House Republicans may be losing the fight to retake the majority but they are still taking the fight to Democrats in toss-up races. The Congressional Leadership Fund, the top super PAC backing House Republican candidates, launched an ad spree Wednesday that zeroed in on tight races in California, Utah, New Mexico, Oklahoma and New York.…
President Trump on Tuesday threatened the federal funding for Seattle, Portland, New York City, and Washington as part of an effort to target “anarchist jurisdictions” that he claims have “permitted violence and the destruction of property” during recent protests.In a memo to the attorney general and the White House budget director, the president called for…
President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered an end to Hong Kongs special status under US law to punish China for what he called aggressive actions against the former British colony. Citing Chinas deci…
Joseph R. Biden is debuting a new ad in Texas, where statewide Democratic hopes have risen in recent cycles only to be dashed on Election Day, in a spot focused on the coronavirus crisis. “This virus is tough, but Texas is tougher,” the likely Democratic presidential nominee says in the minute-long ad. “We can stop…
With coronavirus cases and hospitalizations spiking across California, officials are cracking down on scofflaw businesses and putting the brakes on reopening in hopes of slowing the spread.The worsening pandemic has prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom to put a pause on issuing rules that would allow counties to reopen other industries such as amusement parks. As a…
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…