Aug 06 WATCH: Trump delivers remarks on Ohio economy, Biden By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Forced to play defense in states he led comfortably months ago, President Donald Trump set his sights on Ohio on Thursday in an attempt to reframe the centerpiece of his reelection pitch. Continue reading
Aug 06 Trump’s Iran envoy quits administration as U.S. pushes embargo By Matthew Lee, Associated Press Brian Hook is leaving one day after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. would call for a U.N. Security Council vote next week on resolution to indefinitely extend the embargo beyond October. Continue reading
Aug 06 LGBTQ people leaving Poland as post-vote mood grows hostile By Vanessa Gera, Associated Press As President Andrzej Duda was sworn in to his second term on Thursday, some members of Poland's LGBT community already had moved to European countries where they expect to find greater acceptance. More are making plans to do so. Continue reading
Aug 06 Lack of study and oversight raises concerns about tear gas By Andrew Selsky, Associated Press Witnesses and human rights advocates say peaceful protesters, children and pregnant women have sometimes been hit by excessive amounts of tear gas, with police failing to provide an escape route. Continue reading
Aug 06 WATCH: House Oversight hearing on challenges of reopening schools amid COVID-19 pandemic By Associated Press Is it safe for schools to reopen during the pandemic? The House Oversight Committee is expected to hold a hearing on the challenges and risks of reopening schools amid the global outbreak. Continue reading
Aug 06 WATCH: New York attorney general sues to dissolve NRA By Michael R. Sisak, Larry Neumeister, Lisa Marie Pane, Associated Press New York’s attorney general sued the National Rifle Association on Thursday, seeking to put the powerful gun advocacy organization out of business over questionable expenditures. Continue reading
Aug 06 WATCH: Acting Homeland Security chief questioned on deployment of federal agents to protests By Associated Press The hearing will focus on the deployment of DHS personnel to recent protests, most notably in Portland, Oregon, where clashes between activists and agents drew national scrutiny. Continue reading
Aug 05 Top court rules Brazil must protect Indigenous peoples in pandemic By Débora Álvares, Associated Press The top court's justices voted unanimously that the government must install health checkpoints for isolated Indigenous villages plus draft and implement a plan to remove outsiders now within protected areas illegally. Continue reading
Aug 05 Watch 8:40 As pandemic upends presidential campaign, what issues matter most to voters The planned summer conventions of both parties have been reduced and reimagined due to the coronavirus pandemic, rendering this election year different from any other. And of course millions of American lives have been upended due to COVID-19 and the… Continue watching
Aug 05 Watch 7:59 Longtime GOP strategist says he’ll ‘work with Democrats’ to defeat Trump Stuart Stevens is one of the Republican Party’s most successful campaign strategists, with a career spanning decades. In his revealing new book, “It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump,” Stevens admits the GOP uses race… Continue watching