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  • Family of Shanquella Robinson meets with White House officials, seeks Mexico extradition after her death

    Attorneys and the family of Shanquella Robinson met with White House officials Friday morning, demanding that U.S. leadership extradite a suspect to Mexico to be held responsible for Robinson’s death.

  • New Yahoo News poll shows Biden still leads Trump for 2024

    President Biden still narrowly leads former President Donald Trump in a 2024 general-election matchup, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll. Yet the results also expose vulnerabilities for Biden — including his age and the perception that Vice President Kamala Harris would not be “ready to assume the presidency.”

  • Will VP Harris help or hurt Biden’s reelection chances?

    President Biden's age means his barrier-breaking vice president is under much more scrutiny than the typical running mate.

  • NASA is getting into the rideshare business — here’s what you missed this week in outer space

    Welcome to This Week in Outer Space, where you’ll find a roundup of the best space coverage from Yahoo News and our partners from the past week or so. This week, we’ve got a Swedish spaceflight gone awry, a springtime spacewalk, NASA’s big day on Capitol Hill and a special bonus round of the best space news from our partners.

  • Tyre Nichols funeral: Sharpton delivers fiery eulogy, Harris calls for police reform

    The funeral service was held Wednesday for the 29-year-old Black man who died after being brutally beaten by police in Memphis during a traffic stop.

  • Steph Curry’s Warriors talk praise and politics during White House visit I The Rush

    The reigning NBA champion Golden State Warriors visited the White House on Tuesday. Stephen Curry praised the Biden/Harris administration for working to bring imprisoned WNBA star Brittney Griner home from Russian captivity and took a subtle jab at a former U.S. president. In the NFL, Aaron Rodgers addressed his future with the Packers in an interview with Pat McAfee. Plus, The Rush noticed Andrew Wiggins didn’t seem as excited about the White House visit as other Warriors players… and we think we know why.

  • Brittney Griner to undergo evaluation at military hospital, WNBA future TBD I The Rush

    Brittney Griner is expected to land at a San Antonio military hospital to undergo evaluation upon her release from a Russian penal colony, after a prisoner exchange for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout. Russian media captured parts of Griner’s voyage from Russia to the United Arab Emirates, which included the exchange with Bout on the tarmac. WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert made a statement on Griner’s release and what the next steps are for the Phoenix Mercury star with regard to her basketball career. In the NFL, Baker Mayfield made his debut for the Rams and led L.A. to a late comeback win over the Raiders while Congress exposed details of Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder’s reported misconduct, ranging from allegations that he wanted to hire a private investigator to look into NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and that made the most stereotypical “rich guy villain” move to evade being served a subpoena.

  • White House condemns North Korea's launch of an ICBM with potential to reach continental U.S.

    U.S. officials on Friday condemned North Korea’s launch of a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile, which the Japanese defense minister said has the potential to reach the entire continental United States.

  • Kamala Harris on decriminalizing marijuana: 'Nobody should have to go to jail for smoking weed'

    Harris urged voters to keep the legalization of marijuana in mind when voting in the upcoming midterm elections.

  • Kamala Harris says 'nobody should have to go to jail for smoking weed'

    On Late Night With Seth Meyers Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris spoke about President Biden’s recent announcement that he’s pardoning federal convictions for possession of marijuana. “Let me just start with saying this,” Harris said. “I strongly believe, and the majority of Americans agree, nobody should have to go to jail for smoking weed, right?” While the reaction from the GOP has been mixed, some states have signaled that they won’t follow Biden’s lead on this. Harris said it’s up to Congress to pass legislation that would legalize marijuana nationwide. “We’re urging governors and states to take our lead and to pardon people who have been criminalized for possession of marijuana,” Harris said. “And ultimately though, as with so many issues, if Congress acts, then there is a uniform approach to this and so many other issues. But Congress needs to act.” Harris also urged voters to keep the issue in mind when they cast their ballots in the upcoming midterm elections. “We’re 29 days away from the midterms,” Harris said. “Ask who you’re voting for where they stand on this, and I encourage you to vote accordingly.”

  • 2 buses of migrants were dropped off near VP Harris's home

    Two buses of migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border were dropped off near Vice President Kamala Harris's home in residential Washington on Thursday morning in the bitter political battle over the Biden administration's immigration policies.

  • Poll: Many Americans say 2nd Biden or Trump term would be 'worst thing that could happen' in 2024

    In a striking expression of the pessimism afflicting U.S. politics — as well as an aversion to both parties’ presidential front-runners — most registered voters say it would be “the worst thing that could happen” if either President Biden (39%) or former President Donald Trump (41%) were to win the White House in 2024, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll.

  • Deadly Kentucky flooding highlights how U.S. infrastructure may be no match for climate change

    The extreme flash flooding that killed at least 37 people in Eastern Kentucky this week, washed away houses and cars and turned streets into raging rivers is another example of how climate change is poised to overwhelm infrastructure across the United States in the years to come.

  • Conservatives mock VP Harris for using visual descriptions, pronouns during event

    An apparent effort by Vice President Kamala Harris to accommodate the visually impaired and the LGBTQ community at an event commemorating the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was widely mocked by Republicans and conservatives on Tuesday.

  • Harris on Highland Park mass shooting: 'We need to end this horror'

    It was tragic coincidence that found Vice President Kamala Harris in Chicago on Tuesday, just a day after a gunman massacred seven people at a Fourth of July parade in one of that city’s suburbs.

  • Top Democrats' response to abortion ruling sparks frustration within party

    Vice President Kamala Harris’s recent interview with CNN has highlighted frustration with the Democratic leadership’s response to abortion rights being eliminated for millions of Americans, with some in the party calling for more urgent measures to be taken after the Supreme Court ruling.

  • Police confirm 10 shot in S.C. shooting, one of 14 mass shootings from Memorial Day weekend

    At least 10 people were wounded in a mass shooting in South Carolina on Monday night — one of numerous shootings that unfolded across the U.S. over Memorial Day weekend.

  • 'How dare you?’: Pence goes after Harris for Roe comments

    At a gala Thursday night for an anti-abortion group, former Vice President Mike Pence took aim at sitting Vice President Kamala Harris over remarks she delivered at a pro-choice group’s annual gala two nights earlier.

  • 'We fight': Kamala Harris looks ahead to a post-Roe political landscape

    Vice President Kamala Harris addressed the annual gala for the pro-choice group Emily’s List on Tuesday night and vowed that the country was “not going back” to the days before Roe v. Wade, when abortion was illegal.

  • Public, private efforts seek to tackle bias in home buying, selling

    The home purchasing process should be black and white when it comes to the numbers, but those who’ve gone through it say it’s often about whether the buyer or seller is Black or white, or brown or straight or LGBTQ+.