Politics

Should Congress extend the additional $600 per week in unemployment?

The emergency unemployment benefits millions of Americans have been receiving are proving to be a major dividing point for lawmakers working on a coronavirus relief package. Should the extra $600 per week be extended through the end of 2020, or…

Continue watching

Police agencies pulling out of Democratic National Convention over tear gas ban

By Associated Press

Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales tells WTMJ-TV that the police agencies are concerned with a new order barring the police use of tear gas and pepper spray at demonstrations.

AP report: Russia spreading virus disinformation, officials say

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

The U.S. government has identified two suspected Russian military intelligence operatives who it believes are helping direct the spread of disinformation through websites that have published extensively on the coronavirus pandemic, American politics and international affairs.

WATCH: Biden says post-pandemic plan can fight racial economic inequality

By Will Weissert, Bill Barrow, Associated Press

Joe Biden has unveiled a plan to ensure that the nation's post-pandemic economic recovery is built around promoting racial equality and promising to drastically spur investment in Black-owned small businesses.

Democrats, GOP far apart as virus aid talks intensify

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

The differences in Washington over the next coronavirus aid package are vast. And millions of Americans' jobless benefits, school reopenings and eviction protections are at stake.

Trump administration will not accept new DACA applications

By Sophia Tareen, Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

The move Tuesday is a defiant stance after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to let the administration end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

WATCH: Trump defends disproved COVID-19 treatment

By Darlene Superville, Amanda Seitz, Associated Press

The Trump administration will begin allowing so-called “Dreamer” immigrants to renew their permits to remain and work in the U.S. for a year while it reviews a Supreme Court ruling.

WATCH: Barr, Park Police distance Trump from clearing of protesters

By Associated Press

The head of U.S. Park Police insisted Tuesday that the forceful routing of protesters from the square in front of the White House last month had “zero correlation” with President Donald Trump's staged photo event minutes later.

Despite judge’s order, migrant kids remain in ICE custody

By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

The U.S. government did not release 100 immigrant children detained with their parents despite this week's deadline set by a judge who had described family detention centers as "on fire" due to the threat of the coronavirus.

WATCH: Barr condemns ‘rioters’ in much-anticipated House testimony

By Eric Tucker, Mary Clare Jalonick, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

Attorney General William Barr defended the aggressive federal law enforcement response to civil unrest in America, saying on Tuesday "violent rioters and anarchists have hijacked legitimate protests" sparked by George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police.