Global executions at highest rate for five years - Amnesty report
Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt carried out 90% of the 883 recorded in 2022, Amnesty International says.
2023-05-16 14:46
Pennsylvania House control up for grabs yet again in special elections
Democrats’ narrow majority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives is on the line Tuesday with two special elections that will determine which party controls the chamber
2023-05-16 13:29
Races for 4 court seats, including 1 on Supreme Court, lead statewide Pennsylvania primary ballots
Party nominees for four open seats on Pennsylvania’s statewide appellate courts will be settled in the primary election
2023-05-16 13:21
Trump weaponizes FBI-Russia report he demanded to keep fighting the election that never ends
A long-awaited report by Republican-appointed special counsel John Durham failed to find the "crime of the century" that ex-President Donald Trump said targeted him at the center of the Russia investigation. But it delivered him a potential political payoff nonetheless.
2023-05-16 12:18
The demographic makeup of the country's voters continues to shift. That creates headwinds for Republicans
Demographic change continued to chip away at the cornerstone of the Republican electoral coalition in 2022, a new analysis of Census data has found.
2023-05-16 12:16
Georgia prosecutor fights back against Trump attempt to remove her from election probe
The Georgia prosecutor who’s investigating whether Donald Trump and his allies broke any laws as they tried to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state is fighting back against the former president’s attempt to remove her from the case and exclude certain evidence
2023-05-16 10:49
DeSantis nears presidential campaign launch far from peak popularity but signaling a new readiness to take on Trump
Once seen as ascending toward a presidential campaign with momentum in his favor, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis finds himself on the cusp of an announcement that many of his supporters wished was already behind him.
2023-05-16 10:22
Pence allies launching super PAC to back former vice president's expected 2024 candidacy
Allies of former Vice President Mike Pence are launching a new super PAC to support his expected candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination
2023-05-16 10:17
St. Louis prosecutor files motion asking court to set aside the conviction of a man serving a life sentence for murder
The St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office has filed a motion asking a Missouri court to set aside the conviction of a man who prosecutors say has served more than 30 years of a life sentence for a murder he didn't commit.
2023-05-16 09:20
Prosecutor ends probe of FBI's Trump-Russia investigation with harsh criticism, but no new charges
A special prosecutor has ended his four-year investigation into possible FBI misconduct in its probe of ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign
2023-05-16 09:19
Special counsel John Durham concludes FBI never should have launched full Trump-Russia probe
Special counsel John Durham concluded that the FBI should never have launched a full investigation into connections between Donald Trump's campaign and Russia during the 2016 election, according to a report compiled over three years by the Trump-administration appointee and released on Monday.
2023-05-16 09:18
Karnataka results: India's Congress ahead of Modi's BJP in key state polls
The opposition Congress party is ahead in the Karnataka state election, according to trends.
2023-05-13 15:29