Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, was stabbed in federal prison in Arizona on Friday, a spokesperson for Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison confirmed to Axios.
Driving the news: The Bureau of Prisons confirmed to Axios that an unnamed inmate had been assaulted around 12:30 pm local time Friday and that prison staff has performed "life-saving measures" before the inmate was transported to the hospital.
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) said Friday he won't resign from Congress but acknowledged he will likely be expelled as he lobbed salacious accusations at colleagues and called the chair of the Ethics Committee a "p***y".
States spent tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to ship migrants elsewhere this year.
Why it matters: What started as a GOP political stunt ahead of the midterms has led states and cities of both parties to spend significant resources to help migrants and asylum seekers reach other parts of the country.
Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), who is mounting a long-shot Democratic primary challenge to President Biden, said Friday he won't seek re-election to the House in 2024.
Why it matters: Phillips' announcement adds to an already massive list of House members who said this month they plan to resign or retire.
A Republican mayor was elected in Charleston, S.C., for the first time since the mid-1870s.
Why it matters: The tight runoff in historically left-leaning Charleston signals a change for the city, which has differed from South Carolina's political landscape for decades, the New York Times reported.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams "vigorously denies" allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman in 1993, a City Hall spokesperson said Thursday.
The big picture: The complaint was filed Wednesday under New York's Adult Survivors Act, which created a one-year window for New Yorkers to sue people they say sexually assaulted them, regardless of the date of the allegation.
