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US Bans WeChat, TikTok from App Stores, Citing Security Risk

(Associated Press) The U.S. Commerce Department said Friday it will ban Chinese-owned TikTok and WeChat from U.S. app stores on Sunday and will saddle the apps with technical restrictions that could seriously limit their functionality in the U.S. The order, which cited national security and data privacy concerns, follows weeks of...

Biden Enjoys Softball Questions on CNN Town Hall After Trump’s Grilling Earlier in Week

(Headline USA) After President Donald Trump responded to tough questioning earlier in the week at a town hall hosted by ABC and its Democrat host George Stephanopoulos, CNN created a friendly environment Thursday night for 2020 challenger Joe Biden to field softball questions to tee up attacks on the...

At Wisc. Rally, Trump Promises to Restore Accurate Teaching of History in Schools

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump stepped up his rhetoric on cultural issues, aiming to boost enthusiasm among rural Wisconsin voters as he tries to repeat his path to victory four years ago. Making his fifth visit to the pivotal battleground state this year, he held a rally Thursday evening in Mosinee,...

Comey to Testify Before Senate Judiciary Committee in Late September

(Headline USA) Former FBI Director James Comey will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 30, appearing just a month before the presidential election as Republicans have sought to bring closure to the travesty of 2016's Russia hoax. Comey, whom Trump fired in May 2017, will be a featured...

$1M Bail Cut for Some Held in Lancaster Over Riots After Police Shooting

(Headline USA) Judges dramatically reduced bail amounts as high as $1 million Thursday that had been set this week for several people accused of crimes during riots in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, that included protests and vandalism to public buildings. Bail for nine of 13 defendants was lowered, in several cases so they...

Pa. Supreme Court Gives Dems THREE Extra Days to Get Mail-In Votes to Count

(Headline USA) Pennsylvania’s highest court gave the Democratic Party a series of victories Thursday, including one allowing repairs to glitches and gray areas in the battleground state’s fledgling mail-in voting law and another that kicked the Green Party's presidential candidate off the November ballot. The state Supreme Court, which has a...

Feds Explored Possibly Charging Portland Officials for Inaction on Riots

(Headline USA) The Justice Department explored whether it could pursue either criminal or civil rights charges against city officials in Portland, Oregon after clashes erupted there night after night between law enforcement and rioters, a department spokesperson said Thursday. The revelation that federal officials researched whether they could levy criminal or...

Trump Appeals Judges’ Block of His Order to Not Count Illegals for Redrawing Districts

(Headline USA) A week after a three-judge panel blocked an order from President Donald Trump seeking to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from the numbers used to determine how many congressional seats each state gets, the Trump administration on Wednesday gave notice it intends to appeal. It wasn't immediately clear...

‘HEADHUNTERS’: Barr Takes Aim at Prosecutors Inside Justice Dept. He Leads

(Headline USA) Attorney General William Barr took aim at his own Justice Department on Wednesday night, criticizing prosecutors for behaving as “headhunters" in their pursuit of prominent targets and for using the weight of the criminal justice system to launch what he said were “ill-conceived” political probes. The comments at a...

Biden Pressured to Unveil List of Potential Court Picks

(Headline USA) Joe Biden is resisting calls from President Donald Trump and even some fellow Democrats to release his list of potential Supreme Court picks seven months after he pledged to name the first black female justice. Some on the left suggest that outlining potential picks would help Biden build enthusiasm...

Fed Up w/ Weak DAs, Barr Pushes Federal Prosecutors to Charge Rioters

(Headline USA) In a private call with federal prosecutors across the country, Attorney General William Barr’s message was clear: Aggressively go after violent rioters. Barr pushed his U.S. attorneys to bring federal charges whenever they could, keeping a grip on cases even if a defendant could be tried instead in state...

Trump Says He Can Talk GOP into Going for ‘Larger’ Virus Aid

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump parachuted into the coronavirus aid debate Wednesday, upbraiding his Republican allies for proposing too small of a relief package and encouraging both parties in Congress to go for a bigger one that would include his priority of $1,200 stimulus checks for most Americans. But his top...
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