Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks out with eye towards future of Roe v. Wade: The 86-year-old Supreme Court justice who this year became a three-time cancer survivor will be heard. Ruth Bader Ginsburg warned on Tuesday about a threat to abortion rights and demonstrated that she is not going quietly on any abortion-related compromise. Ginsburg, in […]
Amid royal honors, Trump steps on his own good press: President Donald Trump often gripes about his bad press — but as his state visit to Japan shows, sometimes he’s his own worst enemy. Trump ought to be in the middle of an easy two-week cruise of flattering coverage and statesman-like imagery, with British royals set to follow Japan’s imperial court and […]
The reality for women seeking abortions in Alabama and Georgia: Alabama and Georgia recently passed some of the most restrictive abortion legislation in the country. But even before that, reproductive rights supporters say a web of laws and logistics already made it hard to get an abortion in those states. When most people think of […]
The Congress-White House fight pauses for Pelosi and Trump to meet: Everything in Washington comes down to this: It’s House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vs. President Donald Trump. America’s two most powerful leaders will come face-to-face again Wednesday in the latest twist of a many-layered test of wills that has momentous implications for the nation’s future. […]
A billionaire will pay off debt of Morehouse College’s 2019 graduates. Here is what that gesture means: Billionaire investor Robert F. Smith’s commitment to pay off the student loan debt for graduates of the historically black Morehouse College covers up to $40 million, the school said. “When you have to service debt, the choices about what you […]
An elderly man died of injuries after he was pushed off a bus. Now police have made an arrest: An elderly man was pushed off a Las Vegas bus and died several weeks later due to injuries he sustained. Police announced Tuesday a woman was arrested in the case and being held on a charge […]
Tim Conway, star of the ‘Carol Burnett Show,’ dies at 85: Actor and comedian Tim Conway, best known for his work on “The Carol Burnett Show,” died on Tuesday morning in Los Angeles, according to his publicist. Conway was 85. He had been battling a longtime illness prior to his death, Howard Bragman, Conway’s representative, […]
Trump just raised tariffs on Chinese goods. China says it will hit back: A trade war between the world’s two largest economies is escalating again, after the United States hit China with higher tariffs and Beijing vowed to retaliate. The Trump administration raised tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports from 10% to 25% […]
Video shows police firing 76 shots at suspect. The officers won’t be charged in his death: The two police officers who were involved in a fatal shooting last summer in Anaheim, California, will not face any criminal charges, the police chief said Wednesday. Sean Staymates and Kevin Pedersen fired more than 70 times at 50-year-old […]
Suspect in Denver area school shooting identified: A school shooting not far from Columbine High School left one student dead and eight others injured on Tuesday, authorities said. Two suspects were apprehended after the shooting at the STEM School Highlands Ranch, which covers K-12, Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock said. About 1,850 students attend the school, according […]
Moscow airport plane fire: Forty-one people killed in Aeroflot crash landing: At least 41 people on board a Russian passenger jet were killed, including two children, after the aircraft crash-landed at a Moscow airport on Sunday, bursting into flames on impact. Aeroflot flight SU 1492 skidded down the runway at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, its rear […]
Barr ensures Congress can’t stop Trump now: Donald Trump was right: He can get away with almost anything — a factor that is likely to mean an even more unchained presidency over the next 18 months. All the reasons why Democratic efforts to check the President will likely fail were revealed in Attorney General William Barr’s trial by […]
