President Trump believes the prosecution of a St. Louis couple for defending their home with firearms against a group of protesters is an “extreme abuse of power,” the White House said Tuesday. “They were completely within their rights,” said White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, who spoke with the president earlier Tuesday about the case.…
Top administration officials will head to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for a full day of meetings after some of President Trump’s priorities in the next coronavirus spending package met with bipartisan resistance, prompting one GOP senator to call Trump’s pitch a “first draft.”Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows will…
The Slatest Which side are these guys on again? Photo by John Rudoff/Sipa USA Protests in Portland have been punctuated by horror stories of unidentified federal agents in military garb snatching protesters off the streets in Oregon. The goal of the agents presence and the authority under which they are operating has been unclear, other…
The death of George Floyd and subsequent protests reshaped the presidential race. It brought race relations, racism and police brutality to the forefront.
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrive for a joint news conference at the end of the European summit at EU headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday. John Thys/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption John Thys/AFP via Getty Images French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrive for a…