(Associated Press) New Mexico's Democratic senators have placed the judicial confirmations for two U.S. District Court vacancies on hold until after the Nov. 3 election.
They say the president has politicized the process, so they'll wait until the voters have spoken.
Using their home-state consultation authority, Sens. Martin Heinrich and Tom Udall...
(Headline USA) Louisville police in riot gear barricaded roads and cars honked as the crowd marched past a nighttime curfew during a second night of protests over the refusal of Kentucky state officials to prosecute officers in the death of Breonna Taylor.
Officers also blocked the exits of a church where...
(Headline USA) The final stretch of a presidential campaign is typically a nonstop mix of travel, caffeine and adrenaline.
But in response to the pandemic, Joe Biden is taking a lower key approach.
Since his Aug. 11 selection of California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate, Biden has had 22 days...
(Headline USA) Since Joe Biden ran away with the Democratic presidential nomination in March, leading progressives have accepted him — sometimes grudgingly — as their party's leader.
But, in the final weeks of the campaign, the Supreme Court vacancy threatens to inflame old divides.
Some activists on the left are pressing Biden...
(Headline USA) Authorities pleaded for calm while activists vowed to fight on Thursday in Kentucky’s largest city, where a gunman wounded two police officers during violent protests following the decision not to charge officers for killing Breonna Taylor.
Outrage over a grand jury’s failure to bring homicide charges against the officers...
(Headline USA) As the decision in Kentucky to bring charges against only one of three police officers involved in a raid that killed Breonna Taylor sparks renewed protests nationwide, a new survey finds support has fallen for demonstrations against "systemic racism" as they have turned out to only be an...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump was booed Thursday as he paid respects to late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
He plans to nominate a replacement this weekend for the liberal justice.
The president and first lady Melania Trump stood silently at the top of the steps of the court and looked down...
(Headline USA) Democrats are launching a digital ad targeting Pennsylvanians voting by mail to explain how to correctly fill out and return the ballots, hoping to avert worried predictions that 100,000 votes or more could be invalidated because the ballots aren't put in the proper envelope.
The so-called naked ballots have...
(Headline USA) Hours after a Kentucky grand jury brought no charges against Louisville police for Breonna Taylor's death and rioters took to the streets, authorities said two officers were shot and wounded Wednesday night during the demonstrations expressing anger over the killings of Black people at the hands of...
(Headline USA) A Kentucky grand jury on Wednesday indicted a single former police officer for shooting into neighboring apartments but did not move forward with charges against any officers for their role in Breonna Taylor’s death.
The jury announced that fired Officer Brett Hankison was charged with three counts of wanton...
(Headline USA) California will halt sales of new gasoline-powered passenger cars and trucks by 2035, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday, a move he says will cut greenhouse gas emissions by 35% in the nation’s most populous state.
The proposed rule would not ban people from owning gas-powered cars or selling them...
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(Headline USA) The Uncle Ben’s rice brand is getting a new name: Ben’s Original. Parent firm Mars Inc. unveiled the change Wednesday for the 70-year-old brand, the latest company to drop a logo criticized as an alleged racial stereotype.
Some on Twitter objected to the...