Polls Show Ron DeSantis Sliding in the Republican Primary
Several recent surveys, nationally and in early-voting states, undermine the governor’s argument that the primary is a two-way race between him and former President Donald J. Trump.
Several recent surveys, nationally and in early-voting states, undermine the governor’s argument that the primary is a two-way race between him and former President Donald J. Trump.
Brutal primary fights weakened the party’s nominees in several states last year. Now, as David McCormick runs again for Senate in the battleground state, he appears to have cleared the field.
Maybe it’s the peanut butter ice cream he still enjoys. Or the fact that his first-place Atlanta Braves are cruising toward the playoffs and he wants to see another World Series. Or as many of his loved ones and former advisers suggest, maybe he is just too stubborn to follow anyone else’s timetable. Whatever the…
The more moderate weather this year broke a streak of three straight scorching summers, each ranking among the state’s 10 hottest ever recorded.
Nine sheriff’s deputies in Memphis have been indicted in the death of a man with mental health problems who died in custody last fall after being stomped, punched and pinned down, a sheriff and lawyer said on Wednesday, the latest case to draw attention to how law enforcement responds to a person in mental distress….
G.O.P. legislatures in Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana are contesting federal orders to redraw congressional maps that disfavor Black voters. The stakes are enormous.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine plans to make his second wartime visit to Washington on Thursday, meeting with President Biden and congressional lawmakers as he tries to preserve his country’s most critical source of funding and weapons. Mr. Biden will be looking to get a “battlefield perspective” on the war from Mr. Zelensky, said John…
The former Texas congressman’s plan takes an expansive view of both the potential and the risks of artificial intelligence, calling for it to be used more widely but also tightly regulated.
Four years ago, a young Black man returning home from a store in Aurora, Colo., was confronted by the police, arrested, put in a carotid chokehold, injected with a sedative by paramedics and placed into an ambulance. The entire encounter was over in about 18 minutes, a state prosecutor said. And the young man, Elijah…
The mayor of Eagle Pass said 2,500 migrants arrived in one day, part of a recent surge in crossings along the border that has taxed local, state and federal resources.
The singer-songwriter has helped lead an international surge in what is known in the United States as regional Mexican music. He is best known for corridos tumbados, songs that tell stories of the Mexican drug trade.
The speaker plans a private meeting with the Ukrainian president, but his refusal to arrange for rank-and-file lawmakers to hear from him directly reflects Republican resistance to continuing aid to Kyiv.
President Biden has prioritized bolstering partnerships over full-throated advocacy for democracy among American allies.
While some of the questions hurled at Attorney General Merrick B. Garland were an attempt to pry free information, many were overtly partisan or based on distortion, insinuation and misinformation.
Kevin de León, a longtime state and local politician, faced calls last year to resign from fellow Democrats, including President Biden.
The brewing company came under fire from PETA over the practice earlier this year. The procedure, known as tail docking, has been denounced by multiple veterinary organizations and is banned in several states and countries.
Lawyers for the family of Irvo Otieno say he died of asphyxiation after deputies and medical staff members piled on top of him at a psychiatric hospital in March.
Prosecutors said he had never worked as an agent of the government, again refuting a right-wing theory that he helped instigate the Capitol riot in a federal plot to discredit Trump supporters.
The president’s son will make his first court appearance on three gun charges next week. His lawyer has said he will plead not guilty.