Trump Notches His 200th Lifetime Federal Judge
WASHINGTON ― Senate Republicans on Wednesday confirmed President Donald Trump’s 200th lifetime federal judge, a number higher than any president has confirmed in a first term in decades. Zero of…
Noose Found In Garage Used By NASCAR’s Bubba Wallace Was There In 2019: FBI
The noose found in the garage stall used by NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama, on Sunday wasn’t meant as a racist attack on him, the…
Barack Obama Explains Why Democrats Can’t Afford To Get Smug About Donald Trump
Former President Barack Obama on Tuesday warned Democrats against thinking they’ve already won the 2020 election. “We can’t be complacent or smug or sense that somehow it’s so obvious that…
What Matters: How #BlackLivesMatter could survive Trump’s taunts
From the corporate embrace of Black Lives Matter to actions by NASCAR — of all the sports leagues — and Premier League Soccer, it’s a movement that has taken hold…
Kentucky And New York Hold Primaries Amid Concerns About Polling Site Closures
The coronavirus pandemic has given way to a host of rationalizations for limiting access to polling sites across the country, concerning voting rights activists. As voters in Kentucky and New…
Police Pepper-Spray Protesters Trying To Pull Down Andrew Jackson Statue In DC
WASHINGTON (AP) — Protesters tried to pull down a statue of President Andrew Jackson near the White House Monday night before being dispersed by police. WUSA-TV in Washington reported that…
The South Has Some Of The Nation’s Dirtiest Electricity. Now It’s Seeing A COVID-19 Uptick.
The Southeastern United States faces deadly heatwaves, catastrophic hurricanes and rising seas that have already sent entire communities fleeing for higher ground. Yet the region remains far behind the rest…
New York, Kentucky among 6 states bracing for voting on Tuesday
Just two weeks after Georgia’s messy day at the polls, another six states are testing the waters of voting during the coronavirus crisis on Tuesday in the final stretch of…
Geoffrey Berman refused to sign DOJ letter criticizing New York’s Covid restrictions
Attorney General William Barr wasn’t aware of the dispute, and it had nothing to do with the ouster of Berman, the person said. The letter was sent Friday from the…
House Judiciary chairman says he plans to subpoena attorney general
The ranking Republican on the committee, Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, said in a letter obtained by CNN that the New York Democrat’s staff indicated he could subpoena Barr for…