Remand prisoner Simeon Burke could be released with ‘one flick of a pen’, judge says

Simeon Burke was supported in court by his parents, Martina and Sean, and siblings, Ammi and Isaac, pictured at an earlier hearing at Cloverhill Court. Photograph: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin A judge has told remand prisoner Simeon Burke that he is in custody voluntarily but could be released with “one flick of a pen” and Continue reading

Pro-Trump Georgia Election Board Makes Last-Minute Change

LOADING ERROR LOADING A 3-2 Republican majority on Georgia’s State Election Board voted Friday to require local election offices to hand count the state’s millions of ballots, inviting chaos as experts warned the task would prove impossible in the state’s largest counties, which lean Democratic. A few weeks ago, the board empowered county election officials Continue reading

Israeli forces shove at least four men off West Bank roof, videos show

At least three Israel Defense Forces soldiers dropped, pushed and shoved four men over the side of a two-story building Thursday in the town of Qabatiya near Jenin in the occupied West Bank, a Post analysis of nearly a dozen videos and photos showed. The incident came after an Israeli raid targeting militants in the Continue reading

Secret Service report details communication failures preceding July assassination attempt on Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — Communication breakdowns with local law enforcement hampered the Secret Service’s performance during a July campaign rally where former President Donald Trump was shot and wounded, according to a report released Friday that lays out a litany of missed opportunities to stop a gunman who opened fire from an unsecured roof. A five-page Continue reading

Columbia protesters’ demands have worked before. This time may be different.

Go to newsletter preferences Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Student protests are escalating there and other college campuses over the Israel-Gaza war and schools’ investments in Israeli entities, with demonstrators on Tuesday breaking into a Columbia campus building and occupying it. Continue reading

Kamala Harris has room to grow in the polls. Trump can’t say the same.

In just the last few days, we’ve seen Harris up in both national polls and surveys of swing states against former President Donald Trump. In just the last few days, we’ve seen Harris up in both national polls and surveys of swing states against former President Donald Trump. Morning Consult had Harris up 6 points Continue reading

Kamala Harris has room to grow in the polls. Trump can’t say the same.

In just the last few days, we’ve seen Harris up in both national polls and surveys of swing states against former President Donald Trump. In just the last few days, we’ve seen Harris up in both national polls and surveys of swing states against former President Donald Trump. Morning Consult had Harris up 6 points Continue reading

The latest: Kentucky sheriff faces murder charge over courthouse killing of judge

The latest: Kentucky sheriff faces murder charge over courthouse killing of judge Show Caption Hide Caption Kentucky judge shot and killed by a sheriff Kentucky District Judge Kevin Mullins was shot and killed by a sheriff while in his chambers. Authorities say Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines, 43, shot District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, Continue reading

Secret Service boss says vital info not relayed over radio, delaying response to would-be rally assassin

U.S. Secret Service (USSS) leaders are holding a 1 p.m. update on the agency’s internal investigation following the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. “For example, the Secret Service did not co-locate its security room with local law enforcement,” he said. He shared a timeline Continue reading

Kamala Harris has room to grow in the polls. Trump can’t say the same.

In just the last few days, we’ve seen Harris up in both national polls and surveys of swing states against former President Donald Trump. In just the last few days, we’ve seen Harris up in both national polls and surveys of swing states against former President Donald Trump. Morning Consult had Harris up 6 points Continue reading