Jul 06 South Dakota governor, exposed to virus, joined Trump on jet By Stephen Groves South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem accompanied President Donald Trump to Washington aboard Air Force One on Friday night despite having had close contact with Trump's son's girlfriend, who had tested positive for the coronavirus. Continue reading
Jul 06 Tell-all book by Trump niece will be released sooner than previously planned By Associated Press The revised date, announced Monday, came after a New York appellate court cleared the way for the book's publication following a legal challenge by President Donald Trump's brother. Continue reading
Jul 06 German government split over police racial profiling study By Associated Press The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance recommended that federal and state police in Germany commission a study of racial profiling in policing. Continue reading
Jul 06 Ghislaine Maxwell moved to New York for sex abuse charges By Michael Balsamo, Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Jeffrey Epstein's longtime confidante Ghislaine Maxwell has been transferred to New York to face charges she recruited women and girls for him to sexually abuse. Continue reading
Jul 06 WATCH: New York City will 'double down' on neighborhood policing after July 4 weekend violence, De Blasio says By Candice Norwood In addition to neighborhood policing, De Blasio said the city will "need all hands on deck" to address the problem. Continue reading
Jul 06 WATCH: White House addresses Trump's NASCAR tweet By Associated Press White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said the president "rejects this notion that somehow NASCAR men and women, who go to these sporting events, are racists," and that the FBI report on the matter was an "indictment of the media's… Continue reading
Jul 06 SCOTUS upholds cellphone robocall ban By Associated Press Political consultants and pollsters were among those asking the Supreme Court to strike down the 1991 law that bars them from making robocalls to cellphones as a violation of their free speech rights under the Constitution. Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch 5:37 Trump's campaign strategy to focus on statues, 'traditional American values' By PBS NewsHour President Trump’s campaign will focus on claiming Trump is all that stands between America and the ‘un-American left wing forces’ trying to destroy the country's cultural heritage, and paint Joe Biden as too weak to stop it, according to Special… Continue watching
Jul 05 Facebook groups pivot to attacks on Black Lives Matter By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press A loose network of Facebook groups that took root across the country in April to organize protests over coronavirus stay-at-home orders has become a hub of misinformation and conspiracy theories that have pivoted to a variety of new targets. Their… Continue reading
Jul 04 Amid furor over monuments, Trump seeks `garden' of U.S. heroes By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press His idea, conveyed in a speech Friday night at Mount Rushmore and expanded on in an executive order, comes as elected officials and institutions are reckoning with whether it is appropriate to continue to honor people, including past presidents, who… Continue reading