Jul 22 WATCH: Trump deploys federal officers to Chicago, Albuquerque By Colleen Long, Jill Colvin, Associated Press With less than four months until Election Day, Trump has been serving up dire warnings that the violence would worsen if his Democratic rival Joe Biden is elected in November. Continue reading
Jul 22 U.S. signs contract with Pfizer for COVID-19 vaccine doses By Associated Press he Trump administration will pay Pfizer nearly $2 billion for a December delivery of 100 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine the pharmaceutical company is developing, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced Wednesday. Continue reading
Jul 22 Trump will face court challenge to order excluding unauthorized immigrants from U.S. Census By Mike Schneider, Associated Press Civil rights groups on Wednesday gave notice in court of their intent to squelch an effort by President Donald Trump to bar people in the U.S. illegally from being included in the head count as congressional districts are redrawn. Continue reading
Jul 22 AP exclusive: Trump administration holds migrant children in U.S. hotels, then expels them By Associated Press The Trump administration is detaining immigrant children as young as 1 in hotels, sometimes for weeks, before deporting them to their home countries under policies that have effectively shut down the nation’s asylum system. Continue reading
Jul 22 New Yorkers ditching city amid pandemic fuel housing boom By Associated Press New Yorkers anxious after weathering the worst of the coronavirus pandemic are fueling a boom in home sales and rentals around the picturesque towns and wooded hills to the north. Continue reading
Jul 22 U.S. orders China to close its consulate in Houston By Associated Press China strongly condemned the move, the latest in a series of steps by the Trump administration as it ratchets up pressure on the world's second-largest economy over trade, technology, human rights and security. Continue reading
Jul 22 MLB players taking visible stance on social justice By Associated Press The most recent protests during the anthem seemed to draw the ire of President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Jul 21 Watch 8:50 Congress resumes pandemic relief deliberations, but Republicans remain divided Coronavirus infections and deaths are still climbing in much of the nation, and Florida has become the new national epicenter. With Congress back in session after recess, continuing COVID-19 increases are fueling urgent negotiations on an economic rescue package. But… Continue watching
Jul 21 Analysis: Can Trump send armed federal agents to U.S. city streets? By Ben Fox, Associated Press Far from backing down, the administration plans to send agents to Chicago to respond to gun violence. And President Donald Trump says federal agents could be deployed elsewhere. Continue reading
Jul 21 Watch 8:08 Sen. Perdue on GOP proposals for pandemic relief, reopening schools Senate Republicans are considering legislation to sustain a country struggling with the pandemic’s economic fallout. The House passed its own proposal in May, but there is still dissent within the GOP about how much new money to allocate to the… Continue watching