Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., told "Your World" Friday that she supports making Juneteenth a federal holiday."I think it's a good idea," Blackburn told host Neil Cavuto. "And I understand that Senator [John] Cornyn [R-Texas] is working on legislation and we'll look forward to seeing that when he gets it finished."Cornyn announced Thursday he will soon introduce a bill in the…
BREAKINGBut the United States attorney in Manhattan, Geoffrey Berman, who had been leading the inquiry into Rudolph W. Giuliani, is refusing to leave his position.The Justice Department is attempting to replace Geoffrey S. Berman, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan.Credit...Jefferson Siegel for The New York TimesAttorney General William P. Barr on Friday night abruptly tried to…
Relatives of a 38-year-old man whose body was found hanging from a tree in Southern California said they believe he died by suicide, a family spokesman said Friday."On behalf of the family of Malcolm Harsch unfortunately it seems he did take his own life," Najee Ali said in a statement. "The Victorville Police Department officials…
Newly released portions of Robert S. Mueller III’s report detailing his investigation of President Trump spell out how investigators considered the possibility Trump had lied to them about his conversations in 2016 about WikiLeaks. The material was released by the Justice Department on Friday as part of ongoing litigation over still-secret parts of the former…
President Trump dismissed Dr. Anthony Fauci’s notion that the NFL may not get underway unless the league adopted a “bubble” plan like the NBA.Trump tweeted Friday that Fauci had “nothing to do” with the NFL and claimed the league was planning a “safe” start to the 2020 season. The president added that he wouldn’t be…
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…