(Reuters) - Kentucky Democrat Amy McGrath’s long-shot bid to unseat U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell could help undermine Republican efforts to retain their majority in the chamber, even if the former Marine Corps fighter pilot fails to beat McConnell in November. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Democratic congressional candidate Amy McGrath speaks during a campaign event…
(CNN)Amy McGrath won a closely-watched and surprisingly close Senate Democratic primary in Kentucky, CNN projected on Tuesday. A former Marine fighter pilot who had the backing of the national part…
Updated June 23, 2020 Biden vs. Trump Joe Biden has taken a commanding lead over President Trump in the 2020 race, according to a new national poll by The Times and Siena College. Tuesday’s Elections Fears about the coronavirus reduced the number of polling places and led to a surge in absentee balloting that delayed…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Former Marine pilot Amy McGrath overcame a bumpier-than-expected Kentucky primary to win the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination Tuesday, fending off progressive Charles Booker to set up a bruising, big-spending showdown with Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Voting ended June 23, but it took a week until McGrath could be declared…
Democratic establishment favorite Amy McGrath was leading progressive challenger Charles Booker by just over 8 points in their hotly-contested Kentucky primary on Tuesday ahead of results due out next week.McGrath, a former combat veteran, was leading with 45 percent of the vote in the race to determine which Democrat will face off against Senate Majority…
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…