Jul 15 Biden cancer nonprofit suspends operations indefinitely By Stephan Braun Biden, who on Monday was detailing his health care plan , headed the Obama administration effort to accelerate a cancer cure in tribute to his son Beau, who died of the disease in 2015. Continue reading
Jul 15 House to vote on resolution condemning Trump’s tweets By Associated Press House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said President Donald Trump "went beyond his own low standards using disgraceful language about members of Congress" and said his xenophobic and "disgusting" comments cannot stand without rebuttal. Continue reading
Jul 15 Biden aggressively defends the Affordable Care Act By Bill Barrow, Associated Press The former vice president will spend much of the coming week talking about his approach to health care, including his plan that would add a "public option" to the 2010 health care overhaul. Continue reading
Jul 14 Watch 6:38 Threat of immigration raids incites fears across U.S. By PBS NewsHour The Trump administration said Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids would begin Sunday in cities across the country, targeting undocumented immigrants who have received deportation orders. Immigrants and activists were prepared, but by the afternoon, there were no signs of a… Continue watching
Jul 14 Watch 5:52 What Milwaukee means for Democrats in 2020 presidential race By PBS NewsHour Wisconsin was one of several battleground states in 2016 that helped Donald Trump capture the White House. Next July, the city of Milwaukee will host the 2020 Democratic National Convention to select the party's next presidential candidate. Hari Sreenivasan sat… Continue watching
Jul 14 Churches jump into action with threat of immigration sweeps By Sophia Tareen, Associated Press Religious leaders across the country used their pulpits Sunday to quell concerns in immigrant communities and spring into action as nationwide immigration enforcement sweeps loomed. Continue reading
Jul 14 Trump defends border detention camps By Associated Press President Donald Trump on Sunday defended conditions at the border detention facilities visited by his vice president, painting a rosier picture than Mike Pence encountered. Continue reading
Jul 14 Leave the US, Trump tells liberal Democratic congresswomen By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Sunday assailed a group of Democratic congresswomen of color as foreign-born troublemakers who should go back to the “broken and crime infested places from which they came,” ignoring the fact that the women are… Continue reading
Jul 13 EU supports Iraq-proposed conference on US-Iran tensions By Associated Press The European Union supports an Iraqi proposal to hold a regional conference amid rising tensions between the United States and Iran, the group's foreign policy chief said Saturday. Continue reading
Jul 13 New election systems use vulnerable software By Tami Abdollah, Associated Press An Associated Press analysis has found that the vast majority of 10,000 election jurisdictions nationwide use Windows 7 or an older operating system to create ballots, program voting machines, tally votes and report counts. Continue reading