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Trump Whisked Away from News Conference After Shooting Near White House
(Associated Press) A uniformed Secret Service officer shot and wounded a man during a confrontation near the White House that led to President Donald Trump being abruptly escorted out of a briefing room during a televised news conference Monday, authorities said.
The White House complex was not breached and no one...
Cuomo Cloaks New York’s True Nursing Home Death Toll in Secrecy
(Headline USA) Riverdale Nursing Home in the Bronx appears, on paper, to have escaped the worst of the coronavirus pandemic, with an official state count of just four deaths in its 146-bed facility.
The truth, according to the home, is far worse: 21 dead, most transported to hospitals before they succumbed.
“It...
Dem Voters to Decide Today Whether Ilhan Omar Deserves Re-Election
(Headline USA) Rep. Ilhan Omar is about to learn whether voters in her Minneapolis-area congressional district support the mix of confrontational, anti-Trump progressivism and celebrity that she brings to the job.
Omar, the first Somali American and one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, is facing a surprisingly...
Trump Narrows His Convention Speech Options to Two Locations
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump said Monday that his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination will be held at either the White House or the Gettysburg battlefield.
“We have narrowed the Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, to be delivered on the final night of the Convention (Thursday), to two locations -...
More Than 100 Arrests, 13 Officers Hurt Amid Looting in Upscale Chicago District
(Headline USA) More than 100 people were arrested Monday following a night of looting and unrest that left 13 officers injured and caused damage in Chicago's upscale Magnificent Mile shopping district and other parts of the city, authorities said.
Police Superintendent David Brown said it “was not an organized protest” but...
China Sanctions Cruz, Rubio, Hawley, Cotton, & Other US Politicians
(Associated Press) China on Monday announced unspecified sanctions against 11 U.S. politicians and heads of organizations promoting democratic causes, including Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, who have already been singled out by Beijing.
Foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Monday said the 11 had “performed badly” on issues concerning Hong...
Ohio Gov.’s False-Positive COVID-19 Test Raises Backlash
(Headline USA) The Ohio governor's positive, then negative, tests for COVID-19 have provided fuel for skeptics of government pandemic mandates and critics of his often-aggressive policies.
“I'm sure the internet is lighting up with ‘Well, you can't believe any test,' ” Mike DeWine said in a WCOL radio interview Friday, after...
States Would Need to Kick in $Billion$ Under Trump’s Unemployment Plan
(Associated Press) Whether President Donald Trump has the constitutional authority to extend federal unemployment benefits by executive order remains unclear.
Equally up in the air is whether states, which are necessary partners in Trump's plan to bypass Congress, will sign on.
Trump announced an executive order Saturday that extends additional unemployment payments...
Judge Orders Release of Video Showing George Floyd Resisted Arrest
(Headline USA) A Minnesota judge ordered the release of body camera footage recorded by former officers charged in the death of George Floyd, which showed him behaving erratically and resisting arrest.
Judge Peter Cahill ruled Friday the that videos from the body cameras of Thomas Lane and J. Kueng taken on...
ICE Discovers ‘Most Sophisticated Tunnel in US History’ Near Border in Ariz.
(Associated Press) An incomplete tunnel found stretching from Mexico to Arizona appears to be “the most sophisticated tunnel in U.S. history," authorities said.
The tunnel intended for smuggling ran from a neighborhood in San Luis Río Colorado, Mexico, to San Luis, Arizona, where it stopped short of reaching the surface. It...
Judge Nixes Trump Bid to Delay Suit from Woman Alleging Rape
(Headline USA) A New York judge knocked down President Donald Trump's bid to delay a lawsuit from a woman who accused him of rape, ruling in a decision released Thursday that the presidency doesn't shield him from the case.
Pointing to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the president isn't...
Trump Bans Dealings w/ Chinese Owners of TikTok, WeChat
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump has ordered a sweeping but vague ban on dealings with the Chinese owners of social media apps TikTok and WeChat on security grounds, a move China's government criticized as “political manipulation."
The twin executive orders issued Thursday — one for each app — add to growing...
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