1 hour agoGOP to look at potential alternative sites for conventionNorth Carolina’s governor said in a letter Tuesday that the GOP must prepare for a scaled-back convention in Charlotte because of the coronavirus pandemic despite demands...
1 hour ago‘Hate just hides’: Biden vows to take on systematic racismJoe Biden met with community leaders at a predominantly African American church amid the coronavirus pandemic to address exploding racial tensions that have begun to resh...
1 hour agoGOP criticism muted on Trump's handling of protestsA Republican senator is speaking out against police use of tear gas to clear peaceful demonstrators from a park Monday night near the White House so President Donald Trum...
1 hour agoConfederate monuments coming down around South amid protestsThe base of a Confederate monument in Alabama is all that remains Tuesday morning in Birmingham's Linn Park.
2 hours agoThe Latest: Court invalidates South Africa's virus measuresExperts advising the Pakistani government wanted a monthlong lockdown in Punjab province and estimated 670,000 people might have been infected in the provincial capital o...
2 hours ago9 states, DC vote amid coronavirus pandemic, social unrestJoe Biden is hoping to seize the delegates needed to formally clinch the Democrats’ presidential nomination as seven states and one territory vote.
2 hours agoEmbracing religious themes, Trump visits John Paul II shrinePresident Donald Trump is declaring himself the “president of law and order” and signaling that he will stake his reelection efforts on convincing voters that his forcefu...
2 hours agoPelosi to Trump: Be a 'healer in chief'House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling on President Donald Trump to be a “healer in chief” and not a “fanner of the flame” as the nation reels from mass protests over the ...
18 hours agoDC Episcopal bishop: 'I am outraged' by Trump church visitThe bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington is sharply criticizing President Donald Trump for staging a visit to the historic St. John’s Church across from the Whit...
18 hours agoCongress confronts dual crises of protests, virus outbreakState and local leaders are pleading with Washington for more federal aid for coronavirus.
18 hours ago'Hate just hides': Biden vows to take on systematic racismJoe Biden is facing some stiff competition getting his campaign message out.
20 hours agoJudge: Justice Department reversal in Flynn case 'unusual'The Justice Department’s motion to dismiss its own criminal case against former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn is “unusual” and the judge is...
21 hours agoNearly 26,000 COVID deaths in nursing homes spur inspectionsFederal health authorities have received reports of nearly 26,000 nursing home residents dying from COVID-19.
1 day agoMass gatherings, erosion of trust upend coronavirus controlHealth experts are concerned that protests erupting across the nation and the law enforcement response to them will upend efforts to track and contain the spread of coron...
1 day agoWith Pompeo out, GOP looks to Rep. Marshall in Kansas race U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is definitely out of the race for an open Senate seat in Kansas, and western Kansas Rep. Roger Marshall is now the focus of many Repub...
1 day agoLawmakers question federal prisons' home confinement rulesDemocratic lawmakers are raising questions about the federal Bureau of Prisons’ release of high-profile inmates and are calling for widespread testing of inmates as the n...
2 days agoAs Minneapolis burns, mayor takes heat for the responseSeveral nights of violent protest in Minneapolis have prompted questions about whether city leaders have bungled their response.
3 days agoAtlanta mayor Bottoms praised for response to unrest in cityAtlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is being widely praised for her response to protests that flared following the death of a black man, George Floyd, after a white office...
3 days agoTrump strikes China over virus, Hong Kong and student visasThe rift between the United States and China is growing.
3 days agoAP Explains: Trump actions on Hong Kong just threats for nowPresident Donald Trump has announced what he said are “significant actions” regarding U.S. relations with Hong Kong.
3 days agoBiden ally sees Klobuchar as less likely Biden running mate A key ally of Joe Biden says Sen. Amy Klobuchar seems a less likely choice to become the running mate on Biden’s presidential ticket following this week’s death of a blac...
3 days agoTrump, N.C. governor speak about GOP convention detailsNorth Carolina’s top health official has asked for more details on how GOP leaders will protect attendees of a Republican National Convention this summer during the COVID...
3 days agoBiden speaks of racial 'open wound,' contrasting with TrumpJoe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, responded to the police killing of a black man in Minnesota with an empathetic contrast to President Donald Tr...
3 days agoTrump walks back his incendiary Minneapolis 'thugs' postPresident Donald Trump tried to explain that an early morning tweet was an attempt to warn against the risk of violence.
3 days agoSupreme Court rejects challenge to limits on church servicesA divided Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal by a California church that challenged state limits on attendance at worship services that have been imposed to c...
3 days agoThe Latest: 400 German managers, workers returning to China South Africa says it has a backlog of nearly 100,000 unprocessed tests for the new coronavirus.
3 days agoTranscripts released of Flynn's calls with Russian diplomatThe Trump administration’s new national intelligence director has waded into political waters in his first week on the job.
3 days agoTwitter and Trump: A feud years in the making finally eruptsTwitter’s decision to stand up to President Donald Trump by attaching warnings to some of his tweets has been years in the making.
