“We want to make sure we can extend UI but have the technical fix and not pay people more to stay home, that’s obviously a ridiculous concept,” Mnuchin said after the meeting. “We were always on the same page, this is a technical fix. We believe now that states will be able to transition to…

The Slatest Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts departs the Senate chamber on February 5, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Mario Tama/Getty Images Conservatives are angry with Chief Justice John Roberts. And they’re not keeping quiet about it after Roberts sided with the Supreme Court’s liberal justices once again. This time it was to deny a…

U.S.|A ‘Wall of Vets’ Joins the Front Lines of Portland ProtestsMilitary veterans said they banded together to protect the free speech of demonstrators.Videotranscripttranscript‘Enough Is Enough’: A ‘Wall’ of Veterans Joins Portland ProtestersA group of military vets formed a wall on the front lines of protests in Portland, Ore., a week after federal officers struck a…

Hurricane Hanna made landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast Saturday afternoon causing wind gusts, a storm surge and flooding.The first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic season made landfall on Padre Island, about 33 miles south of Corpus Christi, according to The Associated Press.Local officials asked residents to stay in their homes in an attempt to ride out the storm, as…

The primary source for Christopher Steele's unverified dossier has been revealed as a United States resident who once co-wrote a research paper showing Russian President Vladimir Putin plagiarized his dissertation.A lawyer for Igor Danchenko, 42, confirmed to The New York Times that his client -- a former Brookings Institution senior research analyst in Washington, D.C., and not a "Russian-based" source --…