The voting public has mixed feelings about the prospect of Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee, and some say the Democratic Party should find another nominee, according to a Rasmussen Reports survey released Tuesday. Just over half are sure Mr. Biden is the right man for the job. The poll found that 54% likely Democratic…
Joseph R. Biden and the Democratic National Committee announced Monday they raised a combined $60.5 million in April. Mr. Biden, the presumed Democratic presidential nominee, thanked donors for giving money to his campaign amid the coronavirus pandemic. “I know what a sacrifice it is to give in economic times as difficult as the one we’re…
Sen. Kamala Harris, along with Sens. Bernie Sanders and Ed Markey, wants to drastically increase the amount of money Americans receive to weather the coronavirus crisis. | Andrew Harnik/Getty Images A trio of Democratic senators are pitching a big idea: pay most American families thousands of dollars each month until the coronavirus’s economic crisis subsides.…
A Democratic Party law firm pitched to the U.S. intelligence community a now-debunked theory that the Trump Organization maintained a secret computer link to a major Moscow bank run by Vladimir Putin allies, according to a newly declassified transcript. The testimony came from attorney Michael Sussman of the Democratic- and Hillary Clinton-hired law firm Perkins…
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered elections officials in New York State to hold its Democratic primary election in June and reinstate all qualifying candidates on the ballot. The ruling came after the presidential primary was canceled late last month over concerns about the coronavirus.The order, filed by Judge Analisa Torres of United States District…
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…