By Alex Rogers Herschel Walker, the former football star, announced his campaign for US Senate in Georgia on Wednesday, after months of speculation marked by both former President Donald Trump’s public encouragement and some Republicans’ rising concerns about the political newcomer’s ability to win a crucial seat. “Our country is at a crossroads, and I can’t sit
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By Holmes Lybrand and Tara Subramaniam The blame game over rising cases of Covid-19 continues along largely partisan lines, with Democrats attacking GOP governors who have banned measures like mask mandates and vaccine passports, and Republicans blaming the Biden administration’s border policy for the uptick in cases. The attacks heated up Thursday when Texas Lt. Gov. Dan
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By Annie Grayer Progressives in the House are not backing down from their requirement that the final reconciliation package move at the same time as the Senate’s bipartisan infrastructure bill in order for their caucus to vote for both bills. Their continued demand comes after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a deal with moderates to give the
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By Alex Rogers The House passed a bill Tuesday increasing the power of the federal government and racial minorities to block or challenge election rules they find discriminatory. Democrats named the legislation the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancements Act after the civil rights icon and longtime Georgia congressman who died last year. “John knew that the
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By Fredreka Schouten A preliminary ruling by a three-judge panel in North Carolina is clearing the way for roughly 56,000 of the state’s residents who have been convicted of felonies — but who aren’t currently serving prison time — to register to vote, civil rights groups said. The action comes out of a lawsuit by civil rights groups
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By Jasmine Wright, Kevin Liptak, Jeremy Diamond and Kate Sullivan Vice President Kamala Harris’ departure for Vietnam was delayed by several hours Tuesday afternoon after her office was informed by the US embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam, of a “report of a recent possible anomalous health incident.” That term is the way that the government usually refers to the mysterious Havana
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By Aya Elamroussi More than 270 homes in central Tennessee were destroyed in deadly flooding that killed 18 people and left three still unaccounted for days later, officials said Tuesday. A damage assessment conducted in Humphreys County showed 271 homes were destroyed by Saturday’s flooding, according to a news release from the county’s emergency management agency.
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By Christina Carrega The Justice Department targeted more than 300 protesters by charging them with federal crimes for their roles during the civil unrest last summer after the murder of George Floyd, according to a new report from The Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of Black advocacy groups. The report found that more than 90% of federal
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By Adam Rife Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo is now a minority owner of the Milwaukee Brewers. At a news conference Friday, Aug. 20, Antetokounmpo said, “I know Milwaukee invested a lot in me, and I want to invest a lot of myself back into the city of Milwaukee.” The Brewers’ newest, tallest owner says he’s
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By Brian Stelter Rachel Maddow is staying at MSNBC — but not in the same role she has held for the past thirteen years. Maddow has signed a new multi-year deal with MSNBC’s parent NBCUniversal, as Insider’s Claire Atkinson first reported on Sunday. Mark Shapiro of Endeavor, the talent agency that repped Maddow in the
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