(Headline USA) Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said Wednesday he “most certainly would” pardon a St. Louis couple if they are convicted of gun charges after waving guns at protesters walking in front of their home this summer.
Mark and Patricia McCloskey were indicted Tuesday on charges of unlawful use of a...
The grand theme of Wednesday's only vice presidential debate seemed to be contrasts.
It was a word that both Sen. Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence invoked in relation to the differing visions of their respective parties.
But the contrast that was undoubtedly in the minds of many was the...
(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...
A group of professors, academics and historians wrote the Pulitzer Prize Board asking it to revoke the commentary award given for the New York Times’s controversial 1619 Project given its many errors and “patently false assertions.”
The 21 signatories argued in the letter that the 1619 Project’s principal claim---that the...
Silicon Valley is pouring millions of dollars into Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s campaign, according to a recent report.
Employees at the six largest Silicon Valley tech firms have donated nearly $5 million to Biden’s campaign, while donating only $239,000 to President Trump, a Wired survey found.
Data from the Federal...
Former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton said she has no interest in rekindling her friendship with GOP counterpart Ivanka Trump because she sees the White House adviser as “more than complicit” in her father’s “cruelty and incompetence.”
The 40-year-old daughter of former President Bill Clinton and 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton...
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...
A grand jury indicted Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis couple who went viral after confronting a mob of protesters trespassing on their property, on charges of exhibiting guns and tampering with evidence, according to KMOV-4.
The grand jury accused the couple of tampering with Patricia McCloskey’s gun, which...
(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...