“I think it eliminates whatever advantage Republicans have,” said Tom Nelson, an Outagamie County executive who’s a Democrat running for Senate, about the ruling last week. The battle shaping up in Wisconsin is emblematic of the landscape confronting Democrats nationwide. The top candidates — Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry, Wisconsin Treasurer … Read more
Placeholder while article actions load Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) rattled off a list Wednesday night of what she considers the biggest threats facing the country, ranging from government regulation to inflation. But one threat looms above all others, she warned: form president Donald Trump. “At this moment we’re confronting a domestic threat that we have … Read more
Republicans and other conservative groups are undertaking a huge effort to recruit election workers, a push that could install people with unfounded doubts about the 2020 election in key positions in voting precincts where they could exert considerable power over elections. Sign up for the Guardian’s Fight to Vote newsletter At the forefront of this … Read more
A team searching the basement of a Mississippi courthouse for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a White woman in his 1955 kidnapping, and Till’s relatives who initiated the search want authorities to finally arrest her nearly 70 years later. A warrant for the arrest of … Read more
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson poses for a portrait on Feb. 18, 2022. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption toggle caption Jacquelyn Martin/AP Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson poses for a portrait on Feb. 18, 2022. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Ketanji Brown Jackson will be sworn in Thursday at noon as the 116th Supreme Court justice and the first Black woman … Read more
A New York judge ruled Wednesday that Donald Trump is no longer in contempt for failing to turn over documents demanded in a subpoena by the state’s attorney general. The former president’s April 25 contempt finding came after he contested a December subpoena seeking records related to his personal finances and the financing of several … Read more
Greg Gutfeld: A star witness no one’s ever heard of ‘Gutfeld!” panelists react to former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony before the January 6 Committee regarding allegations former President Donald Trump ‘lunged’ at two Secret Service agents. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! So about that steering wheel story. It was a … Read more
Hello, and Happy Thursday, A few Fridays ago, I was sitting in a large hotel ballroom in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, when a lawyer named Cleta Mitchell took the stage. Mitchell was on Donald Trump’s legal team in 2020 and played a central role in his efforts to overturn the election result. She was one … Read more
A woman pushing a baby stroller in Manhattan’s Upper East Side was fatally shot Wednesday night, officials said. The 3-month-old baby was not harmed in what the city’s mayor called a horrific crime. Two senior officials and New York City Council member Julie Menin said the slain woman is the mother of the child. The … Read more
Richard “Randy” Cox Jr., 36, suffered a serious injury to his neck and spine while he was in the custody of New Haven police, and the incident is being investigated by the Connecticut State Police, Mayor Justin Elicker has said. “What happened to Mr. Cox was just terrible and completely unacceptable … and it will … Read more