President Biden has won Indiana’s Democratic primary, according to Decision Desk HQ. The Hoosier State added 79 delegates into Biden’s column, pushing him further past the mark he needed to become the Democrats’ presumptive nominee, according to a tracker from Decision Desk HQ/The Hill. The incumbent was the only choice on Indiana’s Democratic primary ballot — a setup that insulated him...
A Western New York judge on Tuesday invalidated a ballot measure known as the Equal Rights Amendment that would have codified reproductive rights and protections against other discrimination into the state constitution. State Supreme Court Justice Daniel Doyle, a Rochester-area Republican, ruled that the state Legislature did not follow correct procedure when it passed the measure...
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Judge Aileen Cannon has indefinitely postponed former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago documents case, punting some court dates into late July while declining to set a trial date. The Tuesday order — issued less than two weeks before Trump’s trial was still on the books to kick off on May 20 — leaves unclear when Trump’s case...
The House on Tuesday passed a bill aimed at making it more difficult for the Energy Department to enact energy efficiency rules for household appliances — the latest in Republicans’ efforts related to such appliances. The vote was 212-195, with seven Democrats voting with Republicans in favor of the measure. The bill would both add hurdles...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has identified and indicted a senior leader of the Russia-based LockBit ransomware group as the U.S. government continues its pursuit of those involved in the group’s cybersecurity attacks in recent years. Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev is facing 26 counts in federal court in New Jersey for his alleged role in the...
The partisan chasm on immigration proposals is so wide that there is little, if any, common ground to be found between the right and left on policy solutions, according to a new poll commissioned by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. The survey, conducted by Ipsos, asked respondents to rate their support or opposition to eight different...
NEW YORK — Former President Trump’s hush money judge has denied the defense’s demand for a mistrial over Stormy Daniels’s salacious testimony on Tuesday. “I do think some things were better unsaid,” Judge Juan Merchan said. “I don’t believe we are at the point where a mistrial is warranted.” Trump’s lawyers argued that Daniels, one...
FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg apologized to his staff Tuesday after an investigation by a law firm confirmed a report that sexual misconduct, lewd behavior and retaliatory administrative practices were rampant at the federal banking regulator. “To anyone who experienced sexual harassment or other misconduct at the FDIC, I again want to express how very sorry...
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is delivering a press briefing on Tuesday afternoon. President Biden earlier in the day spoke at a ceremony for the Holocaust Days of Remembrance. Biden condemned those who he characterized as having already forgotten the horrors of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas. The administration continues to...
The head of the House Democratic Caucus defended the right of Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) to remain in Congress while his criminal trial runs its course, saying the Texas Democrat — recently indicted on bribery and foreign influence charges — is presumed innocent “just like every American.” “He's entitled to make his defense, he's entitled to the...
