First U.S. Democratic presidential debate snags big TV audience
The first U.S. Democratic presidential debate, a faceoff without the party’s frontrunners, hauled in a surprisingly large 15.3 million viewers across three television networks, according to Nielsen estimates released by NBC News on Thursday.
Trump’s idea for U.S. Census delay would be unprecedented -experts
President Donald Trump on Thursday proposed an extraordinary delay to the 2020 census after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked his effort to add a citizenship question, but legal experts said such a move would violate the Constitution.
Texas police officer charged with murdering motorist
A Texas police officer turned himself in to authorities after being charged with murder for shooting and killing a driver of a suspected stolen vehicle, according to the prosecutors and local media.
In major elections ruling, U.S. Supreme Court allows partisan map drawing
In a major blow to election reformers, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected efforts to rein in electoral map manipulation by politicians aimed at entrenching one party in power, a practice known as partisan gerrymandering that critics have said …
House Democrats suspend work on retooling border aid legislation
U.S. House Democrats on Thursday suspended work on legislation to retool Senate-passed border aid legislation, a Democratic aide said. The Democrats had been planning to vote later Thursday on adding protections for migrant children to the bill.
Democratic lawmaker says House expected to vote on Senate border bill
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on Thursday on a Senate-passed border aid bill without amendments, as Democrats give up for now an effort to force changes in the treatment of migrants at the U.S. border with Mexico, Democratic Rep…
Shot during fight, Alabama woman charged after losing unborn baby
An Alabama woman was charged with manslaughter over the death of her unborn child after she was shot in a dispute with another woman in December that police said the pregnant woman started, local media reported.
Trump fumes as Supreme Court blocks census citizenship question
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday handed President Donald Trump a stinging defeat, blocking his contentious citizenship question planned for the 2020 census because officials gave a “contrived” rationale and prompting Trump to suggest an extraordinary…
Trump eyes U.S. Census delay after Supreme Court setback
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he is exploring a delay in the 2020 census for an unspecified amount of time after the Supreme Court blocked, for now, his push to add a citizenship question to the decennial headcount.
Michigan sues Enbridge in U.S., seeks to shut oil pipeline through Great Lakes
The U.S. state of Michigan has filed a lawsuit asking for an Enbridge Inc oil pipeline that runs under the Straits of Mackinac in the Great Lakes to be decommissioned, Michigan’s attorney general said on Thursday.
