Jul 19 Democrats divided on how to beat Trump in 2020 as race debate takes center stage By Steve Peoples, Errin Haines Whack, Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press Trump's escalating exploitation of racism puts the rawest divide in American life squarely on the ballot in 2020. Continue reading
Jul 19 The next presidential debate will feature a Biden-Harris rematch By Bill Barrow, Associated Press Here is the rest of the line-up for the next Democratic presidential debate, hosted by CNN on July 30 and July 31. Continue reading
Jul 19 Trump selects Justice Scalia’s son as labor secretary By Jill Colvin, Associated Press Eugene Scalia would replace the previous secretary, Alexander Acosta, who resigned amid renewed criticism of his handling of a 2008 secret plea deal with wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading
Jul 18 Watch 10:15 Former Sen. Jeff Flake on why Republicans aren’t disavowing Trump’s ‘awful’ words It's been a tumultuous week in Washington, amid fallout from President Trump’s racist attacks on four members of Congress, all women of color. On Thursday, Trump held a rally in North Carolina, where his words -- and the crowd’s --… Continue watching
Jul 18 Warren and Sanders are banking on small donors. Will it pay off? By Jessica Yarvin Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are not attending high-dollar fundraisers, a strategy aimed at winning over the party’s progressive base. Continue reading
Jul 18 What Americans think of Trump’s ‘go back’ to your country tweets By Laura Santhanam, Gretchen Frazee In conversations with people across the nation, the PBS NewsHour found a complicated picture of how the president’s words have affected voters. Continue reading
Jul 18 Trump administration to review Pentagon’s multibillion-dollar computer contract By Associated Press President Trump said that he's been hearing "tremendous complaints" from other companies that the computer contract was not competitively bid, among other issues. Continue reading
Jul 18 Trump says U.S. warship destroyed Iranian drone By Associated Press President Donald Trump says the USS Boxer took defensive action after the drone closed to within 1,000 yards of the warship and ignored multiple calls to stand down. Continue reading
Jul 18 Clergy offer support to those vulnerable to immigration raids By David Crary, Hannah Grabenstein, Associated Press The mere prospect of immigration raids has prompted legions of pastors, rabbis and their congregations across the United States stand ready to help vulnerable immigrants. Continue reading
Jul 18 Trump knew about efforts to quash stories of alleged affairs, court records show By Jim Mustian, Associated Press President Trump initially insisted he was unaware of the hush money payments that his former attorney, Michael Cohen, orchestrated to women who claimed they had affairs with Trump. Trump denies the allegations. Continue reading