Highlights of this day in history: President Bill Clinton’s grand jury testimony in the Monica Lewinsky scandal aired on TV; Authors H.G. Wells and Stephen King born; ‘Monday Night Football’ premieres; Actor-comedian Bill Murray born. (Sept. 21) Source link
Press play to listen to this article It is the big idea to ask EU citizens how the bloc should be reshaped, but despite Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s enthusiasm to hit the start button, a behind-the-scenes contest over who should be in charge threatens to upset her plans. Von der Leyen said Thursday […]
The plan worked better than they could have hoped. Now a judge on the Seventh Circuit, Barrett is the leading contender for President Donald Trump’s nomination to replace Ginsburg on the court. Her ascension would be a coup for Catholic culture warriors 25 years in the making and a high point in the right’s decades-long […]
CLOSE Here’s the latest for Sunday September 20th: Biden to GOP senators: Don’t jam through Ginsburg nominee; Key GOP senator opposes Supreme Court nomination before election; March of 100,000 marks week 7 of Belarus protests; Monument to COVID victims inaugurated in Brazil. (Sept. 20) AP Domestic The National Transportation Safety Board has opened multiple investigations […]
Kate McKinnon has honored Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whom she portrayed on “Saturday Night Live,” following the Supreme Court justice’s death on Friday. “For so many of us, Justice Ginsburg was a real-life superhero: a beacon of hope, a warrior for justice, a robed crusader who saved the day time and again,” McKinnon said in a […]
CLOSE Americans gathered by the thousands after the death of George Floyd to march and demand reform around policing and systemic racism; hear their voices. USA TODAY A white bar owner charged with fatally shooting an unarmed Black man in May during protests in Omaha, Nebraska died by suicide in Oregon on Sunday, according to […]
Sunday’s Emmy Awards are mostly remote this year — but security and production crews are in place as Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles welcomes unknown number of on-site attendees. (Sept. 20) Source link
So it’s not surprising that Biden skipped over progressive wish list items like court packing, something he said more than a year ago would cause Democrats to “rue that day.” While some Democrats want him to embrace and advocate court reforms more broadly, one official said privately he saw the speech as designed to address […]
But it’s Lagoa’s background as a Florida Cuban-American that could have the most salience for Trump. His reelection hinges on the too-close-to-call battleground state, where his campaign has made outreach to Hispanic voters a top issue, worrying some Democrats. “If the president picks Barbara Lagoa, they will be dancing salsa with joy in Hialeah well […]
The letter addressed to the White House appeared to have originated in Canada, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have said. | Scott Eisen/Getty Images By ASSOCIATED PRESS 09/20/2020 08:21 PM EDT WASHINGTON — A woman suspected of sending an envelope containing the poison ricin, which was addressed to White House, has been arrested at New […]