Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The letter was intercepted by law enforcement before it reached the White House, officials said A package containing ricin poison that was addressed to US President Donald Trump has been intercepted before it reached the White House, officials told US media.The letter was discovered at a screening facility for…
(CNN)A package containing the poison ricin and addressed to President Donald Trump was intercepted by law enforcement earlier this week, according to two law enforcement officials. Two tests were d…
CLOSE Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer excoriated Senate Republicans over the deadlock on providing additional relief to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. (July 30) AP DomesticWASHINGTON – The discussions over another stimulus package turned testy Friday as Democrats and Republicans each blamed the other for their inability to come to an agreement just hours before a $600 weekly unemployment…
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 20: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (L) listens to U.S. ... [+] President Donald Trump talks to reporters while hosting Republican congressional leaders and members of Trump's cabinet in the Oval Office at the White House July 20, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump and the congressional leaders talked about a…
The potential resurrection of a payroll tax cut could imperil the size or income cap of a second ... [+] stimulus check in the coronavirus stimulus package. Getty Images Senate Republicans were expected to unveil their stimulus package proposal today after a whirlwind week of intense behind-the-scenes negotiations among themselves and with key White House…
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…