Oct 21 WATCH: U.S. hits Chinese media with new restrictions By Associated Press As Trump, Pompeo and other officials have ramped up criticism of China for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the administration has also steadily increased pressure on Beijing's interests in the United States. Continue reading
Oct 21 Report: Tax records show Trump tried to land China projects By Associated Press China is one of only three foreign nations — the others are Britain and Ireland — where Trump maintains a bank account, according to a New York Times analysis of the president’s tax records. Continue reading
Oct 21 Amy Coney Barrett was trustee at private school with anti-LGBTQ policies By Associated Press The policies that discriminated against LGBTQ people and their children were in place for years at Trinity Schools Inc., both before Barrett joined the board in 2015 and during the time she served. Continue reading
Oct 20 Trump administration adds criminal disqualifiers to asylum By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press The rule that takes effect Nov. 20 is the latest in a slew of measures under President Donald Trump to make asylum more difficult to obtain. Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch 4:15 Why Democrats and Republicans have different priorities on COVID relief Is time running out for economic stimulus before Election Day? The informal deadline set by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is passing Tuesday. She and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin held more talks about pandemic relief but did not yet reach agreement. Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch 6:34 The motivations and merits of DOJ’s lawsuit against Google The Justice Department is suing Google for allegedly leveraging its market power to block competition illegally. In the most significant challenge to a big tech company in decades, prosecutors say Google pays phone manufacturers to make its search engine users'… Continue watching
Oct 20 How Trump plowed through $1 billion, losing cash advantage By Brian Slodysko, Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Donald Trump’s sprawling political operation has raised well over $1 billion since he took the White House in 2017 — and set a lot of it on fire. Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch 6:16 As Election Day nears, some states are still determining voting rules With only two weeks before the election, the rules around voting in some states are still being determined. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court couldn’t agree whether to stop Pennsylvania from counting mail-in ballots postmarked by November 3rd but that… Continue watching
Oct 20 WATCH: Senate Democrats slam Republican COVID-19 relief proposal By Associated Press The Senate GOP bill has failed once before, and President Donald Trump himself says it's too small. Continue reading
Oct 20 WATCH LIVE: Trump holds campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania By Zeke Miller, Will Weissert, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press President Donald Trump is wooing Pennsylvania voters, brushing aside debate practice ahead of what may be his last, best chance to alter the trajectory of the race in the final presidential faceoff. Continue reading