President Donald Trump criticized Dr. Deborah Birx in a Monday tweet after she warned the pandemic is “extraordinarily widespread” in the US. While Trump and other top White House officials have publicly attacked Dr. Anthony Fauci, the tweet marked the first time Birx, the coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, publicly drew Trump’s…… MORE
President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is back on television with a new pair of ads attacking presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, following a temporary suspension of ad spending late last week. The new ad blitz comes after new campaign manager Bill Stepien canceled all of the campaign’s ad buys last week to assess where…… MORE
Manhattan prosecutors on Monday asked a federal judge to dismiss President Donald Trump’s lawsuit challenging a subpoena for his financial records, emphasizing that their investigation extends beyond hush-money payments and pointing to public reports of “extensive and protracted criminal conduct” at the Trump Organization. Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance’s lawyers have previously said the probe…… MORE
The national political landscape has clearly and significantly shifted in Joe Biden’s favor since he emerged as the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee back in March just as the public health emergency was taking hold. Given the continuing widespread coronavirus pandemic, the persistent economic devastation millions of Americans are experiencing in its wake and President Donald…… MORE
As his support among the white suburban voters who helped propel him to the presidency has cratered, President Donald Trump has increasingly aimed to stoke fear and racial division at a time when the country faces a national reckoning on race. In recent months, the President has called Black Lives Matter a “symbol of hate,”…… MORE
As the nation has grappled with a global pandemic and images of some rioters causing damage after hijacking peaceful protests demanding racial justice, more and more Americans appear to be arming themselves. In July 2020, the FBI conducted more than 3.6 million firearm background checks, making it the third highest month on record for checks…… MORE
A Virginia judge temporarily blocked an attempt to remove a monument honoring Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond on Monday. Judge William R. Marchant of the Richmond Circuit Court prevented an effort to pull down the statue for 90 days while a lawsuit over whether doing so would violate a 19th century agreement is…… MORE
Last week, President Donald Trump visited Midland, Texas, a region deep in the heart of the West Texas oil patch. Ostensibly there for a fundraising event, Trump gave a speech in which he essentially claimed victory over the crash in oil prices that have throttled much of the US oil and gas industry this year.…… MORE
President Donald Trump removed two Tennessee Valley Authority board members from their positions and called for the board to replace their organization’s CEO on Monday, part of a disciplinary action against the federally owned corporation for opting to hire foreign labor. Trump said in the Cabinet Room that he was removing TVA board chairman James…… MORE
The military has identified the people presumed dead in an amphibious assault vehicle training accident off Southern California last week. Sixteen were on board the AAV when crew members reported they had taken on water during shore-to-ship operations near San Clemente Island around 5:45 pm PDT Thursday, the 15th Marine Expeditionary Force said in a…… MORE
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