Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden’s campaign on Monday announced another round of hires in Pennsylvania, which will be among the most crucial battleground states in the November election. Mr. Biden’s campaign said he is bringing on Nikkilia Lu to be deputy state director. Ms. Lu is a former western PA state director for…
A high-profile member of "The Squad," Rep. Rashida Tlaib, is facing a tough primary challenge from the center on Tuesday, in yet another battle between the progressive wing of the Democratic Party and the establishment.Running against Tlaib, D-Mich., is Detroit City Council President Brenda Jones, who has a history of intra-party battles with the freshman congresswoman,…
Joe Biden is dithering. He was supposed to tap his running mate the first week of August, but has now postponed the announcement to Aug. 10. It’s the first consequential decision of his campaign, one that could determine whether he wins or loses in November, and he’s blowing it.The extension, and the ongoing uncertainty it suggests, casts Biden as wobbly.It also reduces any…
The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is expecting to see more than a quarter-million people descend upon a scarcely populated South Dakota city in August, making it likely the biggest event so far during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report.At least 250,000 people are anticipated to pass through Sturgis and cruise through the Western portions of 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…