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California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an updated state budget that calls for $27 million to go toward combating gun violence, triple the amount he originally suggested in January. Newsom’s new budget would allocate the $27 million to the California Violence Intervention and Prevention Program, which allocates grants to cities and community-based groups that focus on eliminating violence. Last year, Newsom designated $9 million for the program and proposed the same…

<!– –> × SEARCH QUOTES World Politics American and Chinese negotiators have agreed to continue their trade talks, a White House spokesman said Thursday. That confirmation came after U.S. President Donald Trump met with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday to discuss the negotiations to rescue a trade deal that is close to collapsing. “This evening, Ambassador (Lighthizer) and Secretary Mnuchin met with President…

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Five months before the shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch that killed one student and injured eight others, CBS News learned school Executive Director Penelope Eucker was sent a letter warning about violence and bullying at the school. The letter was written by a school district official with information from an anonymous parent of a high school senior, who called the district with concerns about the school. According to the…

It’s just three weeks since House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler subpoenaed the report without redactions, and all its underlying evidence, from special counsel Robert Mueller relating to his investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Despite this, Nadler, D-N.Y., and fellow panel Democrats voted 24-16 Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for failing to comply in the blink of an eye with their…

Former Army intelligence officer Chelsea Manning was released from jail on Thursday after months in custody for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury in Virginia looking into the release of documents to Wikileaks. Manning was released now that the grand jury’s term has expired. A tweet from Manning’s Twitter account announced the news, which the Alexandria Detention Center confirmed to NBC News. Manning has been serving time for…

The committee’s chairman, Representative Adam B. Schiff, issued a subpoena on Thursday for Mr. Barr to hand over the full Mueller report and evidence, as well as all counterintelligence and foreign intelligence generated by the special counsel’s investigations. He gave the Justice Department until May 15 to comply. If Mr. Barr ignores that deadline, the Intelligence Committee would probably hold its own contempt proceedings and send another recommendation to the…

<!– –> × SEARCH QUOTES Markets U.S. equity futures were little changed Thursday as traders awaited a midnight deadline for tariffs to increase. Stock futures opened slightly lower, with S&P futures contracts down 0.1%. Dow and Nasdaq futures both fell 0.12%. China’s Vice Premier Liu He is meeting with top U.S. trade officials Thursday evening in Washington, just hours before the new tariffs are set to go into effect. President…

The three students who disarmed a gunman in a Colorado school shooting leapt up from their desks without a word and with no thought for their own safety when they spotted the gun, recounted one of the young men. They slammed the teenager, a classmate of theirs, against the wall and struggled with him when shots rang out. Kendrick Castillo, who led the charge, slumped to the ground….

A vigil held Wednesday evening to recognize the victims and heroes of the shooting earlier this week at a Colorado high school turned into a political protest after some students in attendance expressed frustration with the tone and focus of the speeches. According to local news reports, a group of students walked out of the event, organized by a local chapter of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, after…

The civil action came as North Korea’s weapons tests over the past several days have threatened the disarmament discussions that President Trump opened. Mr. Trump and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, abruptly ended their second meeting earlier this year when Mr. Trump refused to ease sanctions unless the North dismantled all of its nuclear weapons. Though the Justice Department obtained a sealed seizure warrant for the ship in July,…

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The growing chorus calling for Facebook’s breakup just added a big voice: Chris Hughes, one of the social media giant’s co-founders and Mark Zuckerberg’s college roommate. In an op-ed published in the New York Times on Thursday, Hughes laid out a scathing case for the government to crack down on Facebook and scale back Zuckerberg’s power. He argued that regulators should unwind the company’s acquisition of WhatsApp and Instagram, create…

Emily Wax-Thibodeaux Ariana Eunjung Cha May 9 at 12:14 PM Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that the Alabama Senate had voted to pass the nation’s strictest abortion bill. After a shouting match broke out, the Alabama Senate on Thursday tabled an amendment to a controversial bill that would criminalize abortions by making performing the procedure a felony punishable by up to 99 years imprisonment. The decision…

North Korea on Thursday fired projectiles that are believed to be missiles from the country’s western area, South Korea’s military says. The same day in Seoul, people watch a TV showing footage of a previous missile launch by North Korea. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption toggle caption Ahn Young-joon/AP North Korea on Thursday fired projectiles that are believed to be missiles from the country’s western area, South Korea’s military says. The…

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<!– –> × SEARCH QUOTES Economy Beijing has made adequate preparations to respond to the U.S. on trade, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said Thursday. Chinese Vice Premier Liu He Liu He and his team are in the U.S. on Thursday and Friday for an 11th round of negotiations on trade issues. U.S. President Donald Trump unexpectedly announced on Sunday that tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods would…

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A co-founder of Facebook is calling for the government to break up the tech giant in an op-ed article published in The New York Times Thursday morning. “The Facebook that exists today is not the Facebook that we founded in 2004,” Chris Hughes, who started Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg in their Harvard dorm, told NBC News following the publication of his op-ed article on the same topic. “And the one…