Some voters who disliked both nominees in 2016 chose a third-party candidate instead. Now, many of them are shunning President Trump and are ready to back Joe Biden.Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has an overwhelming advantage over President Trump among voters who have unfavorable views of both candidates.Credit...Hannah Yoon for The New York…
Vice President Mike Pence told "Special Report" Tuesday that American schools must reopen as usual this autumn despite the coronavirus pandemic because "we can't let our kids fall behind academically.""Bret, you're a parent," Pence told host Bret Baier. "You understand that it's far beyond academics, that millions of families rely on our local schools. Many of our children, that struggle with emotional…
President Donald Trump was originally supposed to be renominated in Charlotte, N.C. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images MIAMI — President Donald Trump redirected the Republican National Convention to Florida after North Carolina's Democratic governor couldn’t “guarantee” a full venue in August because of the coronavirus pandemic. But with coronavirus cases skyrocketing in Florida as Trump's poll…
U.S. President Donald Trump hosts an event on reopening schools amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 7, 2020.Kevin Lamarque | ReutersMultiple businesses with ties to President Donald Trump received millions of dollars in small business relief loans backed by the administration. Trump is linked…
The Trump administration has begun the process of withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization, a move that could hurt the U.N. agency’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and reshape public health diplomacy.The notice of withdrawal, effective July 6, 2021, was sent Monday to United Nations Secretary General António Guterres. Under the terms…
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…