Sep 20 Watch 5:36 For Illinois voters, COVID-19 and recession are top of mind By PBS NewsHour This November, Illinois will be going to the polls for the presidential, Senate and other local races, resulting in several competing ideologies on both sides of the political divide. At the national level, urban voters, especially in Chicago support Biden… Continue watching
Sep 20 Analysis: U.S. to hit 200,000 dead; Trump sees no need for regret By Associated Press As the coronavirus pandemic began bearing down on the United States in March, President Donald Trump set out his expectations. If the U.S. could keep the death toll between 100,000 to 200,000 people, Trump said, it would indicate that his administration had… Continue reading
Sep 20 Trump promises to replace Ginsburg with a woman – and soon By Jonathan Lemire, Lisa Mascaro, Steve Peoples, Associated Press President Donald Trump is promising to put forth a female nominee in the coming week to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, pushing the Republican-controlled Senate to consider the pick without delay. Continue reading
Sep 19 AP source: Envelope addressed to White House contained ricin By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press Federal officials intercepted an envelope addressed to the White House that contained the poison ricin, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Saturday. Continue reading
Sep 19 Trump’s list of possible Supreme Court nominees By Associated Press Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death Friday, just six weeks before Election Day, is expected to unleash a pitched battle over whether President Donald Trump should nominate — and the Republican-led Senate should confirm — her successor, or whether the seat… Continue reading
Sep 19 AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s virus revisionism; Biden on the hoax By Hope Yen, Associated Press After months of mass death and sickness, what could possibly count as a success story against the pandemic? President Donald Trump would have you believe Americans are already living that success story, even as the death toll approaches 200,000 and infections spread… Continue reading
Sep 19 Trump to Senate: Vote ‘without delay’ on his high court pick By Lisa Mascaro, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press President Donald Trump on Saturday urged the Republican-run Senate to consider “without delay” his upcoming nomination to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg just six weeks before the election. Continue reading
Sep 19 Can Trump replace Ginsburg on the Supreme Court before the election? By Lisa Desjardins Into a year of unprecedented crisis and divide, the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg adds more political drama, and a core question: Will President Trump be able to seat a new justice on the Supreme Court, potentially… Continue reading
Sep 18 Trump calls the late Ginsburg ‘an amazing woman’ By Associated Press Ginsburg died Friday of complications from cancer at the age of 87. The news of her death broke shortly after Trump began to address a campaign rally in Minnesota. Continue reading
Sep 18 Watch 3:39 Biden, Trump campaign in Minnesota as its early voting period begins By Lisa Desjardins The presidential campaign spotlight is on Minnesota Friday, with both Joe Biden and President Trump visiting a state that has become a new battleground -- and is one of the first in the country to begin early voting. Minneapolis officials… Continue watching