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(L) Screenshot taken of video provided by Charlotte Area Transit System. / (Background) Law enforcement stand guard outside of the state capitol building in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, on January 17, 2021 (LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images)

N.C. lawmakers work to eliminate cashless bail with ‘Iryna’s law,’ following gruesome train stabbing caught on camera

Following the fatal stabbing of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail train last month, North Carolina lawmakers have approved legislation aimed at ending cashless bail for violent offenses — citing the need to strengthen public safety and prevent similar incidents in the future.

MOUNT VERNON, VIRGINIA - SEPTEMBER 20: U.S. President Donald Trump and former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson attend the American Cornerstone Institute Founders' Dinner on September 20, 2025 in Mount Vernon, Virginia. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Trump: Ben Carson to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom

President Donald Trump announced this weekend that he will award Ben Carson, who served as the 17th United States secretary of housing and urban development (HUD), the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the nation’s highest civilian honor.

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - JULY 18: Balloons fall after Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump officially accepted the Republican presidential nomination on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Delegates, politicians, and the Republican faithful are in Milwaukee for the annual convention, concluding with former President Donald Trump accepting his party's presidential nomination. The RNC takes place from July 15-18. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Trump: Republican Party to hold Midterm Convention for first time ever, showing ‘the great things we have done’

President Donald Trump has announced that, ahead of the 2026 elections, the Republican Party will host a Midterm Convention “in order to show the great things we have done since the Presidential Election of 2024.”

(Background) Maurene Comey, Assistant U.S. Attorney and prosecutor, arrives at the Federal courthouse during the Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial at U.S. court in Manhattan, in New York City, U.S., May 21, 2025. (Photo via: Reuters/Brendan McDermid) / (R) Author James Comey, former FBI Director, speaks at the Barnes & Noble Upper West Side on May 19, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Maurene Comey sues Trump admin. over her firing: ‘Despite her exemplary performance’

Former federal prosecutor Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, who was fired by President Donald Trump in 2017, filed a lawsuit against the GOP administration on Monday, claiming her July dismissal was “without cause, without advance notice, and without an opportunity to contest it.”

Speaker Johnson to commemorate Charlie Kirk during vigil at Statuary Hall

Speaker Mike Johnson is leading a vigil in memory of conservative activist and speaker Charlie Kirk in the U.S. Capitol on Monday — open to members of both parties.

(Background) House Rules Committee members Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) (L) and Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) attend a hearing on July 01, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) / (L) Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) listens during a House Rules Committee meeting. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

House to vote on repealing Iraq AUMFs after Freedom Caucus members break from GOP leaders

The House is poised to vote on an amendment to repeal two long-standing Authorizations for the Use of Military Force (AUMFs) in Iraq. This comes after three members of the House Freedom Caucus broke with GOP leadership on the Rules Committee this week.