Politics

WATCH: Trump participates in roundtable with industry executives on reopening

By Justin Stabley

Trump is expected to participates in a roundtable with industry executives on reopening the country on May 29.

AP report: Top U.S. official misused office to get son-in-law job

By Matthew Brown, Associated Press

Investigators in a report obtained by The Associated Press say a senior Trump administration official misused his office for private gain by capitalizing on his government connections to help get his son-in-law hired at the Environmental Protection Agency.

New lawsuit alleges Weinstein raped 17-year-old in the '90s

By Michael Sisak, Associated Press

A woman who says Harvey Weinstein raped her when she was 17 is among four plaintiffs in a new lawsuit against the imprisoned movie mogul.

Fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin charged with George Floyd's murder

By Tim Sullivan, Amy Forliti, Associated Press

The police officer who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe, was arrested Friday and charged with murder in a case…

WATCH: 'We are a country with an open wound,' Biden says about protests following the killing of George Floyd

By Will Weissert, Associated Press

Former Vice President and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will deliver remarks about the death of George Floyd in police custody, which spurred ongoing protests in Minneapolis.

WATCH: U.S. cuts World Health Organization ties over virus response

By Ben Fox, Associated Press

He said the WHO failed to adequately respond to the coronavirus because China has "total control" over the global organization.

Twitter adds 'glorifying violence' warning to Trump tweet

By Associated Press

Twitter has added a warning to one of President Donald Trump’s tweets about protests in Minneapolis. The company says the tweet violated the platform’s rules about glorifying violence.

NSA says Russian agents have been hacking major email program

By Frank Bajak, Associated Press

The U.S. National Security Agency says the same Russian military hacking group that interfered in the 2016 presidential election and unleashed a devastating 2017 malware attack has been exploiting a major email server program since last August or earlier.

Trump ally Stone won't need to go to prison quarantine site

By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

Longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone will start his prison sentence without needing to comply with a Bureau of Prisons directive that newly-sentenced inmates be sent to a quarantine site.

Obama's VP pick was a clear choice. Biden's won't be

By Daniel Bush

Joe Biden's promise earlier this year that he would choose a woman as his running mate narrowed the field of potential vice presidential candidates. But there is still no consensus in Democratic circles about who Biden should pick.