Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is putting his money where his mouth is with about six weeks to go until Election Day. Priorities USA Action, a leading Democratic super PAC, released two new anti-Trump ads on Thursday that will run in Florida. The ad campaign is funded by a $5.4 million donation from…
Editors, USA TODAY Published 1:24 a.m. ET Sept. 8, 2020 CLOSESenate likely to take up coronavirus stimulus bill The GOP-controlled Senate is expected to take up a new coronavirus stimulus bill this week to help Americans and businesses weathering the coronavirus pandemic, though it faces likely opposition in the Democratic-led House. Congress has remained deadlocked on…
The president’s former fixer describes him as a mob boss figure who made racist insults, was driven by hatred for President Barack Obama and engaged in underhanded tactics against opponents.Michael D. Cohen, a former personal lawyer for President Trump, returning to his apartment in New York after being released from prison in July. In his…
Michael Forest Reinoehl, a self-described anti-fascist who provided security for Portland racial justice protests, appears to have targeted a participant in a pro-Trump rally, emerging from an alcove of a parking garage before firing two gunshots, one that hit the man’s bear spray can and the other that proved fatal, according to a police affidavit…
For the first time in three days, the biggest political news of the day didn’t come out of the Republican convention. It came out of a basement in Delaware.Joe Biden finally raised an objection to the riots, arson, murder and looting tearing apart American cities. To be sure, his wasn’t a strong voice, but at least he…
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…