Feb 06 Census Bureau plans to use survey with a citizenship question in its test for 2030, alarming experts By Mike Schneider, Associated Press This decision follows the Trump administration's failed attempt to add such a question to the 2020 census. Continue reading
Feb 06 Trump's racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash despite White House earlier defending it By Bill Barrow, Josh Boak, Associated Press The Republican president’s Thursday night post was deleted Friday and blamed on a staffer after widespread backlash, from civil rights leaders to veteran Republican senators, for its treatment of the nation’s first Black president and first lady. Continue reading
Feb 05 U.S. and Russia agree to reestablish military dialogue after Ukraine talks By Kamila Hrabchuk, Emma Burrows, Associated Press It was another sign of warming relations between the two countries since President Donald Trump returned to office and sought to end the war in Ukraine. Continue reading
Feb 05 Russia says it regrets expiration of last nuclear arms treaty, but Trump says he wants a new pact By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin last year declared his readiness to stick to the treaty’s limits for another year if Washington followed suit, but President Donald Trump has ignored the offer and argued that he wants China to be a part… Continue reading
Feb 05 WATCH: Trump says he will revoke church tax exempt status if leaders 'say something bad about' him By Steff Staples President Donald Trump on Thursday falsely claimed he had eliminated a provision of the U.S. tax code that bans 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, including churches, from endorsing or opposing political candidates. Continue reading
Feb 05 WATCH: Trump says Gabbard joined FBI search at Fulton County election center at Bondi's 'insistence' By Associated Press President Donald Trump offered a shifting explanation for the presence of Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, at an FBI search last week of the main elections hub in Fulton County, Georgia. Continue reading
Feb 05 WATCH: Trump launches TrumpRx prescription drug site By Ali Swenson, Associated Press The Trump administration on Thursday launched TrumpRx, a website it says will help patients buy prescription drugs directly at a discounted rate at a time when health care and the cost of living are growing concerns for Americans. Continue reading
Feb 05 Democratic governors blast Trump's call to 'nationalize' elections By Associated Press Democratic governors released a joint statement on Thursday saying that Americans should have the right to vote "without interference from the federal government."… Continue reading
Feb 05 WATCH: Trump 'wants to see' if an Iran deal can be made but is ready for other options, Leavitt says at White House briefing By Associated Press President Donald Trump is looking to strike a deal with Tehran in which Iran has “zero nuclear capability,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on the eve of high-level U.S.-Iran talks in Muscat, Oman. Continue reading
Feb 05 WATCH: Trump calls GOP Rep. Massie, who fought for Epstein files release, a 'moron' By Associated Press Massie, a libertarian-leaning representative, has drawn the president’s ire for saying he lacked the authority to attack Iran’s nuclear sites without congressional approval, voting against Trump’s massive tax and spending cuts bill and fighting for the release of the Jeffrey… Continue reading