By Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — The failure of a bipartisan border deal reached by senators this weekend appears set to hand President Joe Biden an issue that he can wield against former President Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers on the campaign trail. Biden on Tuesday promised to blame Republicans in Congress directly for
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — This story was first published February 2, 2024. It was corrected on February 6, 2024, to clarify that if “None of these candidates” reaches the required vote threshold to win Democratic delegates, those delegates will go into an “uncommitted” column.
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Build more border wall. Reinstate tough Trump-era immigration policies. Or simply shut it down. Congressional Republicans argue that President Joe Biden has all the authority he needs to halt the flow of migrants through the U.S.-Mexico border. The reality is far more complicated. Without changes to immigration
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Actor Jussie Smollett has asked the Illinois Supreme Court to intervene in his yearslong legal battle stemming from charges that he staged a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and lied about it to Chicago police. His petition, filed Monday, asks the state’s highest court to hear the case two months
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU and BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — West Africa’s regional bloc says authorities in Senegal should hold the presidential election this month as scheduled instead of delaying it by 10 months. The United Nations human rights office is expressing concern about the unprecedented decision in one of Africa’s most stable
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — A diplomatic security officer with the State Department has been charged with four misdemeanors for allegedly breaching the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, according to newly unsealed court documents. The man, Kevin Alstrup, is accused of walking through the Capitol building for about 28 minutes during the riot
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz’s campaign manager says a consultant inserted images of horses in ads as a vulgar joke about her opponent. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel first reported that Protasiewicz’s campaign manager, Alejandro Verdin, told The Downballot podcast Jan. 25 that people made baseless
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES, MARY CLARE JALONICK and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged Congress to “show some spine” and stand up to Donald Trump even as a Senate deal on border enforcement measures and Ukraine aid was rapidly collapsing. The Democratic president has engaged for months with Senate
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, Ibrahim Dahman and Paul P. Murphy, CNN (CNN) — Displaced Palestinians crowded into tents in Rafah are waiting with dread for an anticipated Israeli ground assault on the city – with nowhere left to flee once troops move in. One million people are estimated to be crammed into a tent city in
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Facebook and Instagram users will start seeing labels on AI-generated images that appear on their social media feeds, part of a broader tech industry initiative to sort between what’s real and not. Meta said Tuesday it’s working with industry partners on technical standards that will make it easier to
Continue ReadingSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Baltimore outfielder Austin Hays, Los Angeles Angels outfielder Taylor Ward and Houston utilityman Mauricio Dubón won their salary arbitration cases on Tuesday, giving players a 3-2 advantage with 13 cases still pending. Hays was awarded the $6.3 million he asked for over the Orioles’ proposed $5.85 million. Brian Keller, Allen Ponak
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An Australian computer scientist who says he’s the mystery creator behind bitcoin has testified in a London court about the cryptocurrency’s origins. Craig Wright said Tuesday that he used the pseudonym “Satoshi Nakamoto” to protect his privacy and not to remain anonymous. A nonprofit group of tech
Continue ReadingLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A total of 346 3-year-olds have been made eligible to compete in this year’s Triple Crown series during the early nomination period. Each of the horses was nominated through a $600 payment to compete in the Kentucky Derby on May 4, Preakness on May 18 and the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga
Continue ReadingREBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House of Representatives is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. It’s not clear whether Republicans have the votes to impeach but if they do it would mark the first time in nearly 150 years that a Cabinet secretary has been
Continue ReadingCNN By Eric Levenson and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of the teenager who killed four students at an Oxford, Michigan, high school in 2021, was found guilty Tuesday of all four counts of involuntary manslaughter in a novel legal case that stood as a test of the limits of who’s responsible
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The Associated Press national player of the week in women’s basketball for Week 13 of the season: JUJU WATKINS, USC The 6-foot-2 freshman wing from Los Angeles scored 51 of her team’s 67 points in an upset victory over then-No. 4 Stanford. She added 11 rebounds and four steals in that
Continue ReadingPRESTON, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota woman is accused of trying to deceive authorities into believing her identical twin sister was the driver who hit a horse-drawn Amish buggy last fall, killing two of the four children inside. Thirty-five-year-old Samantha Jo Petersen, of Kellogg, was charged Monday with 21 counts including criminal vehicular homicide and
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Facing growing backlash, the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday paused plans to change how it asks people about disabilities in its most comprehensive survey, a move that would have overhauled how disabilities are defined by the nation’s largest statistical agency. Disability advocates had argued that the proposed changes would artificially
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A federal appeals court shot down claims Monday that New Jersey residents’ refusal to wear face masks at school board meetings during the COVID-19 outbreak constituted protected speech under the First Amendment. The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling in two related cases stemming
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan jury convicted a school shooter’s mother of involuntary manslaughter Tuesday in a first-of-its-kind trial to determine whether she had any responsibility in the deaths of four students in 2021. Prosecutors say Jennifer Crumbley had a duty under Michigan law to prevent her son, who
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