The campaign rally, his first since the lockdowns forced by the coronavirus pandemic, had been scheduled for June 19, or Juneteenth, which marks the end of slavery. The president announced he would delay it by a day.President Trump on Thursday in Dallas. He bowed to pressure opposed to his holding a campaign event in Tulsa,…
(CNN)Tropical Depression Cristobal is on the move, carrying incredible amounts of rain to the Mississippi River valley. The flooding threat will be a huge concern during the next two to three days.…
BREAKINGThe president, angered by China’s security crackdown in Hong Kong and its handling of the coronavirus, said he would also terminate the United States’ relationship with the World Health Organization.President Trump would have to issue an executive order to end the special relationship between Hong Kong and the United States entirely, but he can take…
The US states of Georgia, Oklahoma and Alaska have begun loosening lockdown orders on their pandemic-wounded businesses, even as the confirmed US death toll from Covid-19 has passed 50,000 and despite warnings from health experts that such steps may be coming too early. Other states, such as Florida and Michigan, are also showing some tentative…
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks with reporters during her weekly press conference at the US Capitol March 26, 2020, in Washington, DC.Alex Edelman | AFP | Getty ImagesThe U.S. Congress on Monday inched toward a $450 billion deal to help small businesses and hospitals hurt by the coronavirus pandemic, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi…
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…