(Associated Press) U.S. consumer confidence rebounded more quickly in September than most economists had expected, though they remain far from levels that were the norm before the pandemic struck.
The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its consumer confidence index rose sharply to a reading of 101.8, up from 86.3 in August,...
(Headline USA) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is taking extraordinary steps to prepare for the 2020 election, seeking to increase Democrats’ hold on state congressional delegations in the highly unusual scenario that the House is called on to resolve a disputed presidential contest.
“We cannot leave anything to chance,” Pelosi said in...
(Associated Press) Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law on Saturday requiring California to house transgender inmates in prisons based on their gender identity — but only if the state does not have “management or security concerns.”
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation houses men and women in separate facilities.
Transgender inmates...
(Headline USA) When response to the coronavirus pandemic slammed the U.S. economy this spring, Dallas salon owner Shelley Luther became an overnight symbol of rebellion against lockdown measures, spending two days in a Texas jail for refusing to close her doors.
Nearly $500,000 poured into a donation fund set up by...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump allegedly paid just $750 in federal income taxes the year he ran for president and in his first year in the White House, according to an anonymously sourced report Sunday in the New York Times, which refused to disclose how it came across or obtained...
(Headline USA) Law enforcement declared an unlawful assembly late Saturday, forcing rioters from downtown Portland, Oregon, and making several arrests, just hours after peaceful demonstrations earlier in the day that supported President Donald Trump.
Hundreds of people were gathered downtown in Oregon's largest city, where rioters shot fireworks at police. Video...
(Deroy Murdock, Headline USA) One key factor makes it imperative to fill the seat vacated by the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg immediately.
And Democrats can thank themselves for this.
To understand why, imagine this analogy:
World Series Game Six just ended. The Yankees and Red Sox are tied, three...
(Headline USA) FBI Director Christopher Wray was the target of White House criticism for the second time in a week Friday as Chief of Staff Mark Meadows chided him over remarks made a day earlier to Congress about voter fraud.
Meadows suggested in an interview with CBS that Wray was ill-informed...
(Headline USA) A federal appeals court on Friday revived a House challenge of President Donald Trump’s use of Defense Department money to build a border wall after Democrats refused to provide funding he requested.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reversed a lower court’s dismissal of...
(Headline USA) Gov. Ron DeSantis lifted all restrictions on restaurants and other businesses in Florida on Friday, and banned local fines against people who refuse to wear masks as he seeks to reopen the state's economy despite the coronavirus.
The Republican governor's order unleashed fresh debate in the politically divided state, where...
(Headline USA) A 17-year-old in Illinois accused of killing two protesters days after Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Friday fought his return to Wisconsin to face homicide charges that could put him in prison for life.
Kyle Rittenhouse was arrested at his home in Antioch, Illinois,...
(Associated Press) Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Friday that he and his wife have both tested positive for the coronavirus.
The governor's office said in a statement that Northam is showing no symptoms while those of Pam Northam are mild.
Northam and his wife plan to isolate for the next 10 days...