Families of those killed in Boeing 737 MAX crashes said in a letter to the Justice Department on Wednesday that the company should be criminally prosecuted and fined $24 billion for committing "the deadliest corporate crime in U.S. history."
A slim majority of Americans (52%) support efforts to preserve the legacy and history of the Confederacy, while 44% oppose such efforts, a new poll finds.
Why it matters: As Juneteenth gains popularity as a national holiday, most Americans still support keeping alive the "Lost Cause" myth, which arose after the Civil War and romanticizes the Confederate uprising, ignoring slavery as its root cause.
Vice President Kamala Harris is hitting the road Monday to mark the two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade, with two campaign events in Maryland and Arizona.
Why it matters: The Biden campaign is using the fall of Roe to again accuse former President Trump of wanting to impose a national abortion ban, as it looks to make reproductive rights a major topic in the June 27 CNN debate.
A warning label on social media could be as easy to ignore as an explicit music lyric notice.
Why it matters: The U.S. Surgeon General's recent call for a tobacco-style warning on social media platforms falls flat, some tech researchers and writers argue.
Senior Democrats, including some of President Biden's aides, are increasingly dubious about his theory for victory in November, which relies on voter concerns about Jan. 6, political violence, democracy and Donald Trump's character.
Why it matters: Biden's core inner circle hasn't lost faith in that approach, the product of Biden and his longtime aide, Mike Donilon.
Juneteenth commemorates the day when enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, learned they were free 2½ years after the passing of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Why it matters: At the end of the Civil War, Texas' enslaved Black people had yet to obtain freedom.
Juneteenth, the once-obscure day commemorating the emancipation of enslaved people in Texas, has slowly gained recognition across more states following the murder of George Floyd.
The big picture: Its growth comes even as some states try to limit the discussion of enslavement in public schools and resist official recognition of Juneteenth.
The federal holiday is only officially recognized in 29 states and Washington, D.C.
President Biden's new immigration policies are facing litigation from both sides of the policy spectrum — the American Civil Liberties Union and Stephen Miller's America First Legal.
Why it matters: Threading the needle on border and immigration policy is tricky — if not impossible. Rapid political and legal blowback has become a given.
The House Ethics Committee on Tuesday officially confirmed what has long been reported: It has picked up where the Justice Department left off in some of its investigations of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.).
Why it matters: The scope of the investigation has changed — expanding to look at new claims, such as whether he tried to obstruct the inquiry, while dropping others, such as allegations he misused campaign funds.
Trump associates Jenna Ellis and Boris Epshteyn and former Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jim Lamon pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to nine felony charges in Arizona's fake electors case, per multiple reports.
The big picture: They're the final three to be arraigned in a case that's seen 18 charged over alleged efforts to give Arizona's electoral votes to former President Trump instead of President Biden, who won the state in 2020.
