Jul 12 It's Trump's call on what the GOP convention will look like By Zeke Miller, Associated Press After a venue change, spiking coronavirus cases and a sharp recession, Trump aides and allies are increasingly questioning whether it’s worth the trouble, and some are advocating that the convention be scrapped altogether. Conventions are meant to lay out a… Continue reading
Jul 12 Nearly 600,000 vote in Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries By Zen Soo, Associated Press Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong residents turned up over the weekend to vote in an unofficial primary election held by the city’s pro-democracy camp as it gears up to field candidates for an upcoming legislative poll. Continue reading
Jul 11 Conservation groups upset by North Cascades grizzly decision By Nicholas K. Geranios, Associated Press The forested mountains in and around North Cascades National Park in north central Washington state have long been considered prime habitat for threatened grizzly bears, so environmental groups are upset the Trump administration scrapped plans to reintroduce the apex predators… Continue reading
Jul 11 Trump lags Biden on people of color in top campaign ranks By Darlene Superville, Associated Press Twenty-five percent of the Republican president's senior staff are nonwhite, compared to 36% of Biden’s senior staff. Biden’s overall campaign team is 35% nonwhite; Trump’s campaign did not provide a comparable number. Continue reading
Jul 11 AP FACT CHECK: If he's said it once, he's said it 100 times By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press COVID-19 testing would be the envy of the world, the economy would be on the cusp of roaring back, the threat would be receding in a pandemic that has sickened more than 3.1 million Americans and killed more than 134,000. Continue reading
Jul 10 Trump commutes Roger Stone's prison sentence By Jill Colvin, Eric Tucker, Associated Press Roger Stone has told The Associated Press that President Donald Trump called to inform him he would commute his prison sentence for crimes related to the Russia probe. Continue reading
Jul 10 Trump threatens to pull tax exemption for schools, colleges By Collin Binkley, Associated Press In his push to get schools and colleges to reopen this fall, President Donald Trump is again taking aim at their finances, this time threatening their tax-exempt status. Continue reading
Jul 10 What's next for abortion legislation in the U.S.? By Courtney Vinopal Some caution that the narrow Supreme Court decision to strike down a Louisiana law does not necessarily signal abortion rights will be protected by the high court in future cases. Continue reading
Jul 10 Watch 4:54 The Supreme Court's 'landmark decision' on tribal sovereignty On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed Native American rights to millions of acres of land in eastern Oklahoma. The 5-4 opinion granted jurisdictional control to the Muscogee Nation and extends to four neighboring tribal nations, which together make up… Continue watching
Jul 10 Watch 12:55 David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart on Trump's school pressure, Biden's economic plan New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including how the surging coronavirus is affecting President Trump’s public support, the significance of the Supreme Court’s recent rulings… Continue watching