Clarissa-Jan Lim

1 week ago | msnbc.com | Clarissa-Jan Lim

The North Carolina high court on Friday issued a ruling on the still-unresolved state Supreme Court election that could negate Democratic Justice Allison Riggs’ narrow win. In a 4-2 decision, the court determined that more than 60,000 challenged ballots in the race must be counted, but allowed to stand a lower court’s decision to disqualify hundreds of contested ballots.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Clarissa-Jan Lim

19 hours agoCalifornia on Friday defied a Trump administration order to certify that the state’s 1,000 school districts have ended all diversity, equity and inclusion programs despite federal threats to cut billions of dollars in education funding if the state does not comply. The U.S. Department of Education …

1 week ago | msnbc.com | Clarissa-Jan Lim

Luigi Mangione’s attorneys have asked a federal court to block the government from seeking the death penalty in his case, saying that the manner in which U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the government’s intentions was “political and arbitrary.”In a court filing Friday, Mangione’s attorneys argued that the government breached the protocol for seeking the death penalty, prejudicing the case and the potential grand jury pool.

1 week ago | msnbc.com | Clarissa-Jan Lim

President Donald Trump, who has long dismissed concerns about his age and mental ability with bombastic declarations of his brilliance, said he “got every answer right” on a cognitive test that he took as part of his annual physical exam on Friday. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump, 78, suggested that he chose to take a cognitive assessment because he “wanted to be a little different” than his predecessor and election rival, former President Joe Biden.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Clarissa-Jan Lim

President Donald Trump, who has long dismissed concerns about his age and mental ability with bombastic declarations of his brilliance, said he “got every answer right” on a cognitive test that he took as part of his annual physical exam on Friday. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump, 78, suggested that he chose to take a cognitive assessment because he “wanted to be a little different” than his predecessor and election rival, former President Joe Biden.