Editors, USA TODAY Published 4:04 a.m. ET July 28, 2020 | Updated 8:54 a.m. ET July 28, 2020CLOSEAttorney General Barr set to appear in front of House committee Attorney General William Barr is expected to answer questions from the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill Tuesday in a highly anticipated appearance. Barr's opening statement released by…
By Susan Cornwell and David Lawder | Reuters WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans on Monday proposed a $1 trillion coronavirus aid package hammered out with the White House, paving the way for talks with Democrats on how to help Americans as expanded unemployment benefits for millions of workers expire this week. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell…
Media outlets heralded President Donald Trump's "new tone" on the coronavirus last week, but the so-called shift only came after aides warned him that "our people" in Republican states were getting sick, according to The Washington Post. After weeks of trying to downplay the coronavirus spikes around the country, Trump acknowledged last week during his first…
California police on Monday arrested around a dozen protesters who chained themselves to the front gate of a house owned by Gov. Gavin NewsomGavin NewsomProtesters chain themselves to gate outside Newsom's home to call for release of prisoners Rep. Bass says LA opened 'a little too quickly' GOP governors in Texas, Arizona, Georgia, Florida see…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…