Monthly Archives: July, 2020

TOPLINE Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) indicated Tuesday that the GOP will not include an extension of the $600 expanded unemployment checks in their plan for a fifth stimulus bill that’s set to be released in the coming days, setting the party on a collision course with Democrats who are in strong favor of extending the…

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.8 struck off the coast of Alaska early Wednesday morning.

Asia Pacific|U.S. Orders China to Close Its Houston Consulate in 72 HoursBREAKINGThe Trump administration told Chinese diplomats in Texas to clear out by Friday. China warned it would retaliate.The Chinese consulate in Houston.Credit...Steve Campbell/Associated PressJuly 22, 2020Updated 4:44 a.m. ETThe United States ordered China to close its diplomatic consulate in Houston, the Chinese foreign ministry…

Fourteen people have been injured in connection with a shooting late on Tuesday outside a funeral home on Chicagos South Side, police officials said Tuesday. The victims were taken by the Chicago fi…

Congressional Democrats are poised to mount a legal challenge to President Donald Trump's directive today to exclude undocumented people living in the United States from the apportionment base following the 2020 census. While the 2020 census does not include a citizenship question, the president argued that excluding "illegal aliens" from the count "reflects a better…