'Ghosted': GOP abandons female House hopeful despite talk of electing women
Before Leigh Brown ran for a vacant House seat in North Carolina earlier this year, she got plenty of encouragement from Republicans in Washington eager to grow the ranks of GOP women in Congress. Then Brown jumped into a crowded Republican primary — and the people who had given her hope were nowhere to be…
Castro tries to pull a Beto with Trump counter-rally
Julián Castro hasn’t released his first-quarter fundraising numbers. He’s polling around 1 percent nationally and in early states. But he has a unique opportunity for a presidential primary breakout moment Wednesday, when he’ll hold a rally in his San Antonio hometown — the same day Donald Trump will be in Texas for fundraisers in Houston…
Why is Kamala Harris running for president?
Joe Biden is offering a return to normalcy. Elizabeth Warren aims to bring big corporations to heel and prop up the working class. Bernie Sanders wants a political revolution. Kamala Harris’ one-sentence rationale for wanting the presidency is less clear. To the extent the former California attorney general and district attorney has defined herself, it’s…
DNC set to squeeze Dem debate stage again
As Democratic presidential candidates barrel into the fall, they are still waiting for the party to write the rules for the most important events of the campaign. The candidates are bracing for another round of strict new debate criteria from the Democratic National Committee, which has already halved the list of candidates making the debate…
Tornadoes and storms hit East, fire threat out West
Tornadoes and storms hit East, fire threat out West originally appeared on abcnews.go.com There have been 11 reported tornadoes in the last 36 hours in 5 states from Texas to Tennessee with the latest damage pictures coming in from Memphis area where two tornadoes were reported yesterday morning. This same storm system will move east…
Howling winds to threaten travel disruptions over north-central US
A strengthening storm responsible for severe weather and tornadoes in the South will produce an expanding area of strong winds from the northern and central Plains to the Midwest into Tuesday night. This image, taken on Monday morning, Oct. 21, 2019, over the north-central United States shows a classic comma shape in the cloud cover…
Judge asked to stop student suspension over note about rape
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A high school activist’s comment about rape posted on a bathroom mirror represents constitutionally protected free speech — and punishing her would discourage young victims from coming forward, an attorney said Monday. The sticky note that proclaimed “There’s a rapist in our school and you know who it is” aimed to…
$12,075 on paella and 32 other wacky things the candidates bought
Running for president costs millions of dollars in staff salaries, even more in advertising fees and tons in travel — but sometimes, what a campaign really needs to get through a day is five-figures worth of paella. That’s among the eye-catching expenses hidden in plain sight among thousands of lines of campaign charges contained in…
China says world 'shocked' at Trump adviser Navarro's pen name for books
BEIJING (Reuters) – The world is “shocked” that White House trade adviser Peter Navarro made up a fictitious anti-China economist in his books, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, adding that it is absurd and dangerous to make policy based on lies. The Chronicle of Higher Education reported last week that Navarro invented and quoted…
US awarded ownership of seized North Korean vessel
Washington (AFP) – A New York court has formally handed the US ownership of a North Korean cargo ship seized for violating international sanctions, the Justice Department said. The 17,061 ton bulk carrier Wise Honest — the first North Korean vessel seized by Washington for sanctions violations — was caught carrying a $3 million shipment…