President Donald Trump openly mused on Thursday night about sending tens of thousands of federal agents into major U.S. cities experiencing unrest, claiming he could “solve these problems so fast” if those cities just “invited” the 75,000 “tough” feds he supposedly has ready to go.Trump, who recently announced a “surge” of hundreds of FBI and…
The potential resurrection of a payroll tax cut could imperil the size or income cap of a second ... [+] stimulus check in the coronavirus stimulus package. Getty Images Senate Republicans were expected to unveil their stimulus package proposal today after a whirlwind week of intense behind-the-scenes negotiations among themselves and with key White House…
After forcing the convention to move from Charlotte to Jacksonville because he wanted a big celebration, President Trump called off the Florida portion, citing the health risks from the coronavirus.President Trump at the White House on Thursday. He had spent weeks urging Florida and other states to reopen their economies and return to life as…
Workers arrived under cover of darkness early Friday to remove a Christopher Columbus statue from Chicago’s Grant Park – a week after rioters clashed with city police as they attempted to tear the statue down.The statue was being removed partly to de-escalate tensions between protesters and police as unrest continues in the nation’s third-largest city,…
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…