JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge is weighing two lawsuits against a new state law on voter photo identification and civic engagement rules.

US stocks fell sharply in Friday trading as investors continued to worry about even more rate hikes from the Federal Reserve that could land the US economy in a recession.

(AP) — Kentucky Republican gubernatorial candidate Kelly Craft has selected state Sen. Max Wise as her running mate.

(CNN) — The special master overseeing the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation has ordered former President Donald Trump's lawyers to back up out-of-court assertions that the FBI may have planted evidence at the property during their search last month.

(CNN) -- Congress passed a bill Wednesday that would allow divorced couples to separate their consolidated federal student loan debt, potentially making some of them eligible for President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness program.

The emergency intervention upends a trial judge's order over those documents that blocked federal investigators' work on the documents.

 "As she has said from the outset, Mrs. Thomas is eager to answer the Committee's questions to clear up any misconceptions about her work relating to the 2020 election. She looks forward to that opportunity," her attorney says. 

Advocacy is the name of the game during the D.C. Fly-In, and that's just what the 65-member delegation accomplished in a 48-hour period.

The Fed’s move boosted its benchmark short-term rate, which affects many consumer and business loans, to a range of 3% to 3.25%, the highest level since early 2008.

"My view of it is you can't have your cake and eat it," Judge Raymond Dearie told the Trump team.

The sheriff of the south Texas county, located about 160 miles north of the US-Mexico border, said he believes laws were broken not only in the county but also on the federal side.

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The chamber's annual visit involves a host of projects and initiatives at the local level that need federal support.

Biden's comments came hours after White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre denounced Republican Govs. Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott sending migrants to Martha's Vineyard and Vice President Kamala Harris' residence in DC as a "cruel, premeditated political stunt."

During Thursday's news conference, the governor also provided an update on COVID-19 in Kentucky and on recovery efforts in eastern Kentucky communities devastated by flooding. 

The special master will be Senior Judge Raymond Dearie, who was put forward as a possible candidate for the special master role by Trump, who had sued in court to obtain the review. The Justice Department also endorsed Dearie's appointment.

Brittney Griner was detained in February for carrying vape cartridges containing cannabis oil in her luggage. The two-time US Olympic basketball gold medalist pleaded guilty to drug charges and said she accidentally packed the drugs while in a hurry.

The money is part of the bipartisan infrastructure law and will help build chargers across 53,000 miles of the nations' highway system. The funding will build a half-million chargers across the country, the president said.

The deal with unions representing more than 50,000 engineers and conductors was announced just after 4 a.m. CT in a statement from the White House, which called it "an important win for our economy and the American people."

Railroads and union representatives had been in negotiations for 20 hours at the Labor Department on Wednesday to hammer out a deal, as there was a risk of a strike starting on Friday that could have shut down rail lines across the country.

Meadows turned over the same materials he provided to the House select committee investigating the US Capitol attack, one source said, meeting the obligations of the Justice Department subpoena, which has not been previously reported.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Supreme Court has heard oral arguments over the constitutionality of a new Kentucky law that allows involuntary commitment for violent offenders.

Lindell shared on social media and conservative media copies of a subpoena he said was served by the FBI.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says the emergency declaration he signed Wednesday will speed up procurement of necessary services.

A heavily redacted version of the affidavit was made public last month, but the Justice Department requested permission to show more of it after lawyers for Trump revealed the existence of a June grand jury subpoena that sought video footage from cameras in the vicinity of the Mar-a-Lago storage room.

Supreme Court judges on Tuesday refused to take up a case seeking to knock the issue off the Nov. 8 ballot.

While he was best known for his role in the Whitewater investigation, Starr was also a federal judge and a solicitor general. 

Senate Democratic candidates immediately tried to link their Republican opponents to Graham's bill, but the South Carolina Republican defended his legislation as a bulwark against late-term abortions.

"Cancer does not discriminate red and blue. It doesn't care if you're Republican or Democrat. Beating cancer is something we can do together."

Trump argues that he has broad authority as President to declassify records, and that a former President should have "absolute right of access" to presidential records — whether they are classified or not.

That order has the likely impact of slowing the pace of the investigation into the presence of classified documents at the Florida property.

Bannon issued a statement late Tuesday, in part calling the indictment "phony charges" and "nothing more than a partisan political weaponization of the criminal justice system."

"I’m proud to introduce my friend, Lyon County Judge-Executive Wade White, for nomination to this important body," McConnell said. "I know that, if confirmed, he will bring both common sense and a unique Bluegrass perspective to this role."

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Former United Nations Ambassador Kelly Craft has launched her campaign for Kentucky governor, saying the state’s “best days are ahead.”

(CNN) — Steve Bannon is expected to surrender Thursday to face New York state charges related to his fundraising effort to build a wall along the southern US border, people familiar with the matter say.

It makes performing an abortion a Class C felony. There are no exceptions, not even to save a mother’s life. Instead, it offers doctors an “affirmative defense” if they are criminally charged. 

A federal judge has granted former President Donald Trump's request to appoint a "special master" to review materials that the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago last month.

Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams began a campaign in 2020 partnering with the Kentucky Guild of Brewers to help recruit people to serve as poll workers. Now, Adams Kentucky wineries are joining the effort. 

"Pregnant Veterans and VA beneficiaries deserve to have access to world-class reproductive care when they need it most. That's what our nation owes them, and that's what we at VA will deliver."