Skakel Appeal Appears Bound for U.S. Supreme Court
Connecticut prosecutors have indicated plans to ask the nation’s highest court to review Michael Skakel’s murder case.
Meet Jess Phoenix, the Volcanologist Running for Congress in California
Ms. Phoenix, one of hundreds of scientists seeking public office this year, spoke with The Times about her focus on climate change and her desire to bring evidence-based policymaking to Washington.
California Today: California Today: State Farmers Supported Trump. Now His Trade Policies Have Them Worried.
Wednesday: Primary races to watch, the president calls Nancy Pelosi an “MS-13 lover” and the Golden State Killer suspect appears in court.
National Democrats Wade, Uninvited, Into New York House Race
Local Democrats were set on backing one candidate to challenge the Republican incumbent, but party leaders had their eyes on another.
San Francisco’s Homeless Crisis Tests Mayoral Candidates’ Liberal Ideals
Homelessness, drug use and mental illness top the concerns of voters. Two candidates in the June 5 election are proposing unusually aggressive solutions.
For ‘Columbiners,’ School Shootings Have a Deadly Allure
Many recent school shootings have in common that the perpetrators studied, and sometimes revered, their predecessors and tried to emulate or outdo them.
Ivanka Trump Abruptly Leaves Call After Question About China Trademarks
At the outset, a White House official said that Ms. Trump would take a few questions before departing for a meeting.
Fact Check of the Day: Trump Exaggerates Record on MS-13
President Trump claimed that his administration was deporting members of the gang “by the thousands.” Data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows this is not possible.
At Rally in Nashville, Trump Links Democrats to MS-13
President Trump invoked fears of crimes committed by illegal immigrants, particularly by MS-13, to argue for stricter border policies and charged that Democrats stood in the way.
Dick Tuck, Democrats’ Political Prankster in Chief, Dies at 94
He bedeviled Goldwater, Nixon and other Republican candidates with campaign-trail tomfoolery as a consultant and advance man for the Democratic Party.
A Democratic Candidate Criticized Israel. Republicans Shout ‘Anti-Semite.’
Leslie Cockburn, the Democrat running for an open House seat in Virginia, faces G.O.P. charges of anti-Semitism for her 1991 book highly critical of Israel.
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