Four people charged with murder after restraining man outside Milwaukee hotel
Milwaukee County prosecutors charged four people with murder Tuesday after they beat and restrained a man outside a hotel in June. D’Vontaye Mitchell, 43, died June 30 after four Hyatt Regency Milwaukee employees dragged him from the hotel and pinned him
Cori Bush faces primary challenge as voters head to polls in Missouri, Michigan and Washington
Voters in Missouri’s 1st Congressional District will head to the polls Tuesday as Rep. Cori Bush fights to hold on to her seat in the Democratic primary against St. Louis County prosecutor Wesley Bell, who is backed by a powerful
The upended questions of age and generation in presidential politics
A month ago, the 2024 presidential election was slated to feature the two oldest candidates in American history. President Biden, 81, was seeking to defend his position in the face of a challenge from former president Donald Trump, 78. Despite the
The fight to define Tim Walz
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With Walz now on the ticket, Vance previews expected GOP attack lines
PHILADELPHIA — Republican vice-presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (Ohio) sees one similarity with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the man he’s now tapped to face off against: “We’re White guys from the Midwest.’ But the two men — sons of America’s heartland,
Arizona grand jurors discussed indicting Trump, but prosecutors urged them not to
PHOENIX — An Arizona grand jury that indicted 18 Donald Trump allies this spring for their role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election had expressed interest in possible charges against the former president, according to a legal motion filed
Maryland ban on assault-style weapons upheld by U.S. appeals court
Maryland can ban assault-style weapons such as the AR-15, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, bolstering gun control efforts across the country under legal threat. The majority ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit written by Judge
Elon Musk’s X sues advertisers over alleged ‘massive advertiser boycott’ after Twitter takeover
WICHITA FALLS, Tex. — Elon Musk’s social media platform X has sued a group of advertisers, alleging that a “massive advertiser boycott” deprived the company of billions of dollars in revenue and violated antitrust laws. The company formerly known as Twitter filed
The VP race is Midwest vs. Midwest … depending on how you define Midwest
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) was at an event in Pennsylvania supporting his candidacy as Donald Trump’s running mate when he was asked whether he had anything in common with Vice President Harris’s newly announced running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz
Gwen Walz, wife of Harris’s VP pick Tim Walz, is also a longtime teacher
Before Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was tapped to be Vice President Harris’s running mate, the 60-year-old Midwestern Democrat was a high school teacher and football coach. Walz’s time as an educator was formative not just to his political career but