Ninth Circuit questions Trump DOJ’s emergency request to set aside 20,000 California mail ballots

A federal appeals court on Sunday scrutinized the Trump administration’s emergency effort to force California to set aside thousands of mail-in ballots tied to people the Justice Department suspects are noncitizens ahead of the midterm elections. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit raised questions about both the government’s … Read more

Bruce Blakeman calls Kathy Hochul Zohran Mamdani’s ‘puppet’ during New York campaign rally

Republican New York gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman blasted Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul as a “puppet” of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani during a campaign rally Sunday. Speaking at the event in Yorktown Heights, New York, Blakeman, the current Nassau County executive, accused his opponent of embracing the democratic socialist mayor’s agenda while failing to … Read more

US south-west braces for more storms after enduring days of rain and flooding

More inclement weather forecast in rain-soaked Four Corners region after evacuations and rescues last week Another round of heavy showers and thunderstorms were expected to hit the south-west US on Sunday after the region endured days of rain that forced evacuations, water rescues and multi-million-dollar damage. The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for … Read more