Smith, who married Kennedy family financial adviser and future White House chief of staff Stephen Edward Smith in 1956, was viewed for much of her life as a quiet sister who shunned the spotlight. In her memoir “The Nine of Us,” published in 2016, she wrote that for much of the time her childhood seemed…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Sen. John Kennedy said on Thursday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi overplayed her hand by passing a coronavirus relief bill without consulting the Republicans in the Senate and President Trump.“Her bill is so grandiose. It’s not a coronavirus bill. It’s basically…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said on Sunday that he believes the $3 trillion Heroes Act that the Democrat-led House passed late last week has no chance of clearing the Senate – arguing that it is more of a Democrat wish…
Rep. Joe Kennedy III has opened up a double-digit lead over Sen. Ed Markey in their primary battle in Massachusetts. An Emerson College/ 7 News survey released Thursday found Mr. Kennedy has a 58%-42% lead over Mr. Markey, who has held the seat since 2013. “Markey has a lot of work to do this summer, especially in…
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…