(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...
(Headline USA) Saying it won't be a “regular election year” because of the coronavirus outbreak, New Jersey will move to a nearly all-mail election this November following the model the state used in its July primary, Gov. Phil Murphy said Friday.
Murphy, a Democrat, said during a news conference that he...
(Headline USA) A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday threw out California's ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines, saying the law violates the U.S. Constitution's protection of the right to bear firearms.
“Even well-intentioned laws must pass constitutional muster,” Appellate Judge Kenneth Lee wrote for the...
(Headline USA) U.S. Border Patrol officers late Wednesday used pepper spray on demonstrators in Bend, Oregon, as they pushed their way through a crowd to get to two men detained by immigration agents inside a bus that could not move for about 12 hours because of the protesters.
The next day,...
(Headline USA) Oregon State Police are leaving Portland after a two-week assignment to help protect a federal courthouse that’s been a target of rioters during months of conflict in Oregon’s largest city.
The state police are “continually reassessing our resources and the needs of our partner agencies and at this time...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump's reelection campaign has sued two Democratic-leaning Iowa counties that are making it easy to vote by mail during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Trump campaign, the Republican National Committee and other GOP groups filed the lawsuits Wednesday against elections officials in Linn and Johnson counties.
At issue are...
(Headline USA) The Trump Administration wants to change the definition of a showerhead to let more water flow, which could reduce the length of time Americans need to take their showers.
President Donald Trump has made increasing water flow and dialing back long held appliance conservation standards — from light bulbs...
(Associated Press) As parents nationwide prepare to help their children with more distance learning, a small but quickly growing number are deciding to take matters entirely into their own hands and begin homeschooling.
Some are worried their districts are unable to offer a strong virtual learning program. For others who may...
(Associated Press) An Oregon city has joined Boise, Idaho, in eliciting a precedent-setting court ruling that could change how cities nationwide cite and fine people living outside.
A U.S. judge decided last week that Grants Pass, Oregon, violated its homeless residents’ Eighth Amendment rights by excluding them from parks without due...