Breaking News Reporter, National Desk

Theresa Braine

Theresa Braine has been at the Daily News since November 2018, having previously reported for newspapers in Connecticut, been a copy editor and copy chief for several national magazines, worked as a freelance correspondent based in Mexico City, and served as environment and Canada editor for an indigenous-focused news site.

Actor Joe Don Baker arrives at the Premiere Of “The Dukes of Hazzard” at the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on July 28, 2005 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Matthew Simmons/Getty Images)

Actor Joe Don Baker, of James Bond and ‘Walking Tall,’ dies at 89

May 15, 2025 at 11:25 a.m.

He appeared in three Bond films.

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN – JULY 17: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) looks on on the third day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 17, 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 Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Experts skeptical of Speaker Mike Johnson’s prediction of legal challenges to replacing Biden

July 22, 2024 at 10:57 a.m.

Hours before President Biden announced he would stop seeking reelection, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said there coud be legal challenges if he were to do so.

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