Three Republican groups have sued Gov. Gavin Newsom over his executive order to send mail-in ballots to California’s 20.6 million voters in November.The suit was brought by the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee and the California Republican Party.Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel announced the lawsuit on Sunday through Twitter.“His radical plan…
I voted stickers | AP Photo OAKLAND, Calif. — The Republican Party has thrown its full weight behind challenging California’s move to a mail-ballot November election during the coronavirus pandemic. A lawsuit from the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee and the California Republican Party seeks to invalidate Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order that…
President Donald Trump’s decision to tell the world he was taking hydroxychloroquine during the coronavirus pandemic sparked the kind of concern and backlash one would expect over a treatment that packs the chance of having deadly side effects. But those medical worries weren’t as troubling to some long-shot Republican congressional candidates, who are grabbing the opportunity…
CLOSE President Donald Trump follows up on tweets threatening to hold up federal funds for two election battleground states that are trying to make it safer to vote during the pandemic by insisting that "mail-in ballots are very dangerous." (May 20) AP DomesticWASHINGTON – Weeks before President Donald Trump lashed out at Michigan leaders for considering a…
Washington (CNN)Top Republicans on Capitol Hill are pumping the brakes on new coronavirus stimulus spending days after House Democrats pushed forward with a sweeping relief package, underscoring a deep partisan divide as the nation grapples with the pandemic.…
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…