Proponents of the measure announce they have collected 1.3m signatures to put the issue on the midterm ballot Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Republican organizers in California announced they have gathered enough signatures to place a measure that would require California voters to present identification … Read more
George Calicut Jr has been in prison for more than 25 years for murder, though there were no witnesses or evidence against him Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox A Detroit-area judge erased a 1999 murder conviction Tuesday of a man who was serving a life … Read more
Democratic Rep. Angie Craig, running for a Senate seat in Minnesota, penned an article this week explaining her “regret” for voting for the Laken Riley Act, sparking criticism from conservatives online and from her Republican opponents. “I never thought the Laken Riley Act was a perfect bill, as it allowed for detention of certain violent … Read more
From the Chagos Islands to ‘windmills’ and sharia law, the US president’s comments do not bear much scrutiny Donald Trump has been opining about the UK again, saying on Tuesday that Keir Starmer was “not Winston Churchill” and repeating his complaint about the deal to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Here are … Read more
The Supreme Court expressed skepticism Monday about the federal government’s law banning people with a “habitual use” of marijuana from legally possessing a firearm, a Second Amendment case that could test the limits of creating exceptions to gun ownership. But in two hours of spirited oral arguments over “guns and ganja,” several justices — while … Read more
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faced criticism from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers during a Senate oversight hearing. NBC News’ Julia Ainsley reports on the grilling over the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good and the department’s spending on private jets.
President Donald Trump’s legal case for ordering strikes on Iran without prior congressional authorization is not novel, according to legal scholars, and instead tracks the modern Article II template that past presidential administrations have used to justify limited military operations abroad. “Whether you agree or disagree with Obama or any of the other presidents who … Read more
Donald Trump has insisted that Israel did not put pressure on the US to launch the initial strikes over the weekend, telling reporters that Iran ‘was going to attack first’. The US president also threatened to cut off all trade with Spain after the Nato ally refused Washington permission for two jointly operated bases in … Read more
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign over Minneapolis killings, comparing it to her shooting her own dog.
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave very different responses to House lawmakers last week when asked whether President Donald Trump should testify in their Jeffrey Epstein probe, newly released video shows. Both testified to the House Oversight Committee behind closed doors for hours in their hometown of Chappaqua, N.Y. … Read more
