The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can penalize presidential electors that go rogue and do not vote for the candidate who won their state, also known as faithless electors. The decision was unanimous from the high court and a blow to a Democratic-aligned movement to chip away at the Electoral College. The court in…
Hillary Clinton has a better chance of winning the 2020 presidential election than Kanye West, according to political oddsmakers at Betonline. Presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden is the odds-on favorite, followed by President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. That could serve as a reality check for Mr. West, the eccentric rapper and…
HONG KONG—Facebook Inc. and its WhatsApp messaging service have suspended processing requests for user data from Hong Kong law-enforcement agencies following China’s imposition of a national-security law on the city. WhatsApp is “pausing” such reviews “pending further assessment of the impact of the National Security Law, including formal human-rights due diligence and consultations with human-rights…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…