Biden warns economic recovery from coronavirus ‘a long way away’
Former Vice President Joe Biden predicts that a recovery for the American economy shut down to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic “is a long way away as I see it right now.” The presumptive...
View Article#MeToo lawyer is no longer representing Biden accuser Tara Reade
In this April 4, 2019, photo Tara Reade poses for a photo during an interview with The Associated Press in Nevada City, Calif. Donald Thompson | AP An attorney for Tara Reade, the woman accusing...
View ArticleNY Gov. Cuomo revises social distancing order amid First Amendment lawsuit
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo significantly revised a social distancing order on Friday, after the American...
View ArticleTrump slams governors, demands they open houses of worship ‘right now’
President Donald Trump on Friday demanded that governors reopen churches, synagogues and mosques “right now,” and threatened to “override” state leaders’ restrictions if they do not do so by the...
View ArticleFlorida law requiring felons to pay fines before voting is unconstitutional,...
A Florida law requiring felons to pay legal fees as part of their sentences before regaining the vote is unconstitutional for those unable to pay, or unable to find out how much they owe, a federal...
View Article‘You ain’t black’ if you have trouble deciding between me or Trump
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday defended his record of helping African Americans and advancing civil rights and voting rights, before ending an interview by telling a black...
View ArticleChina-US rivalry likely a ‘lose-lose’ for both countries: Harvard professor
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The growing tension between the U.S. and China could end up being a net loser for both countries, a...
View ArticleDOJ investigates Burr stock sales, drops Loeffler, Feinstein probes
Federal prosecutors are still investigating stock sales by Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina in advance of a coronavirus-fueled share price plunge, but are dropping investigations of such sales...
View ArticleA top liberal grassroots group will spend $45 million to energize younger...
A top progressive grassroots advocacy group that takes the lead in energizing youth voter turnout says it will spend at least $45 million to target younger voters in key general election battleground...
View ArticleGOP Sen. Hawley asks if Twitter targeted Trump ‘for political reasons’
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., talks with reporters after the Senate Republican Policy luncheon in Russell Building on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images A Republican...
View ArticleWhat’s in Trump’s executive order on social media?
President Trump signed an executive order to reign in social media giants on Thursday. The order comes after Twitter added a fact check label to one of the president’s tweets about mail-in ballots....
View ArticleTrump’s China press conference could mark end of cautious approach to Beijing
Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump in Beijing, China. Artyom Ivanov | TASS | Getty Images WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he would hold a news conference “on China”...
View ArticleCruz calls for criminal investigation into Twitter for violating US sanctions...
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, sent a letter to Attorney General Bill Barr and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Friday, urging them to open a criminal investigation into Twitter for violating sanctions on...
View ArticleBiden sees surge in health exec fundraising as Trump slumps
Democratic presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden arrives to pay his respects to fallen service members on Memorial Day at Delaware Memorial Bridge Veteran’s Memorial Park in...
View ArticleBiden campaign staffers donate to group that bails out jailed Minneapolis...
At least 13 members of Joe Biden’s campaign staff have made donations to a group that helps Minneapolis protesters get out of jail on bail, according to a report. The staffers posted on Twitter that...
View ArticleDerek Chauvin, former officer involved in George Floyd death, charged with...
Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer who was filmed kneeling on George Floyd’s neck before he died, is in custody and has been charged with murder, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman...
View ArticleTrump unloads on governors over protest response, calls them ‘weak’
President Trump unloaded on governors in a phone call Monday over how they’ve responded to protests and riots across the country following the death of George Floyd, calling them “weak” and urging...
View ArticleGeorge Floyd family calls for first-degree murder charges against cop
Terrence Floyd (C) attends a vigil where his brother George Floyd was killed by police one week ago on June 1, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Stephen Maturen | Getty Images Lawyers for George Floyd’s...
View ArticleMcConnell blocks Schumer resolution to condemn Trump over actions in...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., blocked a resolution by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Tuesday to condemn President Trump for his visit to St. John’s Church after federal law...
View ArticleTrump ‘forced’ to move Republican National Convention out of North Carolina
After several rounds of tense correspondence between the organizers of the Republican National Convention and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, President Donald Trump announced late Tuesday that the GOP...
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