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Going to court, however, presents a political risk for McCormick, at least in the court of Republican public opinion. The lawsuit, filed late Monday in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, asks the state to force all 67 counties’ boards of elections to count Republican mail-in ballots received on time but…

The measure is one part of a broader confidence index that in May posted its largest year-over-year drop since the Covid-related shutdowns. “It just feels like there are all of these factors that are out of our control, and it doesn’t seem like there is a light at the end…

Officials have drafted an emergency declaration as prices have soared to record highs in recent weeks. White House spokeswoman Emilie Simons said on Twitter on Monday. Such a declaration would allow for the quick release of some of the 1 million barrels of diesel in the Northeast Home Heating Oil…

Pandemic-era border policy that prevents migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border from asking for asylum. U.S. District Judge Robert R. Summerhays of the Western District of Louisiana issued an injunction on Friday against the Biden administration, after signaling at a hearing last week that he was inclined to take the step.…

Extending recent losses that have major indexes on track for their longest streak of weekly declines in more than two decades. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq are on course for their seventh straight weekly loss, their longest such losing streak since 2001, according to Dow Jones Market Data. The Dow…

Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook testified Friday he was “briefed about the Alfa-Bank issue first” by Clinton campaign general counsel Marc Elias in the summer of 2016. He said the campaign leadership quickly had a meeting about whether to share the information with the media, which they decided to do. Also present…

What comes next if Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade. Contrary to popular belief, Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade is the best decision that could be made by a judicial branch of the government, simply because it removes the federal government from making political based legislations towards abortions. By…

North Korea has conducted two ICBM tests earlier this year and tunneling activity indicates preparation for a nuclear test. “They’ve already done two intercontinental ballistic missile tests earlier this year and we’ve been seeing tunneling activity preparing for a nuclear test,” Bruce Klingner, senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation, told…

The agreement between Abbott and the FDA, called a consent decree, was approved by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan on Monday. Abbott can restart the Sturgis, Michigan, plant within two weeks once the FDA gives the go-ahead, the company said. However, it said it would…

Proposed board to combat online disinformation drew opposition from critics who called it Orwellian. A DHS spokeswoman confirmed in a statement that the board had been put on pause as former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff, who served during the George W. Bush administration, and former Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick, a Clinton administration official,…