Oct 20 Judge temporarily lifts narrow gag order on Trump in 2020 election interference case By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said the gag order would remain on hold — for now — while she considers Trump's bid to speak freely about the case while he challenges the restrictions in higher courts. Continue reading
Oct 20 Supreme Court keeps a Missouri law on hold that bars police from enforcing federal gun laws By Associated Press The 2019 law was ruled unconstitutional by a district judge but allowed to remain in effect. A federal appeals court then blocked enforcement while the state appeals the district court ruling. Continue reading
Oct 20 Pence faces a cash shortage and questions about how much longer his 2024 campaign can survive By Jill Colvin, Associated Press Pence has failed to gain traction in a race that has been dominated by his former boss-turned-rival, Donald Trump, polling in the low single digits. Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch 3:57 The next steps for House Republicans after dropping Jim Jordan as speaker nominee By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura, Matt Loffman At the Capitol, Republican Jim Jordan is out in the race for speaker of the House. GOP lawmakers voted behind closed doors to dismiss him as their nominee after he again failed to win the job on the House floor. Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch 4:02 News Wrap: Judge fines Trump for violating gag order in New York civil fraud trial In our news wrap Friday, a judge in New York fined former President Trump $5,000 for violating a gag order in his civil fraud trial, another co-defendant of Trump pleaded guilty in the Georgia election interference case and a court… Continue watching
Oct 20 Violent threats across the country disrupt Muslim groups raising support for Palestinians By Matthew Barakat, Associated Press A national Muslim civil rights group is moving its annual banquet out of a Virginia hotel it says received bomb and death threats. Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch 9:53 Brooks and Capehart on the GOP struggle to elect a House speaker and Biden's aid request New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the search for a new speaker of the House and President Biden's plea for national security funding. Continue watching
Oct 20 WATCH: Head of auto workers union says strikes will continue in push to gain better offers from companies By Tom Krisher, Associated Press In a statement, GM said it made an offer on Friday with substantial movement in all key areas in an effort to end a 5-week-old strike. Continue reading
Oct 20 WATCH: Amna Nawaz discusses importance of global free press By Amna Nawaz Amna Nawaz joins a panel of journalists and academics to discuss the importance of protecting free speech around the world. Continue reading
Oct 20 U.S. warns of Russian efforts to sow doubt over upcoming elections around the globe By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press Encouraged by its success amplifying doubts about election procedures like mail balloting used in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Russian intelligence is trying to do the same in several other countries, according to U.S. intelligence. Continue reading