Democratic former presidents and Donald Trump respond to the death of the civil rights leader at the age of 84. Plus, how worried should we be about China’s dancing robots? Good morning. Three Democratic former presidents led a wealth of tributes to Jesse Jackson, a “titan” of the civil rights movement and “one of America’s … Read more
A Democratic Senate candidate endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is being slammed for allegedly flip-flopping on one of his primary campaign issues. Abdul El-Sayed, the progressive candidate who previously ran an unsuccessful bid for Michigan governor, has made Medicare for All a hallmark of his Senate campaign. However, as the Michigan Senate primary race … Read more
Kimberly Prost and Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza vow US reprisals will not affect work of international criminal court When the Canadian Kimberly Prost learned Donald Trump’s administration had imposed sanctions on her, it came as a shock. For years, she has sat as a judge at the international criminal court, weighing accusations of war … Read more
Starting next year, MLS will align itself with big European leagues and become a summer-to-spring operation. Executives see the change as an opportunity Few constants have endured from MLS’s 1996 debut to now. It’s still an operational soccer league, for one thing. There’s the name itself, although its initial logo was shelved in 2015 for … Read more
Exclusive: 15 Congress members write to Marco Rubio about nine-month detention of Mohammed Ibrahim Fifteen members of Congress have written to Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, demanding to know what steps the United States has taken in response to the mistreatment of a Palestinian-American teenager who spent nine months in Israeli detention. The … Read more
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump‘s administration from deporting Mohsen Mahdawi, a pro-Palestinian protest leader who led anti-Israel demonstrations at Columbia University. Judge Nina Froes terminated the case after saying federal authorities made a procedural error and failed to certify a document they attempted to submit as evidence. “I am grateful to … Read more
Lawsuit from health and environmental justice groups challenges the EPA’s rollback of the ‘endangerment finding’ More than a dozen health and environmental justice non-profits have sued the Environmental Protection Agency over its revocation of the legal determination that underpins US federal climate regulations. Filed in Washington DC circuit court, the lawsuit challenges the EPA’s rollback … Read more
An 18-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday after he rushed toward the U.S. Capitol wearing tactical gear and carrying a loaded weapon. Police say the teenager, Carter Camacho, backed down when confronted by Capitol police, but they found more ammunition, a Kevlar helmet and a gas mask in his car. NBC’s Ryan Nobles reports for … Read more
Stephen Colbert said the network told him not to air an interview with a Texas Democrat running for Senate More than a dozen health and environmental justice non-profits have sued the Environmental Protection Agency over its revocation of the legal determination that underpins US federal climate regulations. Filed in Washington DC circuit court, the lawsuit … Read more
Alberto Castañeda Mondragón was hospitalized with eight skull fractures after being arrested by ICE agents in January Minnesota and federal authorities are investigating the alleged beating of a Mexican citizen by immigration officers last month, seeking to identify what caused the eight skull fractures that landed the man in the intensive care unit of a … Read more
