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RJ Politics interviews 2020 candidate Andrew Yang — PODCAST

2020 Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang on Technology and the 2016 Election.

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Supreme Court will take up the legal fight over ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers

Trump campaign mum on Nevada voter outreach efforts

By Rory Appleton / Las Vegas Review-Journal

November 1, 2019 - 11:24 am

The latest episode of the RJ Politics podcast features an interview with 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, as well as a preview of the Review-Journal’s upcoming political reporting project: The Middle.

Politics reporter Rory Appleton and politics and government editor Steve Sebelius spoke with Yang about his signature plan to give every American adult $1,000 per month for life and discussed how he would defeat President Donald Trump if he won the nomination.

‘You’re losing all credibility’: Judge warns Trump attorney in contempt hearing

By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Eric Tucker and Jake Offenhartz The Associated Press

April 23, 2024 - 8:17 am

Prosecutors in the case cited 10 posts on the former president’s social media account and campaign website that they said breached the order.

A ‘historical moment’: Brightline West starts work on Vegas-to-LA high-speed rail

By Mick Akers / RJ

April 22, 2024 - 7:36 pm

Brightline West and federal, state and local officials broke ground on the long-discussed high-speed rail system linking Las Vegas and Southern California.

Supreme Court will take up the legal fight over ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers

By Mark Sherman The Associated Press

April 22, 2024 - 6:53 am

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns that had been struck down by lower courts.

Trump campaign mum on Nevada voter outreach efforts

By Jessica Hill / RJ

April 21, 2024 - 11:11 am

While the Biden campaign has opened multiple campaign offices in the Las Vegas Valley and held dozens of events, the Trump campaign declines to share its Nevada voter outreach strategy.

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Meet the Las Vegas teens facing Western drought head on

By Alan Halaly / RJ

April 20, 2024 - 5:19 pm

Las Vegas’ water woes will one day become theirs. Here’s how some Gen Z leaders are diving into the problem headfirst.

From left to right: Sam Brown, Bill Conrad, Tony Grady and Jeff Gunter are just some of the can ...

2024 GOP Senate race: Where the candidates stand on the border

By Jessica Hill / RJ

April 20, 2024 - 3:04 pm

A large field of Republican Senate candidates will face off in the June 11 primary. Here’s where they stand on the border and immigration.

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Here’s where families with children can get assistance

By Taylor R. Avery / RJ

April 20, 2024 - 7:30 am

Here’s a guide of several programs that families with children can use for assistance in times of need.

Ely State Prison (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Nevada prisoner accused of threat to have judge; family killed, complaint says

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

April 20, 2024 - 7:48 am

A Nevada prisoner is accused of sending threatening letters to a federal judge in Las Vegas, according to a criminal complaint.

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., talks after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill Wednesday, M ...

Sen. Cortez Masto grieves loss of staffer killed in hit-and-run

By Jessica Hill / RJ

April 19, 2024 - 5:14 pm

Kurt Englehart died in early April in a hit-and-run car crash in Reno. An 18-year-old who entered the country illegally was arrested in connection with the death.

An artist's rendering of the Oakland Athletics planned Las Vegas ballpark. (Athletics)

A’s file to intervene in teacher-union backed stadium funding lawsuit

By Mick Akers / RJ

April 19, 2024 - 3:23 pm

The Oakland Athletics filed a motion to intervene in a teachers union-backed lawsuit aimed at halting the team’s public stadium financing.