Sebastian Gorka argued Wednesday that Martin Luther King Jr. would disapprove of Joseph R. Biden only considering Black women to be his running mate in the presidential race. President Trump’s former adviser reasoned as much following unconfirmed reporting that said Mr. Biden may pick either Sen. Kamala Harris or Susan Rice. “I wonder about Hispanics’…
Former first lady Michelle Obama says racial inequality amid the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic has left her feeling that she has "some form of low-grade depression.""Not just because of the quarantine, but because of the racial strife, and just seeing this administration, watching the hypocrisy of it, day in and day out, is dispiriting,"…
With the daily number of coronavirus cases in the United States still hovering at about 50,000 and American deaths from the disease approaching 160,000, cities across the country are taking increasingly severe measures to force the curve of the outbreak downward -- including power shutoffs, fines and more.In perhaps the most striking example of a city's coronavirus response, Los…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Thursday his chamber would be skipping the regularly scheduled August recess amid COVID-19 relief negotiations. The Kentucky Republican accused Democrats of stonewalling a deal on the fifth round of coronavirus relief for the American people. He noted the Paycheck Protection Program is set to expire August 8, and the…
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…