Politics

ABOVE PHOTO: Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., left, place his hand a bible held by his wife Jamila Ponton Bragg, center, as Judge Milton Tingling, right, administers the oath of office and swears him as the first Black Manhattan District Attorney, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021 in New York. (Julie Skarritt/Richard Fife PR via AP) By Michael…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Census Bureau Director nominee Robert Santos (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) WASHINGTON (AP) _ Robert Santos was sworn in Wednesday as the head of the nation’s largest statistical agency, becoming the first Hispanic director of the U.S. Census Bureau. The former chief methodologist and vice president at the Urban Institute became the bureau’s 26th…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., delivers a speech at the YearlyKos convention in Las Vegas on Saturday, June 10, 2006. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) By Laurie Kellman And Ken Ritter ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS — He was an accomplished amateur boxer who’d rather dance. But Harry Reid was fond of reminding his…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., walks to a caucus lunch at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 17, 2021. Manchin said Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021 he cannot back a $2 trillion social safety net bill, dealing a potentially fatal blow to President Joe Biden’s signature legislation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file) By Lisa Mascaro and…

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ABOVE PHOTO: White House chief of staff Mark Meadows walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, before President Donald Trump’s departure on Marine One. Trump is traveling to campaign events in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) By Farnoush Amiri and Mary Clare Jalonick ASSOCIATED PRESS…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, on Nov. 8, 2021. The Department of Justice has sued Texas over new redistricting maps, saying the plans discriminate against voters in the state’s booming Latino and Black populations. The maps passed by Texas’ Republican-dominated Legislature favor incumbents…

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By Mark Sherman ASSOCIATED PRESS  WASHINGTON — Both sides are telling the Supreme Court there’s no middle ground in Wednesday’s showdown over abortion. The justices can either reaffirm the constitutional right to an abortion or wipe it away altogether. Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that declared a nationwide right to abortion, is facing…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Johnny “Doc” Dougherty walks to the federal courthouse in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ASSOCIATED PRESS  PHILADELPHIA — A powerful Philadelphia labor leader and a city council member were found guilty of conspiracy charges Monday in a corruption trial. Prosecutors said John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty kept Bobby Henon, a union…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) leaves his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, as the House of Representatives prepares to vote on a resolution to formally rebuke him for tweeting an animated video that depicted him striking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) with a sword. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) By Kevin…

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ABOVE PHOTO: New York City Mayor Elect Eric Adams speaks to supporters Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) By Michelle L. Price ASSOCIATED PRESS  NEW YORK — Democrat Eric Adams has been elected New York City mayor, defeating Republican Curtis Sliwa on Tuesday in a contest far easier than his next…

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