Kari Lake wins Arizona governor's primary in win for Trump
Former television news anchor Kari Lake is projected to win Arizona’s Republican gubernatorial nomination, handing a high-profile win to former President Trump. The Associated Press called the race at 10:09 p.m. ET on Thursday, two days after votes were cast. Polls in the lead up to Election Day showed Lake leading Karrin Taylor Robson. Trump last year endorsed Lake, who touted the former president’s unfounded claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him. Meanwhile, Robson’s victory is a loss for the GOP establishment. Robson was endorsed by Gov.
Read MoreNew Orleans seeks to end federal consent decree with police department after a decade
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell (D) called for a quick end to the city police’s federal consent decree Thursday, put in place nearly a decade ago to ensure civil rights. Cantrell said at a press conference that low morale in the force is driving staffing challenges, tying the problem to what she described as a negative national narrative about police and the federal oversight agreement that went into effect in 2013. “The consent decree handcuffs our officers by making their jobs harder, pestering them with punitive punishment
Read MoreSinema announces deal with Schumer on taxes and climate
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) announced Thursday evening that she has reached a deal with Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) that could pave the way for Democrats to pass their budget reconciliation package. The deal would remove a provision closing the so-called carried interest loophole from the package announced last week by Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.). Sinema said she and Schumer have also reached agreement on protecting manufacturing from the impact of a proposed 15 percent corporate minimum tax, which business leaders in Arizona warned wou
Read MoreHBO Max, Discovery+ to merge into one service for summer 2023
The head of Warner Bros. Discovery's streaming services announced on Thursday the company is merging HBO Max and Discovery+ into one streaming app next summer. During an earnings call, JB Perrette, CEO and president of global streaming and interactive for Warner Bros. Discovery, said launching HBO Max and Discovery+ as one packaged streaming service "was the only way we saw to make this a viable business,"
Read MoreMeta took down Russian troll farm that supported country’s invasion of Ukraine
Meta on Thursday announced it took down two cyber espionage operations in South Asia and a Russian troll farm that sought to prop up support for the country’s invasion of Ukraine. Meta, which owns platforms like Facebook and Instagram, announced the findings in its “Quarterly Adversarial Threat Report,” also detailing its efforts to combat coordinated schemes in places like Greece, India and South Africa. The company in particular highlighted its mitigation of a
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