The White House on Monday blocked the entry of several categories of foreign workers in a new presidential proclamation that will extend through the end of 2020. The measures also expand President Trump’s April 22 executive order denying green cards to applicants in several immigrant visa categories.Trump administration officials also piled on new regulatory changes…
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks about reopening the country during a speech in Darby, Pennsylvania, on June 17, 2020.Jim Watson | AFP | Getty ImagesFinancial advisory firm Signum Global Advisors is telling clients that it now believes the U.S. Senate is going to flip blue as presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden continues to surge…
By Bruce Schreiner and Christina A. Cassidy | Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — With only one polling place designated Tuesday for Louisville, a city of 600,000 people, voters who didn’t cast mail-in ballots or show up early could face long lines in Kentucky’s primary, the latest to unfold as the pandemic triggers unprecedented election disruptions…
Decision could test legal framework of #MeToo cases Cosby, 82, serving three- to 10-year sentence in prison Bill Cosby was convicted in 2018 and has been in prison for nearly two years. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Disgraced comedian Bill Cosby has won the right to fight his 2018 sexual assault conviction in the…
The FBI has determined that a noose found in NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace's garage at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday had been there since at least last year, according to the bureau.A statement issued by U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town said that an investigation has concluded that no federal crime was committed."The FBI learned that garage…
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…