Jul 08 WATCH: White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany holds news briefing By Justin Stabley and Associated Press The briefing is being held on the same day President Donald Trump is hosting Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Washington D.C. Continue reading
Jul 08 Trump threatens to cut federal aid if schools don’t reopen By Collin Binkley, Associated Press He says the guidelines his own federal health officials have created for schools to reopen are impractical and expensive. Continue reading
Jul 08 Vindman retiring from U.S. Army, lawyer accuses Trump of ‘bullying, intimidation and retaliation’ By Jill Colvin, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The statement says Vindman is leaving the Army after more than 21 years after it had been made clear "that his future within the institution he has dutifully served will forever be limited."… Continue reading
Jul 08 U.S. to advise health care workers to reuse PPE, says Pence By Associated Press Vice President Mike Pence says the U.S. government will issue guidance encouraging front-line health care workers to reuse personal protective equipment. Continue reading
Jul 08 WATCH: Pence, White House Task Force focuses on school reopening guidelines amid virus surge By Associated Press Vice President Mike Pence will lead the White House Coronavirus Taskforce briefing on Wednesday as hospitalizations for the virus spike in states around the country. Continue reading
Jul 07 Study shows virus hit African immigrants hardest in France By John Leicester, Associated Press A new study from the French government's statistics agency shows that death rates doubled among immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa and tripled in the Paris region at the height of the country's coronavirus outbreak. Continue reading
Jul 07 Inside the Trump campaign’s strategy for getting Black voters to the polls By Daniel Bush The Trump campaign entered 2020 hoping to boost the president’s support among Black voters. But the campaign’s plans for a more robust approach than the one Trump took four years ago have been complicated by the president’s struggle to respond… Continue reading
Jul 07 Watch 6:00 The national impact of the federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program The Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, is one of the federal government’s signature efforts to help small businesses weather the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, there is new data from the Trump administration about how this money was distributed during the past… Continue watching
Jul 07 States sue U.S. Department of Education over diverted virus relief funds for schools By Olga R. Rodriguez, David Eggert, Associated Press In the lawsuit filed Tuesday, the attorneys general of California and Michigan say the department run by Secretary Betsy DeVos is attempting to take pandemic relief funds away from K-12 public schools and divert them to private schools. Continue reading
Jul 07 Mary Trump’s book offers scathing portrayal of president By Larry Neumeister, Jill Colvin, Associated Press Mary Trump writes that the coronavirus pandemic, the possibility of an economic depression and deepening social divides have brought out the "worst effects" of Trump's "pathologies."… Continue reading