Joe Biden’s campaign raised $8.9 million in January, ended month with $7.1 million cash
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden raised $8.9 million in January, ending the month with $7.1 million in cash, an improvement after he struggled at times last year to raise money.
Tennessee executes convicted killer by electric chair
A death row inmate convicted more than three decades ago of stabbing a fellow prisoner to death over a drug deal gone bad was executed in Tennessee on Thursday in the electric chair.
U.S. Democrat Klobuchar’s campaign raised $5.5 million in January
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar’s presidential campaign raised $5.5 million in January, leaving her with $2.9 million at the end of the month, according to disclosures her campaign filed on Thursday.
Trump blasts best-picture Oscar for South Korean film ‘Parasite’
President Donald Trump on Thursday ridiculed the historic best-picture Oscar win for South Korean film “Parasite,” telling a campaign rally he wished for the return of Hollywood classics like 1939’s “Gone with the Wind.”
Stone sentenced to 3-1/3 years, Trump signals no immediate pardon for adviser
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced President Donald Trump’s long-time adviser Roger Stone to three years and four months in prison and said his lies to lawmakers investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election posed a threa…
U.S. intelligence told lawmakers of Russian bid to boost Trump re-election: source
U.S. intelligence officials told lawmakers last week that Russia is interfering in the 2020 election campaign by aiming to cast doubt on the integrity of the vote and boost President Donald Trump’s re-election, a person familiar with the briefing said …
New Mexico AG sues Google for collecting school kids’ personal data
New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas on Thursday sued Alphabet Inc’s Google search engine, alleging that its educational software collects young students’ personal information without the required parental consent.
Elizabeth Warren appears to drop opposition to unlimited-money group backing her campaign
Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren on Thursday declined to disavow a new super PAC that has earmarked $1 million to back her candidacy, an apparent reversal from her vigorous opposition to the outside spending groups that have become cent…
U.S. counterterrorism analyst pleads guilty to media leaks
A U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency counterterrorism analyst pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges he leaked classified materials about a foreign country’s weapons system to two journalists in 2018 and 2019, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Jurors in Weinstein trial focus on ‘Sopranos’ actress Sciorra
New York jurors weighing rape and sexual assault charges against former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein ended their third day of deliberations by asking on Thursday to review testimony from actress Annabella Sciorra.
