(CNN)An official portrait unveiling for former President Barack Obama at the White House isn't expected to occur anytime soon as his successor, President Donald Trump, accuses him of unsubstantiated and unspecified crimes. NBC News first reported on the appa…
When Norma McCorvey, the anonymous plaintiff in the landmark Roe vs. Wade case, came out against abortion in 1995, it stunned the world and represented a huge symbolic victory for abortion opponents: “Jane Roe” had gone to the other side. For the remainder of her life, McCorvey worked to overturn the law that bore her…
“He didn’t even get into a heavy emphasis on ‘we’ve got to reopen, we’ve got to do it really quickly,” said Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.). “He didn’t go there, he was sorta like, steady as she goes and let’s keep our plans and stick together as we move towards the election.” Sen. John Cornyn…
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn asked a federal appeals court late Tuesday for an order directing the judge handling his case to dismiss it, another twist in his legal saga.Flynn's attorneys asked the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to order U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan to grant the Justice…
Donald Trump holds a letter from the White House physician reporting that he tested negative a second time for coronavirus disease. Photograph: Tom Brenner/Reuters Sean Conley, the doctor who acceded to Donald Trump’s request to be given a drug unproven to treat the coronavirus, is a US navy veteran and is qualified in osteopathic medicine.…
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…