Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Monday that the party “will not be holding a virtual convention,” pledging that the presidential nominating convention in late August will be conducted at least partly in-person. The coronavirus outbreak forced Democrats to move their convention from July to August, and it’s still unclear whether that event will…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Imagine an election where a ballot is sent to a person regardless of eligibility, signed by someone else, picked up and delivered by a campaign operative, and still counted. If Democrats got their way, that is what would happen in…
Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel says late August’s big convention will not be derailed by coronavirus doomsday scenarios. The message during a Friday phone call for President Trump’s supporters was succinct: “We are full steam ahead.” “We’re ready to go,” she added regarding the four-day event in Charlotte, North Carolina, The Washington Examiner reported.…
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…