(Associated Press) The vice presidential debate featured plexiglass barriers to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
They were no match for the night’s most talked-about intruder — a fly that briefly buzzed around the stage before landing and staying on Mike Pence’s head.
The incident went unmentioned onstage, with the Republican vice...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump credited an experimental drug treatment with helping his recovery from COVID-19 and suggested his diagnosis could be a “blessing in disguise" in the nation's battle against the pandemic.
In a new White House video posted Wednesday evening, Trump said his illness had shed light on an...
(Headline USA) The former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd posted bail Wednesday and was released from jail, leading Minnesota's governor to activate the National Guard to help keep the peace in the event of protests.
According to court documents, Derek Chauvin posted a $1...
UPDATE 3:30 PM: From The News & Observer of Raleigh:
The husband of the woman who confirmed an extramarital affair with Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham said he should drop out of the North Carolina race.
Jeremy Todd is an Army veteran who served 19-plus years and severely injured his...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump on Wednesday tried to salvage a few priority items lost in the rubble of COVID-19 relief talks that he himself blew up after pulling out of the bad-faith negotiations with Democrat leaders.
In a barrage of tweets, Trump pressed for passage of core components in...
(Headline USA) The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away a last-ditch effort by the Maine Republican Party to stop its controversial ranked-choice voting from being used for the first time in the state's presidential contest.
The decision not to intervene could effectively throw the tightly contested Senate race in...
(Headline USA) It’s one of the most obscure functions of Congress, little known or understood even by most lawmakers.
But it may have once put staffers in possession of one of the most enduring mysteries of the Donald Trump era: his tax data, which The New York Times revealed to...
( J. Peder Zane, RealClear Investigations) Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe created a new category of news last week---the ho-hum smoking gun---when he released a letter regarding the Clinton campaign’s efforts to generate the Trump/Russia hoax during the 2016 election.
In three short paragraphs addressed to Sen. Lindsey Graham,...
( Kari Travis and Rick Henderson, Carolina Journal) A recent attempt to rewrite North Carolina elections law is just one piece of a larger plan to turn the state blue, a panel of experts say.
North Carolina is a battleground for a network of national organizations with liberal agendas, said...
(Headline USA) Roger Montoya, a Democratic candidate in an open New Mexico House race for the state legislature, has acknowledged his participation in two gay-oriented pornographic films in the 1980s as a college student.
The revelation about Montoya, 60, emerged as the longtime educator "for children of all ages" runs...
(Headline USA) Michigan's health chief said Tuesday he has “broad” legal authority to enforce draconian lockdown demands under the state's emergency regulations, despite a recent court ruling that struck down the Nazi-era law cited by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Robert Gordon, director of the state Department of Health and Human Services,...
(Headline USA) The Trump administration announced plans Tuesday to sharply limit visas for skilled workers from overseas, a move officials said was a priority amid job losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Department of Homeland Security and Department of Labor officials said new rules for what's known as the H1-B...