Biden team faces challenges to fill top job with a complicated set of duties

WASHINGTON — Finding a campaign manager for President Joe Biden’s re-election remains a problem for his top aides, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions underscoring the difficulty of finding someone who can run the operations while the decision-making power remains in the White House. The campaign manager and other top staff are likely … Read more

Attorneys give closing remarks in trial of Pueblo man accused of killing foster child

Editor’s note: This story contains graphic descriptions of violence against a child that readers might find disturbing. Attorneys delivered closing arguments in the trial of Ramondo Jones Friday at the Dennis Maes Judicial Building. Jones, 38, is standing trial for first-degree murder in connection with the Sept. 18, 2020, death of 15-month-old Aiden Seeley, a … Read more

Scott Walker says Ron DeSantis is in a ‘better’ spot to take on Trump than he was

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is already attracting significant hype in the 2024 presidential race, even though he has not yet jumped in. But there are also skeptics who see similarities with another young conservative governor who eight years ago ran with lofty expectations only to drop out months before the first primary. That doomed candidate, … Read more

Trump Admin Is to Blame in Ohio Disaster—but So Is Biden

Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Reuters The Trumpoids are blaming President Joe Biden for the train derailment in Ohio even though Former President Trump scuttled a safety measure that would have minimized, even prevented the disaster. And Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is blaming Trump even though he has had two years to do something … Read more

NHL’s 10 most untouchable prospects at the trade deadline

NHL teams will move almost any asset to improve their Stanley Cup chances. For teams looking to load up, sacrificing a top prospect may feel necessary, and is often the cost of doing business and contending. Sometimes those prospects never pan out; other times, there’s a mutual benefit for teams, like the historic swap that … Read more

EagleAction – BC-Florida State Preview

Boston College enters its meeting with Florida State on Saturday with just three regular season games remaining after it. That means the jockeying for ACC tournament seedings is winning down. A very difficult rematch against No. 7 Virginia awaits on Wednesday night and a very bad Georgia Tech team comes to Conte Forum on the … Read more

After Tyre Nichols beating, lawmakers call for DOJ investigation into Memphis police

Five weeks after Tyre Nichols died at St. Francis Hospital, members of the clergy and NAACP are asking for the Department of Justice to open a pattern-or-practice investigation into the Memphis Police Department. The investigation would take a deeper look at the entire department, searching to see if regular stops, searches or arrests violate the … Read more