Monthly Archives: July, 2020

TOPLINE As Congress returned to Washington Monday facing a three-week crunch to pass the next stimulus package before they break for an August recess, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) met with President Trump to discuss the GOP’s proposed bill, slated to be released this week. Here’s what…

A large crowd of anti-cop demonstrators descended on a Back the Blue event in Denver on Sunday afternoon, blowing whistles, banging drums and, in some instances, throwing punches, forcing police to intervene before the gathering was effectively shut down early, according to reports. The sixth annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Day event was scheduled to be held Sunday from…

Michael Flynn’s legal team Monday accused the federal judge overseeing his criminal case of “hijacking” it for political purposes and asked a federal appeals court to deny his bid to keep the Justice Department’s prosecution alive. “The district court has hijacked and extended a criminal prosecution for almost three months for its own purposes,” Flynn’s…

July 20, 2020 | 1:19pm | Updated July 20, 2020 | 3:15pm Reacting to The Post’s front page Monday, President Trump said Gov. Andrew Cuomo must squash a spike in violent crime in New York City — or he will send in federal authorities to restore order. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office he…

Acting CBP commissioner Mark Morgan blasted the mayor of Portland’s “ridiculous” and “stupid statement” that federal agents are “sharply escalating the situation” in the city, calling it “not based in reality or fact.”“The reality here is this violence began in his city well before we deployed additional resources there,” Morgan told “America’s Newsroom” on Monday, the morning after the 53rd consecutive night…