New Jersey’s attorney general charges an influential Democratic power broker with racketeering

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey’s attorney general has charged influential Democratic power broker George Norcross with racketeering and other charges in connection with government issued tax credits, according to an indictment unsealed Monday. Norcross, a former Democratic National Committee member and one-time head of the Camden County Democratic Party, has been an influential figure in […]

Biden’s Title IX rule blocked by judge in 6 additional states

A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s new Title IX rule expanding protections for LGBTQ students in six additional states, dealing another setback for a policy that has been under legal attack by Republican attorneys general. U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves referred to the regulation as “arbitrary in the truest sense of the […]

Maryland governor announces pardons of more than 175,000 marijuana convictions

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Monday signed an executive order pardoning more than 175,000 marijuana convictions, the governor’s office said. Moore signed the executive order in Annapolis with state Attorney General Anthony Brown in attendance. An estimated 100,000 individuals will be affected by the pardons, the governor’s office said in a press call Monday morning. […]

Biden and Trump hit campaign trail as rules announced for debate

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Democrats aim to give state legislative candidates — and Biden — a boost with $10 million investment

The arm of the national Democratic Party focused on state legislative races will spend more than $10 million to boost down-ballot candidates as part of a broader effort that’s also designed to help President Joe Biden in key battleground states. Officials with the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee said the investment, shared first with NBC News, […]

Trump confuses Ronny Jackson’s name when bragging about taking cognitive test

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday confused the name of his former White House physician just moments after he said that President Joe Biden should take a cognitive test. The mix-up took place as the former president bragged that he “aced” a cognitive test. Trump also criticized Biden, saying, “I think he should take a […]

Biden warns that Trump could select two more Supreme Court justices if re-elected

President Joe Biden on Saturday night warned about the possibility of former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, appointing two new Supreme Court justices if he wins re-election in November. “The next president is likely to have two new Supreme Court nominees — two more,” Biden said at a campaign fundraiser in Los […]

Rep. Byron Donalds urges Supreme Court to ‘step in’ on Trump conviction

Florida GOP Rep. Byron Donalds on Sunday urged the Supreme Court to take up former President Donald Trump’s New York case in which he was convicted on 34 counts of falsification of business records. “Speaker [Mike] Johnson, myself included, and many Americans believe the Supreme Court should step into this matter,” Donalds told NBC News’ […]