COSTA MESA, Calif. — A week after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are people, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he had not read the decision, and he would not say when he thinks life begins. In an interview with The Washington Post, Kennedy said the Alabama decision on in […]Read More
She came in third in Iowa. She lost by double digits in New Hampshire. In Nevada — where Donald Trump’s name wasn’t on the primary ballot — Nikki Haley trailed “none of these candidates” by more than 30 points. Haley has now suffered another blow in the lopsided race for the Republican presidential nomination, losing […]Read More
NEW YORK — Donald Trump this month was ordered by a New York Supreme Court justice to pay a penalty of $354,868,768, plus interest that continues to accrue, because the former president and his company were found to have used false financial statements that deceived banks and insurance companies. Justice Arthur Engoron’s ruling in the […]Read More
Volkswagen is recalling approximately 261,000 vehicles over potentially faulty fuel tank suction pumps. A host of models are affected, including some Audi A3, VW Jetta and VW Golf vehicles ranging from 2015 to 2020 model years. A full list can be found here. Volkswagen said that due to a problem with a suction jet pump […]Read More
Mortgage rates are high and housing inventory is tight, but some experts see the market’s deep freeze starting to thaw this spring. Homebuying started to pick up during and after the holidays. Existing home sales increased 3.1% from December to January, according to the National Association of Realtors. Meanwhile, the inventory of unsold existing homes […]Read More
PHOENIX — Ricardo Villafan, a Democrat and son of Mexican immigrants, had hope when Joe Biden was elected that he might pursue a more compassionate immigration agenda than his predecessor. But President Biden’s latest embrace of strict policies to contain the influx of migrants coming to the U.S. southern border has left him disappointed. Sitting […]Read More
Donald Trump has swept the traditional early states in the Republican presidential nominating contest after defeating Nikki Haley on Saturday in South Carolina. News organizations called the race shortly after polls closed, suggesting Haley didn’t come particularly close to making it a contest in her home state. The most recent results show Trump leading 60 […]Read More
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Donald Trump extended his sweep of the early Republican primary contests with a decisive victory in South Carolina on Saturday, soundly defeating the state’s former two-term governor, Nikki Haley, as he marches to the Republican nomination. The Associated Press projected Trump as the winner just after polls closed. The victory marked another […]Read More
In the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that said frozen embryos are people, Chief Justice Tom Parker wrote a concurring opinion that sought to define the “sanctity of unborn life,” citing heavily from scripture and theology. His opinion, which drew criticism from abortion rights activists for instilling religious beliefs into a judicial decision, was the latest […]Read More
Some Republican elder statesmen are trying to send a message to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) by urging him to make forceful decisions that will not please portions of the GOP conference. Two early March deadlines on government funding are looming, as is the ongoing dispute over funding Ukraine’s defenses. On these and other issues, […]Read More