Illegal immigrants in New York will able to obtain driver’s licenses starting next week after a last-minute legal challenge was dismissed — making it the 13th state to allow the practice, but one that critics say is unconstitutional. The Green Light Law, signed by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo earlier this year, allows anyone to apply […]
Jill Biden, the wife of former Vice President and 2020 contender Joe Biden, said President Trump’s attacks on her family are evidence that the president is “afraid” to run against her husband. “Well, you know, when Joe and I decided to run for president, when we made that decision, we knew it was going to […]
One of the two suspects who killed a police officer before targeting a kosher grocery store in Jersey City, New Jersey, where three people were killed had a social media page containing anti-Jewish and anti-police writings, officials and sources said Wednesday. Authorities identified the suspects as David Anderson, 47, and Francine Graham, 50. Jersey City […]
Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former longtime lawyer and fixer, asked a federal judge on Wednesday to reduce his prison sentence, based in part on Cohen’s cooperation with government investigations. Cohen’s lawyer also alleged that Trump’s Justice Department, under Attorney General William Barr, has demonstrated a bias against Cohen. Cohen is seeking to shorten his sentence […]
ALPHARETTA, Ga, — A city in Georgia has voted to stop using taxpayer dollars to fund a veterans parade following a lawsuit by a group of Confederate descendants who were barred from flying the Confederate flag during the event. The Alpharetta City Council unanimously voted to stop sponsoring the Old Soldiers Day parade, which it […]
Former FBI director James Comey seized on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) report findings Monday to claim vindication over the bureau’s handling of the Trump-Russia probe in 2016, saying criticism of the probe “was all lies” — even though the inspector general also faulted the FBI’s handling of surveillance warrants in the report. DOJ […]
The U.S. government deficit rose by 12 percent in the first two months of the 2020 fiscal year, hitting $342 billion, according to new estimates from the Congressional Budget Office. The deficit is on track to surpass $1 trillion in the 2020 fiscal year, which began on October 1. CBO has called the deficit path […]
A North Dakota county is debating becoming the first local government to bar new refugees since President Trump’s executive order allowing the move. The Burleigh County Commission will hold a vote on the proposal Monday, The Associated Press reported. The vote was delayed in the county that includes the state’s capital of Bismarck after more […]
The Trump administration on Wednesday tightened work requirements for food stamp recipients, a move that will potentially affect hundreds of thousands of people who rely on the program. The new rule is the first of three proposals targeting the Supplemental Nutrition Program, known as SNAP, which feeds more than 36 million people. The plan will […]
Almost half of voters say President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine constitute grounds for impeachment, according to a new Hill-HarrisX poll. The nationwide survey found that 46 percent of registered voters said Trump’s actions make him guilty “when judged by the constitutional standard of impeachment.” Thirty-four percent said his dealings with Ukraine don’t rise to the […]
Four police officers were among nearly two dozen people killed after security forces engaged in an hour-long gunbattle with suspected cartel members Saturday in a Mexican town near the U.S. border, days after President Trump said he was moving to designate Mexican drug cartels as terror organizations. The shootout happened around noon in the small […]
BISHOP, Calif. — When Jamie Moore arrived home on a Thursday evening in March, she was surprised to find her mother-in-law in her living room. Glenda Moore, 67, had been sitting in her wheelchair for hours. Without anyone to help her to the bathroom, she’d had an accident. She was also having trouble breathing. “It […]
