According to two sources, the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into whether E. Jean Carroll committed perjury during her lawsuits tied to her sexual abuse allegations against President Donald Trump. NBC News’ Kelly O’Donnell reports on the investigations against the president’s rivals.
The intense media scrutiny and Republican attacks facing Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner of Maine over his controversial and inflammatory past online comments and his now-removed but well-publicized tattoo on his chest that resembled a Nazi symbol don’t appear to be slowing him down. A new public opinion poll shows Platner holding an upper single-digit lead … Read more
Terry Pitchford, who was 18 when convicted of murder, argued that Black jurors were excluded from his trial Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The US supreme court on Thursday ruled in favor of Terry Pitchford, a Black man convicted of capital murder and on death row in Mississippi, who claimed that … Read more
Democratic infighting erupted after a handful of prominent lawmakers railed against former Rep. Colin Allred following Tuesday’s runoff election win, citing the Black Democrat’s decision to unseat Texas’ sole openly lesbian lawmaker. Reps. Mark Takano, D-Calif., and Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., co-chairs of the Democrat-aligned Equality Caucus’ political arm, sharply criticized Allred for challenging Rep. Julie … Read more
Justice Clarence Thomas declined to immediately hand Alabama Republicans a win Wednesday, but ordered their voting rights challengers to quickly defend a court-drawn congressional map that helped Democrats flip a deep-red state House seat. Alabama’s Republican Attorney General requested emergency relief, asking the Supreme Court to immediately revive the state’s 2023 legislature-drawn congressional map after … Read more
White House made lengthy post about gorilla shot dead at Cincinnati zoo after a toddler entered his enclosure in 2016 Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The White House has posted on social media a tribute to mark Thursday’s 10th anniversary of the death of a figure it called “a true patriot”. … Read more
The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into whether E. Jean Carroll committed perjury in testimony during her lawsuits tied to sexual abuse allegations against President Donald Trump, according to a source familiar with the matter
Monitors estimate 17,500 people have been sent to countries they may never have visited – and where they could face further danger José Yugar-Cruz spent 17 months in a county jail in Muscatine, Iowa, despite never having committed a crime. Originally from Bolivia, he entered the United States legally at the Arizona border in July … Read more
States with abortion bans are turning away from medications to a wait-and-see approach, with care falling below standards Abortion restrictions in the US have made it more difficult to access care for miscarriages, a new study stays. The new research found that since the June 2022 Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision overturning Roe … Read more
13 farmers across Iowa said they’re struggling economically, but 11 voted for Trump in the past and still largely back him, hoping “he follows through” on his promises.
