MARION, Iowa — Presidential candidate Nikki Haley defended her proposal for mental competency tests here on Tuesday — in startlingly personal terms. Haley said that one critic of the proposal, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), was “exactly the reason we need it.” Sanders, 81, had told Stephen Colbert of CBS’s “Late Show” Monday that Haley’s plan...
As the war in Ukraine approaches the one year mark, it is proving to be a defining chapter of President Biden’s time in the White House. At home, the ripple effects of the war have led to food shortages, higher prices and restricted supply chains while Ukrainian pleas for military aid have put Biden’s belief...
The family of Malcolm X, the civil rights icon who was assassinated in 1965, will file a $100 million wrongful death lawsuit against federal and state government agencies for allegedly concealing evidence related to his killing. The family, along with their lawyers, said at a press conference on Tuesday that they were seeking “justice” for...
Russian President Vladimir Putin began his address before Russia’s parliament on Tuesday by underlining the stakes of his war in Ukraine. “This is a time of radical, irreversible change in the entire world, of crucial historical events that will determine the future of our country and our people, a time when every one of us...
State Sen. Jennifer McClellan (D) was projected to defeat Republican Leon Benjamin in the special election for Virginia's 4th congressional district on Tuesday, becoming the first Black woman to represent the commonwealth in Congress. The Associated Press called the race at 7:22 p.m. ET. McClellan will replace the late Rep. Don McEachin (D-Va.), who died in November. The district...
Story at a glance Seattle is now the first city in the United States to officially ban discrimination based on caste after lawmakers voted Tuesday to pass an ordinance adding caste to the city's existing anti-discrimination laws. The city council voted 6-1 for the change. Councilmember Kshama Sawant, who sponsored the ordinance, said she...
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