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Derek White/Getty Images for DNC (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is not considering stepping down, the White House said Wednesday as it furiously did damage control amid Democrats’ mounting concerns about the 2024 election and Biden’s ability to carry out his campaign after his shaky debate performance. Facing rapid-fire questions for the second day in […]
James C Hooper/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A man has been arrested in connection with the attempted rape of a woman sunbathing in Central Park last month, police said. Jermaine Longmire has been charged with attempted rape and sex abuse by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, police said Wednesday. NYPD Chief of Detectives Joe Kenny […]
GraphicaArtis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court’s ruling that presidents have immunity for “official acts” goes against all of the principles the nation’s founders pushed for as they drew up the Constitution, historians and legal experts argued. Fifteen constitutional historians, represented by the liberal non-profit policy institute the Brennan Center for Justice, filed a friend-of-the-court […]
Helene Gondelle/500px/Getty Images (PHOENIX) — A 10-year-old boy has died after he suffered a “heat-related medical emergency” during a hike in Arizona on Tuesday. Firefighters from the Phoenix, Tempe and Chandler fire departments were called to South Mountain Park and Preserve around 2 p.m. local time, according to a release from Phoenix Fire. Phoenix Police […]
President of the United States Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump participate in the first presidential debate at CNN Studios in Atlanta, Georgia on June 27, 2024. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — At a campaign fundraiser in McLean, Virginia, on Tuesday evening, President Joe Biden — for the first time — attributed […]
SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With Donald Trump’s sentencing in his New York hush money case delayed until September following Tuesday’s decision by Judge Juan Merchan, the judge now faces the task of applying the Supreme Court’s new test for the limits of presidential immunity to the former president’s criminal conviction. Trump in May was […]
joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a long-awaited decision, the United States Supreme Court found that former President Donald Trump has some executive immunity for official acts committed as president, leaving experts concerned that the decision has drastically expanded presidential powers and dealt a blow to checks and balances. One constitutional law expert warned […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case in New York has postponed sentencing to Sept. 18, according to a letter sent to the parties. The move came after the Manhattan district attorney’s office said earlier Tuesday it would not oppose Trump’s request to file a […]
Allison Joyce/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and his allied groups registered their largest fundraising month of the campaign in June, his campaign announced, as his team seeks to spotlight good news amid a torrent of questions about the president’s capabilities to run the country after his debate performance last week. The Biden operation […]
Sean Gallup/Getty Images (CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y.) — The New Jersey man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie on stage at a speaking event in 2022 rejected a plea deal that involved state and potential federal charges, attorneys said Tuesday. Rushdie was stabbed multiple times on stage at the Chautauqua Institution in southwestern New York in August […]
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