Sanders presidency could start with $300 billion U.S. jobs program: adviser
A Bernie Sanders presidency could begin modestly with a roughly $300 billion federal jobs guarantee before pushing for trillions of dollars in new spending on health care, the environment and infrastructure, says a key adviser to the U.S. Democratic fr…
U.S. SEC out for justice over Steven Seagal’s cryptocurrency marketing
Steven Seagal, the star of action movies including “Above the Law” and “Out for Justice,” has agreed to pay $314,000 to resolve charges of “unlawfully touting” a cryptocurrency offering, the U.S. securities regulator said on Thursday.
On the trail: Biden’s black voter support; Democrats on coronavirus
Democratic presidential hopefuls spread out across South Carolina on Thursday as the clock ticked down to the state’s Saturday primary election: their first big test with African-American voters.
U.S. brewery shooting could spur gun debate in presidential race
A Molson Coors Beverage Co employee has shot five co-workers to death before taking his own life at the company’s beer-brewing complex in Milwaukee, the latest episode in a rising tide of gun violence already reverberating in the U.S. presidential race…
On the trail: Coronavirus, South Carolina and Super Tuesday
Democratic presidential hopefuls spread out across South Carolina on Thursday ahead of the state’s primary election on Saturday – their first big test with African-American voters.
Republicans’ ‘Operation Chaos’ seeks to undermine South Carolina’s Democratic primary
Republican activists in South Carolina are urging party voters to do the seemingly unthinkable: support U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders’ bid for the White House in the state’s Democratic primary on Saturday.
Gunman kills five co-workers and himself in Molson Coors brewery shooting in Milwaukee
A gunman opened fire at the Molson Coors Beverage Co brewing complex in Milwaukee on Wednesday, killing five co-workers before he was found dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, the city’s police chief said.
Decriminalization of polygamy in Utah clears key hurdle in state legislature
Legislation to effectively decriminalize polygamy among consenting adults in Utah overwhelmingly passed the state House of Representatives in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, moving it a step closer to becoming law.
Trump says coronavirus risk in U.S. is low; CDC confirms first case of unknown origin
President Donald Trump told Americans on Wednesday that the risk from coronavirus remained “very low,” and placed Vice President Mike Pence in charge of the U.S. response to the looming global health crisis.
Biden lands key endorsement three days before South Carolina presidential contest
Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden won the endorsement of an influential black congressman from South Carolina on Wednesday, three days before the state’s primary where he is competing with national front-runner Bernie Sanders for the crucial …
