(Headline USA) Supporters of death row inmate Julius Jones, including Jones’ mother Madeline Davis-Jones, visited the state Capitol on Monday with hopes of meeting with Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt.
Davis-Jones met briefly with several House Democrats before walking to Stitt's office. An official with the Republican governor's office said Stitt wasn't...
(Headline USA) South Dakota lawmakers moved Monday to subpoena a document and a former state employee at the center of questions about whether Gov. Kristi Noem used her influence to aid her daughter’s application for a real estate appraiser license.
The Legislature’s Government Operations and Audit Committee is pressing for...
(Headline USA) A coalition of organizations working to evacuate people who could be targeted by the Taliban rulers in Afghanistan appealed Monday for more assistance from the U.S. government and other nations as conditions deteriorate in the country.
The situation in Afghanistan has grown exponentially worse after the disastrous and deadly...
(Headline USA) Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina introduced legislation Monday to federally decriminalize marijuana, a measure she said would give states freer rein to pass their own laws and regulations without fear of federal reprisals.
The measure, which Mace said she hoped would garner broad GOP support, was met...
(Headline USA) Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon appeared before a judge to face criminal contempt charges for defying a subpoena from Congress' partisan Jan. 6 committee, then declared combatively outside court that he was “taking on the Biden regime” in fighting the charges.
The indictment says Bannon didn’t communicate with...
(Headline USA) In closing statements Monday prior to jury deliberations, prosecutor Thomas Binger reportedly pointed an AR-15 directly at the jury with his finger on the trigger.
Look at this goofball with his finger on the trigger pointed at a courtroom full of people. pic.twitter.com/th5eARTaPT
— Shane B. Murphy (@shanermurph) November...
(Headline USA) The Wyoming Republican Party will no longer recognize Liz Cheney as a member of the GOP in its second formal rebuke for her criticism of former President Donald Trump.
The 31-29 vote Saturday in Buffalo, Wyoming, by the state party central committee followed votes by local GOP officials...
(Headline USA) Democrat Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison---who overcame a series of personal scandals and led the prosecution team that won the conviction of ex-officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd---announced Monday he will seek a second term.
Ellison, a former congressman and vice chair of the Democratic...
(Headline USA) Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the longest-serving current member of the Senate, said Monday he will not seek reelection next year to the seat he has held for eight terms.
Leahy, 81, said he and his wife, Marcelle, have concluded that “it is time to pass the...
(Headline USA) The Race-Hustling Rev. Jesse Jackson joined Ahmaud Arbery’s parents Monday at the trial of three Georgia men charged with murdering their son.
The intrusion prompted an unsuccessful request by a defense attorney to have the civil rights leader removed.
Father and son Greg and Travis McMichael armed themselves and...
(Headline USA) Twice-failed candidate Beto O’Rourke is running next year for governor of Texas, pursuing a blue breakthrough in America’s biggest red state after disappointing losses in 2018 and in the 2020 Democrat presidential primary.
O'Rourke's announcement Monday kicks off a third run for office in as many election cycles....
(Headline USA) Scottsdale police announced Saturday that they were investigating allegations against a school board president who the school district's superintendent has said allegedly distributed a dossier on some parents, including photos and personal finances.
The parents in question opposed Critical Race Theory, according to conservative investigative reporter Christopher Rufo,...