Politics

Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney quits U.K. role over 'lamentable' Brexit plan

By Pan Pylas, Associated Press

Amal Clooney has become the highest profile lawyer to quit an official job over her opposition to the British government's suggestion that it could break international law in the event it fails to agree a trade deal with the European…

Mississippi justices reject broad absentee voting during pandemic

By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

Mississippi law does not allow absentee voting by all people who have health conditions that might make them vulnerable to COVID-19. That's according to a ruling from the state Supreme Court on Friday.

Assange lawyer says Trump offered deal to avoid extradition to U.S.

By Pan Pylas, Associated Press

A lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has told a London court that her client was indirectly offered a deal by President Donald Trump that would see him avoid extradition if he revealed the source of a leak of documents…

WATCH: Pelosi tells Catholic archbishop to 'follow science' on COVID-19 restrictions

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

Archbishop Salvatore Joseph Cordileone is protesting limits on larger public gatherings. He said that worshipers First Amendment rights are being "unjustly repressed" by the government.

CDC drops controversial testing advice that caused backlash

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

U.S. health officials are dropping a controversial piece of coronavirus guidance and telling all those who have been in close contact with infected people to get tested.

Calls for reform bring renewed focus to community policing, but does it work?

By Candice Norwood

Despite funding from the federal government and support among many police departments, community policing has become an amorphous concept that encompasses a myriad of tactics.

WATCH: Trump shifts on Puerto Rico, releases aid as election nears

By Ben Fox, Associated Press

President Donald Trump has announced the release of $13 billion in assistance to repair the damage in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria three years ago, and has pledged to restore its economy.

Trump and Biden hit unlikely battleground state of Minnesota

By Will Weissert, Kathleen Hennessey, Associated Press

President Trump almost won Minnesota in 2016 and sees it as a state he might peel away from Democrat Joe Biden in November. But Minnesota has steadily moved further away from the president since 2016.

Majority plan to vote before Election Day, poll finds

By Nicholas Riccardi, Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press

A majority of President Donald Trump's supporters plan to cast their ballot on Election Day, while about half of Joe Biden's backers plan to vote by mail, a sign of a growing partisan divide over how best to conduct elections…

Biden leads Trump by double digits, but more Americans trust Trump on economy despite historic recession

By Laura Santhanam

With Trump’s overall disapproval rating hovering at 53 percent, U.S. adults said Biden would do a better job as president on some of the issues most important to them.