Eric Holder’s visit Friday to the state that holds the first primary along the road to the White House is sparking further speculation that the former attorney general is seriously mulling a Democratic presidential bid in 2020.
Monthly Archives: May 2018
{FD} Obama’s AG, Eric Holder, takes aim at Trump in NH, fueling 2020 speculation
Eric Holder’s visit Friday to the state that holds the first primary along the road to the White House is sparking further speculation that the former attorney general is seriously mulling a Democratic presidential bid in 2020.
{FD} North Koreans to meet Trump; deliver letter from leader
A top aide to Kim Jong Un will make a rare visit to Washington Friday to hand a letter from the North Korean leader to President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said after reporting “good progress” in talks between the two sides to revive an on-again, off-again nuclear summit.
{FD} Toxins in Salem drinking water prompt Oregon governor’s emergency declaration
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown issued a state of emergency Thursday for Marion and Polk counties, five days after the discovery of toxins in the tap water in Salem, the state’s capital and second-largest city.
{FD} As storm season starts, AP photographer revisits Puerto Rico
Associated Press photographer Ramon Espinosa spent weeks roaming Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria devastated the island last September.
{FD} Judge to say whether man gets death penalty for strangling 2
A man convicted of strangling two women and suspected in two more deaths is scheduled to be sentenced after an Ohio jury recommended that he get the death penalty.
{FD} Spelling bee winner is 14-year-old Texan who spelled ‘koinonia’ correctly
Karthik Nemmani, 14, of McKinney, Texas, won this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee late Thursday.
{FD} Pakistan’s ex-judge to become interim prime minister
Pakistan’s former chief minister Nasir-ul-Mulk is set to be sworn in as the caretaker prime minister for a period of two months, hours after the ruling party completed its term and the country’s president dissolved the lower house of parliament.
{FD} Taiwan to loan ally Haiti $150 million amid China onslaught
Taiwan says it will lend ally Haiti $150 million for infrastructure development in a bid to shore up relations amid a renewed diplomatic onslaught by rival China that has stripped it of two foreign allies in the past month.
{FD} AP PHOTOS: Spelling bee brings out intense reactions
Competitors in the Scripps National Spelling Bee often struggle to contain their emotions as they react to obscure, complicated or tricked-up words that they may have never heard before.