal judge in Tennessee ruled Monday.</p>
  211. <p>Abrego Garcia’s attorneys had asked the judge to delay his release because of what they described as “contradictory statements” by President Donald Trump’s administration over what would happen to the Salvadoran national. The lawyers wrote in a brief to the court Friday that “we cannot put any faith in any representation made on this issue” by the Justice Department, adding that the “irony of this request is not lost on anyone.”</p>
  212. <p>Justice Department spokesman Chad Gilmartin told The Associated Press on Thursday that the department intends to try Abrego Garcia on the smuggling charges before it moves to deport him, stating that Abrego Garcia “has been charged with horrific crimes.”</p>
  213. <p>Hours earlier, Justice Department attorney Jonathan Guynn told a federal judge in Maryland that the US government plans to deport Abrego Garcia to a “third country” that isn’t El Salvador. Guynn said there was no timeline for the deportation plans.</p>
  214. <p>Abrego Garcia’s attorneys on Friday cited Guynn’s comments as a reason to fear he would be deported “immediately.”</p>
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  221. <title>6 Dead After Small Plane Crashes Shortly After Takeoff In Ohio</title>
  222. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/6-dead-after-small-plane-crashes-shortly-after-takeoff-in-ohio/</link>
  224. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dillon B]]></dc:creator>
  225. <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 21:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
  226. <category><![CDATA[Airlines]]></category>
  227. <category><![CDATA[6]]></category>
  228. <category><![CDATA[MIDDLE COLUMN]]></category>
  229. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/6-dead-after-small-plane-crashes-shortly-after-takeoff-in-ohio/</guid>
  230.  
  231. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746228284-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Six people were killed Sunday morning when a plane crashed in northeast Ohio — just seven minutes after it took off, officials confirmed. Four passengers and two crew members were killed in the twin-engine Cessna 441 crash, which happened around 7 a.m. in Howland Township near Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport. Western Reserve Port Authority executive director [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/6-dead-after-small-plane-crashes-shortly-after-takeoff-in-ohio/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  232. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746228284-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="601" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746228284-1024x601.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746228284-1024x601.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746228284-300x176.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746228284-768x451.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746228284-1536x902.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746228284-2048x1202.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>Six people were killed Sunday morning when a plane crashed in northeast Ohio — just seven minutes after it took off, officials confirmed.</p>
  233. <p>Four passengers and two crew members were killed in the twin-engine Cessna 441 crash, which happened around 7 a.m. in Howland Township near Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport.</p>
  234. <p>Western Reserve Port Authority executive director Anthony Trevena said at a news conference that there were no survivors. </p>
  235. <p>Authorities identified the victims as 68-year-old Veronica Weller, 67-year-old James Weller, 36-year-old John Weller and 34-year-old Maria Weller. </p>
  236. <p>The pilot was identified as 63-year-old Joseph Maxin, and the co-pilot as 55-year-old Timothy Blake.</p>
  237. <p>Fox 8 obtained 911 calls following the incident, including one in which a caller said he heard a “huge crash.”</p>
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  244. <title>Teacher Sued After Becoming Known As ‘Cutest Couple’ With Student</title>
  245. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/teacher-sued-after-becoming-known-as-cutest-couple-with-student/</link>
  247. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dillon B]]></dc:creator>
  248. <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 21:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
  249. <category><![CDATA[Partner]]></category>
  250. <category><![CDATA[MIDDLE COLUMN]]></category>
  251. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/teacher-sued-after-becoming-known-as-cutest-couple-with-student/</guid>
  252.  
  253. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745852190-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />An illegal sexual relationship between a girl and her teacher was so well-known that students at a Pennsylvania high school voted them &#8220;Cutest Couple,&#8221; says a lawsuit that follows the teacher&#8217;s guilty plea. A Jane Doe filed suit June 20 against the Cambria Heights School District and Isaac Vescovi, who was arrested in October and [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/teacher-sued-after-becoming-known-as-cutest-couple-with-student/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  254. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745852190-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="576" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745852190-1024x576.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745852190-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745852190-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745852190-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745852190-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745852190-2048x1152.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>An illegal sexual relationship between a girl and her teacher was so well-known that students at a Pennsylvania high school voted them &#8220;Cutest Couple,&#8221; says a lawsuit that follows the teacher&#8217;s guilty plea.</p>
  255. <p>A Jane Doe filed suit June 20 against the Cambria Heights School District and Isaac Vescovi, who was arrested in October and earlier this year pleaded guilty to intercourse/sexual contact with a 17-year-old student.</p>
  256. <p>District Attorney Greg Neugebauer told WJAC that Vescovi had sent the student more than 4,000 messages. Vescovi was sentenced in April to up to two years in jail.</p>
  257. <p>Now, the school district is in legal trouble, with the lawsuit claiming the district failed to properly train, supervise and discipline its employees.</p>
  258. <p>&#8220;The District had in place a policy and/or custom of ignoring reports of sexual violence and/or assault against female students,&#8221; the lawsuit says.</p>
  259. <p>&#8220;The District had in place a policy and/or custom of permitting dangerous and sexually violent teachers to remain employed in the schools of the District.&#8221;</p>
  260. <p>Vescovi was the student&#8217;s homeroom teacher for three years and in the 2022-23 school year was also her math teacher. The lawsuit says he spent his time during homeroom grooming the student with inappropriate flirting.</p>
  261. <p>When she was 16, the student received social media messages from Vescovi that escalated to &#8220;explicit pictures and videos&#8221; on Snapchat and in text messages. Vescovi &#8220;persuaded&#8221; the student to visit him alone in his classroom, where they would engage in &#8220;inappropriate and illicit touching, kissing and groping,&#8221; the suit says.</p>
  262. <p>They started doing the same in various parking lots in Altoona during summer 2023. The student was 16 at the time.</p>
  263. <p>&#8220;News of these &#8216;dates&#8217; to Altoona became widely known throughout the District, leading District personnel to question Vescovi about his relationship with Plaintiff, which resulted in Vescovi admitting to District personnel that he was &#8216;hanging out&#8217; with Plaintiff,&#8221; the suit says.</p>
  264. <p>&#8220;Nonetheless, the District refused and/or failed to report the illicit relatinship or take any action to protect Plaintiff from her assailant.&#8221;</p>
  265. <p>Vescovi, a former collegiate player, was also the girl&#8217;s coach on the school&#8217;s basketball team. In summer 2024, they started having sexual intercourse at his home, the suit says, and in a hotel room in Indiana.</p>
  266. <p>Cambria Heights had notice this relationship was illegal, the suit says. Vescovi was 29 years old when he was arrested in October.</p>
  267. <p>&#8220;The relationship was so well-known at Cambria Heights that the student body submitted and voted for Plaintiff and Vescovi as the &#8216;cutest couple&#8217; for the yearbook,&#8221; the suit says.</p>
  268. <p>At least one student and teacher reported the relationship, but Cambria Heights&#8217; reponse showed a &#8220;reckless disregard of the actual knowledge that Vescovi was sexually assaulting Plaintiff,&#8221; the suit says.</p>
  269. <p>In the aftermath, the student says she has experienced post-traumatic stress disorder, panic attacks, depression, nightmares, shame and loss of reputation. She is represented by Ronald Carnevali, Jr. of Spence, Custer, Saylor, Wolfe &amp; Rose.</p>
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  276. <title>Supreme Court Throws Out Transgender Rulings In 4 States</title>
  277. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/supreme-court-throws-out-transgender-rulings-in-4-states/</link>
  279. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dillon B]]></dc:creator>
  280. <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 21:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
  281. <category><![CDATA[Transgender]]></category>
  282. <category><![CDATA[6]]></category>
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  284. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/supreme-court-throws-out-transgender-rulings-in-4-states/</guid>
  285.  
  286. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1747767582-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />The Supreme Court on Monday threw out appellate rulings in favor of transgender people in four states following the justices&#8217; recent decision upholding a Tennessee ban on certain medical treatment for transgender youths. But the justices took no action in cases from Arizona, Idaho and West Virginia involving the participation of transgender students on school [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/supreme-court-throws-out-transgender-rulings-in-4-states/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  287. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1747767582-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="659" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1747767582-1024x659.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1747767582-1024x659.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1747767582-300x193.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1747767582-768x494.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1747767582-1536x988.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1747767582-2048x1318.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p> The Supreme Court on Monday threw out appellate rulings in favor of transgender people in four states following the justices&#8217; recent decision upholding a Tennessee ban on certain medical treatment for transgender youths.</p>
  288. <p>But the justices took no action in cases from Arizona, Idaho and West Virginia involving the participation of transgender students on school sports teams. The court could say as soon as Thursday whether it will take up the issue in its next term.</p>
  289. <p>The high court ordered appellate judges to reexamine cases from Idaho, North Carolina, Oklahoma and West Virginia involving access to medical care and birth certificates.</p>
  290. <p>The action was unsurprising because the court had set the cases aside until after it decided the Tennessee case, as typically happens when the same legal issue is being considered.</p>
  291. <p>The rulings all included findings that the restrictions on transgender people imposed by the states violate the Constitution&#8217;s equal protection clause.</p>
  292. <p>In the Tennessee case, the Supreme Court ruled that there was no constitutional violation in a state law prohibiting puberty blockers and hormone therapy to treat gender dysphoria in people younger than 18.</p>
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  299. <title>Chicago Officials Blame Trump For Rising Costs As Budget Talks Begin</title>
  300. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/chicago-officials-blame-trump-for-rising-costs-as-budget-talks-begin/</link>
  302. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dillon B]]></dc:creator>
  303. <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 20:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
  304. <category><![CDATA[Partner]]></category>
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  306. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/chicago-officials-blame-trump-for-rising-costs-as-budget-talks-begin/</guid>
  307.  
  308. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025-03-05T172819Z_373412315_RC257DAVF62O_RTRMADP_3_USA-MAYORS-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Chicago officials have begun a series of public budget discussions as the city grapples with a deficit of more than $1 billion. The city hosted its first budget engagement roundtable Saturday at Truman College. Mayor Brandon Johnson told participants that he wanted working people to have a voice in the budgeting process. “The knowledge and [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/chicago-officials-blame-trump-for-rising-costs-as-budget-talks-begin/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  309. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025-03-05T172819Z_373412315_RC257DAVF62O_RTRMADP_3_USA-MAYORS-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="732" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025-03-05T172819Z_373412315_RC257DAVF62O_RTRMADP_3_USA-MAYORS-1024x732.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025-03-05T172819Z_373412315_RC257DAVF62O_RTRMADP_3_USA-MAYORS-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025-03-05T172819Z_373412315_RC257DAVF62O_RTRMADP_3_USA-MAYORS-300x214.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025-03-05T172819Z_373412315_RC257DAVF62O_RTRMADP_3_USA-MAYORS-768x549.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025-03-05T172819Z_373412315_RC257DAVF62O_RTRMADP_3_USA-MAYORS-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025-03-05T172819Z_373412315_RC257DAVF62O_RTRMADP_3_USA-MAYORS-2048x1463.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>Chicago officials have begun a series of public budget discussions as the city grapples with a deficit of more than $1 billion.</p>
  310. <p>The city hosted its first budget engagement roundtable Saturday at Truman College.</p>
  311. <p>Mayor Brandon Johnson told participants that he wanted working people to have a voice in the budgeting process.</p>
  312. <p>“The knowledge and input that you bring forward allow us to think critically about how we allocate funding towards the things that truly matter,” the mayor said.</p>
  313. <p>“We’re entering a budget season unlike any the city has experienced,” stated Chicago Budget Director Annette Guzman. “The City faces difficult decisions ahead and we want to know residents’ priorities so we can be strategic and laser focused with our budget. It’s Chicagoans’ voices that will help us get there.” </p>
  314. <p>Guzman told roundtable participants on Saturday that the budget has been structurally out of balance for decades. Guzman said expenditures have increased about 8% and blamed President Donald Trump for rising prices.</p>
  315. <p>“You know, we have a president in Washington that has instituted a trade war that’s driving costs up every single day,” Guzman said.</p>
  316. <p>Guzman also noted that city revenues have not grown.</p>
  317. <p>Chicago Flips Red founder Zoe Leigh said it is shameful and disrespectful for members of Johnson’s administration to blame a president who has only been in office for six months.</p>
  318. <p>“It shows that you guys are not taking any acknowledgement of the wrongdoing that you guys have done and continue to do. You’re not making anything better, even with these roundtables,” Leigh told The Center Square.</p>
  319. <p>Leigh said Johnson could have done what Atlanta’s mayor did by offering sanctuary status without providing financial assistance to migrants.</p>
  320. <p>Leigh said the mayor is holding roundtables because he doesn’t know what else to do.</p>
  321. <p>“You can’t get any money from the federal government. [Illinois Gov. J.B.] Pritzker is trying to save himself. You’re not gonna get anything from the county, so now it’s just trying to figure out, ‘What can we do?’” Leigh said.</p>
  322. <p>More Chicago budget engagement events to discuss fiscal year 2026 spending plans are scheduled Monday and Tuesday of this week, followed by a fourth roundtable on July 9th. The next city budget begins Jan. 1, 2026.</p>
  323. <p>The city’s budget engagement website includes the calendar of public events.</p>
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  330. <title>DOJ Announces Largest Healthcare Fraud Takedown In US History</title>
  331. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/doj-announces-largest-healthcare-fraud-takedown-in-us-history/</link>
  333. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dillon B]]></dc:creator>
  334. <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 20:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
  335. <category><![CDATA[Healthcare]]></category>
  336. <category><![CDATA[5]]></category>
  337. <category><![CDATA[MIDDLE COLUMN]]></category>
  338. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/doj-announces-largest-healthcare-fraud-takedown-in-us-history/</guid>
  339.  
  340. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749001022-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />The Justice Department on Monday announced charges for 324 people, including nearly 100 medical professionals, in what the DOJ called the largest healthcare fraud takedown in U.S. history. The $14.6 billion crackdown spanned all 50 states and included charges ranging from opioid trafficking and telemedicine fraud to transnational identity theft schemes. Of the total charged, [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/doj-announces-largest-healthcare-fraud-takedown-in-us-history/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  341. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749001022-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="685" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749001022-1024x685.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749001022-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749001022-300x201.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749001022-768x514.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749001022-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749001022-2048x1369.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>The Justice Department on Monday announced charges for 324 people, including nearly 100 medical professionals, in what the DOJ called the largest healthcare fraud takedown in U.S. history.</p>
  342. <p>The $14.6 billion crackdown spanned all 50 states and included charges ranging from opioid trafficking and telemedicine fraud to transnational identity theft schemes. Of the total charged, 77 defendants were prosecuted by state attorneys general, while the remaining 247 face federal charges. Authorities said they seized over $245 million in cash, luxury vehicles, cryptocurrency, and other assets.</p>
  343. <p>The Justice Department on Monday announced charges for 324 people, including nearly 100 medical professionals, in what the DOJ called the largest healthcare fraud takedown in U.S. history.</p>
  344. <p>The $14.6 billion crackdown spanned all 50 states and included charges ranging from opioid trafficking and telemedicine fraud to transnational identity theft schemes. Of the total charged, 77 defendants were prosecuted by state attorneys general, while the remaining 247 face federal charges. Authorities said they seized over $245 million in cash, luxury vehicles, cryptocurrency, and other assets.</p>
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  351. <title>Jury Begins Deliberations In Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs Sex Trafficking Trial</title>
  352. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/jury-begins-deliberations-in-sean-diddy-combs-sex-trafficking-trial/</link>
  354. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dillon B]]></dc:creator>
  355. <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 20:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
  356. <category><![CDATA[Partner]]></category>
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  358. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/jury-begins-deliberations-in-sean-diddy-combs-sex-trafficking-trial/</guid>
  359.  
  360. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1747867650-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />AManhattan jury began deliberating Monday in the federal government&#8217;s sex trafficking case against music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. After hearing the accounts of 34 witnesses, the jury convened to decide on the case. Combs was arrested in September 2024 and faces charges of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking related to two of his ex-girlfriends, and [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/jury-begins-deliberations-in-sean-diddy-combs-sex-trafficking-trial/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  361. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1747867650-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1747867650-1024x768.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1747867650-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1747867650-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1747867650-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1747867650-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1747867650-2048x1536.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>AManhattan jury began deliberating Monday in the federal government&#8217;s sex trafficking case against music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs.</p>
  362. <p>After hearing the accounts of 34 witnesses, the jury convened to decide on the case.</p>
  363. <p>Combs was arrested in September 2024 and faces charges of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking related to two of his ex-girlfriends, and transportation for the sake of prostitution, according to the Associated Press.</p>
  364. <p>After 10 minutes of deliberation Monday morning, the jury sent a note indicating that the group of eight men and four women had elected a foreperson.</p>
  365. <p>At Thursday&#8217;s closings, Assistant U.S. Attorney Christy Slavik addressed the jury, according to a report from the Associated Press.</p>
  366. <p>“Over the last several weeks, you’ve learned a lot about Sean Combs. He’s the leader of a criminal enterprise. He doesn’t take no for an answer. And now you know about many crimes the defendant committed with members of his enterprise: Kidnapping of one of the defendant’s employees; arson by trying to blow up a car; forced labor, including of an employee the defendant repeatedly sexually assaulted; bribery of a security officer to keep damning evidence against the defendant buried; and of course, the brutal crimes at the heart of this case – sex trafficking,” she said.</p>
  367. <p>Combs&#8217;s defense told the jurors their client is &#8220;not a racketeer. He is not a conspirator to commit racketeering. He is none of these things. He is innocent. He sits there innocent. Return him to his family, who have been waiting for him.&#8221;</p>
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  374. <title>Fetterman Tells Reporters &#8216;I Just Want To Go Home&#8217; Amid OBBB Debate</title>
  375. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/fetterman-tells-reporters-i-just-want-to-go-home-amid-obbb-debate/</link>
  377. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristina Watrobski]]></dc:creator>
  378. <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 20:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
  379. <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
  380. <category><![CDATA[LEFT COLUMN]]></category>
  381. <category><![CDATA[Original]]></category>
  382. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/fetterman-tells-reporters-i-just-want-to-go-home-amid-obbb-debate/</guid>
  383.  
  384. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746630072-1-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) complained to the press on Monday about missing his family vacation to vote on the budget bill in Washington, D.C.  “Oh my God, I just want to go home, I’ve already missed our entire trip to the beach,” he said. Sen. Fetterman expressed annoyance and frustration about how long the vote [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/fetterman-tells-reporters-i-just-want-to-go-home-amid-obbb-debate/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  385. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746630072-1-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746630072-1-1024x683.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746630072-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746630072-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746630072-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746630072-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746630072-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p><span style="font-weight: 400">Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) complained to the press on Monday about missing his family vacation to vote on the budget bill in Washington, D.C. </span></p>
  386. <p><span style="font-weight: 400">“Oh my God, I just want to go home, I’ve already missed our entire trip to the beach,” he said.</span></p>
  387. <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Sen. Fetterman expressed annoyance and frustration about how long the vote on the legislation, dubbed the “Big, Beautiful Bill” by Republicans, appears to be taking, noting how the outcome seems already predetermined.</span></p>
  388. <p><span style="font-weight: 400">“And again, I’m gonna vote no. There’s no drama, the votes are going to go. In fact, the only interesting votes are gonna be on the margins, whether that’s Collins, or Johnson and those, but all the Democrats, we all know how that’s gonna go,” he said.</span></p>
  389. <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) had both expressed some opposition to the bill, calling the bill irresponsible, grotesque, and immoral.” Both senators flipped their “no” votes to “yes” over the weekend, advancing the bill to final debate.</span></p>
  390. <p><span style="font-weight: 400">The Senate is scrambling to meet President Trump’s July 4 deadline to pass the “Big, Beautiful Bill,” which has been the subject of congressional battles for weeks. After the House narrowly passed the bill, it was sent to the Senate for review, resulting in significant changes that drew controversy from all sides.</span></p>
  391. <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Among the most controversial parts of the Senate version are reduced federal spending on Medicaid, shifting costs of food stamps to states, a $5 trillion debt ceiling increase and a permanent expansion of Trump’s 2017 tax cuts.</span></p>
  392. <p><span style="font-weight: 400">The Congressional Budget Office estimated on Sunday that the bill would increase the deficit by $3.3 trillion over the next decade.</span></p>
  393. <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Sen. Fetterman has been vocal about his mental health in the past.</span></p>
  394. <p><span style="font-weight: 400">In a May interview with The New York Times, he said he felt his mental health had been weaponized by his political opponents, who criticized him for missing 18% of Senate floor votes since taking office. </span></p>
  395. <p><span style="font-weight: 400">“</span><span style="font-weight: 400">The votes I missed were overwhelmingly procedural; they’re even called ‘bed check’ votes,” he said. </span></p>
  396. <p><span style="font-weight: 400">“I had to make a decision: getting here and sticking my thumb in the door for three seconds for a procedural vote or spend Monday night as a dad-daughter date,” Sen. Fetterman continued.</span></p>
  397. <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Speaking on Monday about the “Big Beautiful Bill,” Sen. Fetterman said, “I </span><span style="font-weight: 400">don’t think it’s really helpful to put the people here ‘til some ungodly hour.”</span></p>
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