Nora Dannehy was a top prosecutor on an investigation into how the FBI and other federal agencies set out to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and whether the Trump campaign had coordinated with the Kremlin.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Kanye West will appear as a presidential candidate on Mississippi’s ballot in November, after being approved as a qualified candidate by the State Board of Election Commissioners.
The mayor of Rochester says reforms are coming to the police department as community elders seek to bring calmer minds to a fifth night of demonstrations over the the March death of Daniel Prude, who lost consciousness after police held a hood over his head.
President Donald Trump defended himself Friday against accusations that he mocked American war dead as his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, intensified efforts to frame the election as a referendum on the president’s character.
Just over two months after the Mississippi Legislature voted to change the state’s flag, a new design has been decided to present to voters this November.
The president is making national headlines for what he said in that interview about voting, when he suggested voters should "check their vote" by casting their ballot in person and by mail. “Let them send it in and let them go vote,” said President Trump.
The Shelby County Election Commission has seen an uptick in people registering to vote. How and where a person registers can determine whether or not they can vote absentee this year because of concerns about COVID-19.
Alice Johnson, a Memphis grandmother whose life sentence on federal drug charges was commuted last year by President Donald Trump at the urging of Kim Kardashian-West, spoke Thursday at the Republican National Convention.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation giving $25 billion in emergency funding to the U.S. Postal Service to help with the coronavirus crisis.
Last month, Shelby County Commissioners enacted a hiring freeze in response to the economic squeeze from COVID-19. But now some commissioners want to know why county officials are trying to add positions just weeks after the freeze went into effect.
Instead of reading “Make America Great Again,” the hats had “Great Again” crossed out and said, “Make America arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor.”
Former President Barack Obama, who picked Biden as his running mate a dozen years ago, has top billing for the third night of the all-virtual Democratic National Convention.
For people in the U.S., WeChat has less functionality than it does in China. But it’s what connects immigrants and students from China to their pasts and to each other.
Mayor Jim Strickland vetoed an ordinance Tuesday evening that removed the issue of police residency from the November ballot, but councilors immediately voted to override the veto, effectively ending the effort to expand police residency requirements.
Congressman Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, was in Memphis Tuesday to address issues with the U.S. Postal Service before Congress turns to Washington to tackle the situation.
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and Congressman Steve Cohen came together Monday to urge more people to return their census forms to ensure Memphis and Shelby County get the appropriate amount of federal funding for the next 10 years.
Organizers of a group called Let Mississippi Vote said they are starting an initiative to put the retired flag and three other flag designs on the statewide ballot.
Questions continue to pile up for the head of the United States Postal Service (USPS), along with growing concerns about the integrity of the November election.
President Donald Trump intends to withdraw the nomination of William Perry Pendley to head the Bureau of Land Management, a senior administration official said Saturday — much to the relief of environmentalists who insisted the longtime advocate of selling federal lands should not be overseeing them
Tennessee lawmakers wrapped up a three-day special session this week by passing controversial measures that include strengthening penalties against protesters and providing liability protections to businesses.
A bill that supporters say will protect Tennessee businesses and other organizations from frivolous lawsuits related to COVID-19 is now headed to Gov. Bill Lee's desk.
Tennessee lawmakers are heading back to the Capitol on Monday to address legislation that would provide health care providers, schools and businesses broad protections against coronavirus lawsuits.
Join us as we break down the races, virus voting protocols and turnout with live coverage from the Shelby County Election Commission, candidate watch parties and the WMC Action News 5 studio.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Bill Hagerty has won the Tennessee Republican primary for an open U.S. Senate seat behind the endorsement of President Donald Trump.
Voters across Tennessee and in Shelby County have requested a record number of absentee ballots, most not wanting to show up in person to vote because of the pandemic.
Efforts to allow MPD officers to live up to two hours outside the city limits came to an end Tuesday night. Memphis police officers will continue to have to live in Shelby County after a long debate in the council.
The Tennessee General Assembly will convene Monday, Aug. 10 for a special session aimed at providing legal clarity and certainty for health care providers, businesses, schools, non-profits and others with regard to the novel coronavirus.
The Republican primary in the race for U.S. Senate in Tennessee is getting national attention as we approach Election Day, with pundits eyeing the impact of a Trump endorsement among Republican voters.
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against Tennessee's new 'fetal heartbeat' abortion legislation, blocking it from taking effect until further notice.
Thousands of Shelby County voters have requested absentee ballots for the August 6th primary. Now there are questions about filling out the ballot like, does it matter what color ink pen you use?
