Jan. 6 rioter who assaulted police gets weekends in jail for a year
A Jan. 6 rioter who was convicted of assaulting police with a deadly weapon, including an officer who was knocked unconscious as she tried to stop the attack on the U.S. Capitol, was sentenced to spend his weekends in jail
Israel’s clash with Hezbollah strains U.S. effort to prevent wider war
The deadly explosion of pagers and walkie-talkies across Lebanon this week dealt another blow to President Joe Biden’s beleaguered efforts to reduce tensions in the Middle East, even as his top diplomats were present in the region reciting calls for
Pro-Trump Georgia election board weighs new rules as critics warn of chaos
LAGRANGE, Ga. — The Georgia State Election Board is expected to vote on a measure to force counties to hand-count all ballots this year, a requirement that could delay reporting of results by weeks if not months and that critics
Mark Robinson is a Trump problem of Trump’s own making
For years, Donald Trump has directly and indirectly foisted damaging candidates on the GOP, in ways that have obviously cost his party dearly — up to and probably including control of the Senate. It’s not just his endorsements of several flawed
Local Teamsters unions in swing states rush to endorse Harris
A wave of local and regional Teamsters union branches in battleground states rushed to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris after the national Teamsters union declared that it would not endorse a presidential candidate for the first time in nearly three
Republicans in N.C. bracing for damaging story on gubernatorial candidate
Republicans in North Carolina were bracing Thursday for what some anticipated would be a damaging CNN story on Mark Robinson, the Republican nominee for governor in North Carolina, with less than two months before the election, according to people with
More voters expect Harris to win. Here’s why that could actually matter.
Former president Donald Trump’s campaign released a memo Wednesday seeking to spin a deluge of post-debate polls. But while those polls have generally shown Vice President Kamala Harris leading or at least tied, the Trump campaign chose to highlight a