State election officials face shortages of money, poll workers, capacity to print ballots and public trust — without much time to fix them. A polling location for the primaries in Atlanta in June.Credit...Audra Melton for The New York TimesJune 27, 2020Updated 11:58 a.m. ETWASHINGTON — Evelina Reese has been a poll worker for 40 years.…
Over the course of a few weeks, the Democratic Senate primary in Kentucky went from a foregone conclusion to very competitive. The primary contest between Democrats Amy McGrath and state Sen. Charles Booker — both vying to compete against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in the fall — is without a doubt the marquee…
After New York’s June 23 primaries, a few of the Democratic Party’s highest-profile and longest-serving House members could be picked off. Rep. Eliot Engel, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee and has been in Congress since 1989, appears to be the most vulnerable member on Tuesday. His chief challenger, Bronx middle school founding principal…
State Rep. Charles Booker, pictured, faces Amy McGrath in Kentucky's Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. Bryan Woolston/AP hide caption toggle caption Bryan Woolston/AP State Rep. Charles Booker, pictured, faces Amy McGrath in Kentucky's Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. Bryan Woolston/AP Progressives are mounting efforts to best establishment Democrats in Kentucky and New York…
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…