Tagged: SCOTUS

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea has reported 166 newly confirmed case of the coronavirus, it’s highest daily jump in five months, as health authorities fear transmissions are getting out of control in the greater capital area that’s home to half of the country’s 51 ...

TOKYO (AP) - Northeast Asia doesn’t so much repeat history as drag it along like an anchor. The bombs stopped falling 75 years ago, but it is entirely possible - crucial even, some argue - to view the region’s world-beating economies, its massive cultural and political reach and its ...

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - Demonstrators on Friday rallied outside the Nassau County police headquarters to demand an arrest in connection with a boat crash that killed a 25-year-old man earlier this month. Assemblyman Phil Ramos, a Democrat from Brentwood, spoke at the rally and said the driver of one of ...

BALTIMORE (AP) - Washington Nationals star right-hander Stephen Strasburg left Friday night's game after throwing just 16 pitches. There was no immediate word from the Nationals on the type of injury that forced him off the mound during the first inning of a game against the Orioles. Strasburg got a ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) - DeWanna Bonner had 19 points and nine rebounds, Alyssa Thomas added 15 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists and the Connecticut Sun held off the Chicago Sky 77-74 on Friday night. Down 10 points entering the fourth quarter, Chicago got within one point twice in the ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Lawmakers and advocates are calling on New York to better protect the state’s estimated 800,000 veterans struggling with challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Advocates for veterans acknowledge New York’s estimated $14 billion revenue drop through March, but called on lawmakers Friday to protect funding for veterans ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - A member of the Navajo Nation is suing the tribal government to try to force a primary election that was canceled because of the coronavirus. Eloise Brown alleged in the complaint filed in Window Rock District Court that tribal lawmakers don't have the authority to change ...

C'mon, man, Joe Biden is groovy. That's the message the Democratic National Committee sent out Friday promising that next week's nomination celebration would be "a jam." In a blast email, the DNC urged people to tune in to the virtual political convention that opens Monday for the livestream of musical ...

A look at what’s happening around the majors Saturday: BACK TO WORK ... FINALLY Remember the St. Louis Cardinals? Finally healthy enough to return to the field after COVID-19 raced through the organization, the Cardinals (2-3) will play for the first time since July 29 when they face the Chicago ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico’s point man for the coronavirus pandemic said Friday that he thinks the country reached its peak of infections over the last three weeks. Assistant Health Secretary Hugo López-Gatell had previously wrongly predicted that infections would peak in May and June, but on Friday he ...

The coronavirus has infected more than 20.9 million people around the world as of Friday, killing at least 760,300 people.

Saudi Arabia, a key player when it comes to regional policy toward Israel, has remained eerily quiet on news of Israel's accord with the United Arab Emirates.

Worries about the election have only grown this week amid reports USPS is warning states that it cannot guarantee all mail-in ballots will arrive in time to be counted.

Facebook on Friday took a shot at Apple, saying the company will only be able to pay small businesses a portion of sales from a new paid online events feature as a result of the iOS App Store's policies.

Stocks slipped on Friday as the S&P 500 attempted once more to reach its February record high.

Bringing Russell Crowe's "Unhinged" to cinemas during the coronavirus was 'by far the toughest' film release for Mark Gill, an industry veteran and producer of 'Pulp Fiction.'

Three federal properties are expected to host the lion's share of the GOP convention's primetime speeches: The Mellon Auditorium, the White House and historic Fort McHenry.

Trump jumped more fully into coronavirus aid negotiations, but only after talks stalled and Congress left Washington for the month.

NASA and SpaceX plan to launch the company's first full mission with astronauts on Oct. 23.

President Trump previously acknowledged that the Constitution grants citizenship to people born in the territorial United States. That includes Kamala Harris.

Harris, now the Democratic vice-presidential pick, was mostly right about Joe Biden and busing. But she has gotten Pinocchios on other issues.

China means to take over the world. That is not hyperbole or overstatement. That is their intention. Whether the U.S. public hears them or not, the Chinese are broadcasting this intention loudly.

The chances of a Sino-American cold war are far higher today than they were just months ago. Even worse, the chances of an actual war, resulting from an incident involving the countries' militaries, are also greater.

As restrictions drag on and many schools refuse to reopen, policymakers should pay much closer attention to indicators such as these.

Communities that worked hard to beat the coronavirus should reap the benefits of doing so.

A new Emerson College poll released Tuesday shows President Trump trailing former Vice President Joe Biden by just three percentage points in Minnesota

Everyone knew that Sen. Kamala Harris was a frontrunner to get the nod as Joe Biden's running mate; everyone, Frida Ghitis writes, except President Donald Trump and his brain trust of loyalists and paid staffers, who seemed unsure how to react.

Now we're talking the Art of the Deal! While it is not unusual in political circles to describe something as a historic breakthrough, it is unusual when the term is justified. Yet that is the right way to describe the three-way agreement announced Thursday by the Trump White House, Israel and the United Arab Emirates.

In 1982, a Palestinian fighter told me a dark joke on the day that the Israeli invasion of Lebanan forced six thousand P.L.O. guerrillas to retreat on ships for distant lands.

Kevin Clinesmith, a former top lawyer in James Comey's FBI, pleaded guilty on Friday to falsifying a federal spy warrant against Carter Page.

Tell a joke about lawyers and, if anyone within shouting distance has ever taken a bar exam, you'll hear a reminder that everybody needs a good lawyer at some point. Thanks to legislation passed by Congress in March to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, this is a moment in which we could all use a […]

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) defended mail-in voting on Friday, and said states should get funds to help bolster their election systems to better handle mail-in ballots.Romney, ...

Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) announced on Friday that he had made a criminal referral to the New Jersey attorney general calling for a grand jury investigation into President Trump and United States Postal Services (USPS)...

President Trump on Friday touted the support of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) union, arguing his intense focus on law enforcement will help him win in November.Trump was joined by dozens of members of...

The union representing postal workers endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden's White House bid Friday as the United States Postal Service (USPS) finds itself in the middle of a national controversy over new changes by i...

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) is coming under fire from all sides for his investigations into the Obama administration and the Bidens.Months into his probes, Johnson is facing increasing public pushb...

Ludovic Marin/AFP/GettyThursday afternoon, Marla Maples, the television personality best known as Donald Trump’s second wife, shared an Instagram photo from notorious anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates cracking up like a cartoon villain. “We get rid of cash and coins,” the overlaid text reads. “We give you a chip. We put […]

Tom Williams/GettyEditors and executives at Newsweek, a formerly prestigious and popular magazine that in recent years has suffered from self-inflicted wounds and even a criminal investigation of its business practices, are once again digging themselves out of a public relations hole.Newsweek Editor-in-Chief Nancy Cooper and the magazine’s recently-hired opinion editor, Trump-backing conservative activist and attorney […]

HBOLast week, Bill Maher closed his HBO show Real Time with a mock-eulogy for President Trump, joking that he taught his children “the wrong lessons of life,” including to “see the worst in people, and treat them all equally based strictly on how much money they make and what they look like.” He closed the […]

The 19th/YoutubeMeghan Markle has revealed she was “devastated” to return to America in the wake of George Floyd’s killing, but said the protests that followed and the subsequent social and cultural reckoning have “inspired” her. Meghan, speaking to Emily Ramshaw, co-founder and CEO of The 19th*—as part of the site’s “The 19th* Represents 2020 Virtual Summit”—said […]

Tom WilliamsThe Democratic Party has “inclusion” in its platform. So why are there no Muslim speakers in the Democratic National Convention’s primetime lineup—and only a handful of Latinx voices? That’s a question activists and organizers are putting out on the front lawn in the days leading up to the Democratic National Convention, when the party will […]

Stephanie Keith/Getty ImagesA Florida woman who alleges Jeffrey Epstein sexually assaulted her when she was 11-years-old is among nine accusers who have filed a new lawsuit against the millionaire pedophile’s estate.The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Manhattan Supreme Court, alleges Epstein sexually abused them from as early as 1978—far earlier than Epstein’s previously known instances of […]

HBOThis is a preview of our pop culture newsletter The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, written by senior entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up for it here. Lovecraft Country, the HBO fantasy horror series that’ll premiere this Sunday, has actually little to do with H.P. Lovecraft himself. And […]

KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty ImagesA manager for R. Kelly has been charged with allegedly placing a threatening phone call that shut down the premiere of Lifetime documentary series about the disgraced R&B star at a New York theater, federal prosecutors said Friday.Donnell Russell, 45, was charged with two counts of threatening physical harm by interstate […]

Photo Illustration by Scouted/The Daily Beast/UnsplashIt’s almost time to go back to school in some way, shape, or form. If you’re sticking with virtual learning, something that can be difficult to replicate is an art class. Though I wasn’t any good, art classes were my favorite part about school. It was something about the freedom […]

Chip Somodevilla/GettyA former FBI lawyer plans to plead guilty to falsifying a key document that was part of the initial investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, several news outlets reported on Friday. Kevin Clinesmith, a 38-year-old lawyer assigned to the FBI probe into foreign election meddling, is expected to plead guilty to altering […]