A handful more top Democrats on Wednesday questioned Joe Biden’s viability as a presidential candidate — and while there’s no flood of defections, several are publicly saying time is running out for the president to decide the future of his campaign. Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) said he would support a “mini-primary” ahead of the August […]
First a cold, then bad prep, and now jet lag. Biden‘s campaign has put forth a series of reasons trying to explain his bad debate performance. This comes as pressure has grown for Biden to step aside and make way for a replacement. President Joe Biden has offered a new explanation for his disastrous debate […]
California voters will likely decide whether to let the state borrow $20 billion to fight climate change and support schools, issues that advocates say are in need of a cash influx in light of recent budget cuts. State lawmakers said Sunday that they reached agreements to place both a $10 billion bond to pay for […]
California voters will likely decide whether to let the state borrow $20 billion to fight climate change and support schools, issues that advocates say are in need of a cash influx in light of recent budget cuts. State lawmakers said Sunday that they reached agreements to place both a $10 billion bond to pay for […]
California voters will get to decide whether a law that was heralded as a breakthrough in criminal justice reform will remain intact, the latest signal that anxieties and fear around crime has risen to the top of the state’s political agenda in this election year. A measure to undo much of Proposition 47, the landmark […]
Neither Joseph Mitchum nor Laura Brooks participated in the last presidential election four years ago. But they and voters like them could very well decide the outcome of this November’s race for the White House. Mitchum, who hails from battleground Georgia, and Brooks, who lives in Michigan, both participated in NBC News surveys this year […]
The US Supreme Court has four cases still undecided this term. In particular, the justices are still weighing whether former president Donald Trump is immune from criminal prosecution in the election interference case against him, roughly two months after hearing arguments. Though the justices typically issue all of their rulings by the end of June, […]
Unless the case settles in the next few weeks, a jury will decide whether Beau Rivage Casino & Resort security officers used unreasonable force on a VIP guest who appeared drunk and didn’t leave when security asked him to. Florida resident Brent Nettles, who was visiting the Biloxi resort with family, filed a federal lawsuit […]
A marcher carries a sign while walking through the French Quarter in New Orleans for Transgender Day of Visibility. (Greg LaRose/Louisiana Illuminator) The Supreme Court has agreed to take up the question of whether gender-affirming care bans for transgender youth are unconstitutional, in response to the Biden administration petitioning on behalf of trans youth and […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge is being asked to decide Tuesday if a former Los Angeles-area gang leader will be freed from jail to house arrest ahead of his murder trial in the 1996 killing of hip-hop music legend Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas. Duane “Keffe D” Davis, now 61, has sought to […]
The Supreme Court is set to hand down its next batch of opinions Thursday morning, with most of the term’s biggest rulings still outstanding on abortion, guns, Donald Trump’s criminal immunity and much more. The justices don’t announce which rulings are coming ahead of time, and opinion days are scheduled on a rolling basis until […]
PHOENIX (AP) — The Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature gave final approval Tuesday to a proposal asking voters to make it a state crime for noncitizens to enter the state through Mexico at any location other than a port of entry, sending the measure to the Nov. 5 ballot. The vote came as President Joe Biden unveiled […]