(Associated Press) New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo responded Wednesday to an Associated Press report that his state’s coronavirus death toll in nursing homes could be a significant undercount, saying it makes sense to include only those residents who died on the home’s property.
Unlike the federal government and every other state...
(Associated Press) A federal judge on Thursday cleared the way for Manhattan's top prosecutor to get President Donald Trump’s tax returns, rejecting a last-ditch attempt by his lawyers to block a subpoena issued to his accounting firm.
Trump's lawyers immediately appealed U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero's decision to the Second Circuit...
(Headline USA) UPDATED: Former White House adviser Steve Bannon was arrested Thursday on charges that he and three others ripped off donors to an online fundraising scheme “We Build The Wall.”
The fundraiser was headed by men who pushed their close ties to President Donald Trump, giving their effort a legitimacy...
(Headline USA) Rioters in Portland broke out the windows of a county government building, sprayed lighter fluid inside and set a fire in a demonstration that started Tuesday night and ended Wednesday morning with clashes with police, officials said.
The fire at the Multnomah Building damaged the county government's office of...
(Headline USA) A conservative social media provocateur who has been banned on Facebook and Twitter won her Republican primary on Tuesday and will challenge Democratic Rep. Lois Frankel for Congress in November.
Laura Loomer also won praise from President Donald Trump early Wednesday, who tweeted that she has a “great chance."
Great...
(Headline USA) A Virginia state senator has been charged with damaging a Confederate monument in Portsmouth during protests that also led to a demonstrator being critically injured when a statue was torn down, authorities said Monday.
Sen. Louise Lucas faces charges of conspiracy to commit a felony and injury to a...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will pardon Susan B. Anthony, a women's suffrage leader arrested for voting in 1872 in violation of laws permitting only men to vote.
Comments from Trump and some of those assembled for a White House event commemorating the 19th Amendment quickly pivoted into...
(Headline USA) A federal judge on Monday issued a temporary injunction to stop Idaho from enacting a law banning transgenders born male from participating in women’s sports while a legal challenge moves forward.
The ruling means transgender athletes wanting to participate in sports that match their "gender identity" can do so this...
(Headline USA) Declaring it’s “crunch time” for the upcoming election, President Donald Trump zeroed in on Midwest battleground states on Monday with a tough, law and order message to counterprogram former Vice President Joe Biden's show at the Democrats' national convention.
In Mankato, Minnesota, Trump is expected to step up his...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump is ramping up his campaign schedule as Democrats begin their national convention, aiming to aggressively counter-program former Vice President Joe Biden's show.
Trump was visiting Minnesota and Wisconsin on Monday — the latter the official host state of the entirely virtual Democratic National Convention — to...
(Headline USA) More than 100 demonstrators converged outside the North Carolina mansion of the postmaster general, protesting the cutbacks, delays and other changes to the historically mismanaged and financially underwater U.S. Postal Service, that have created fears for mail-in voting ahead of the November presidential election.
Protesters gathered for about two hours...
(Headline USA) A former FBI lawyer plans to plead guilty to making a false statement in the first criminal case arising from U.S. Attorney John Durham's investigation into the probe of ties between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign that were found to be non-existent.
Kevin Clinesmith is being charged in...