Jul 09 CDC will not rewrite guidelines for reopening schools despite criticism from Trump By Carole Feldman, Associated Press Dr. Robert Redfield, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says the agency will issue “additional reference documents” to facilitate reopening schools. Continue reading
Jul 09 Supreme Court rules Manhattan DA can obtain Trump taxes By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a prosecutor's demand for President Donald Trump's tax returns as part of a criminal investigation that includes hush-money payments to women who claim they had affairs with Trump. Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch 13:22 What the U.S. coronavirus response says about American exceptionalism Coronavirus cases in Florida, Arizona and South Carolina are increasing faster than in any other country in the world, reigniting the debate over American exceptionalism. Nick Schifrin talks to former Mexican foreign minister Jorge Castaneda, former Hungarian ambassador to the… Continue watching
Jul 08 U.S., Mexico leaders sign bilateral cooperation agreements By Associated Press Lopez Obrador arrived at the White House after morning stops at the Lincoln Memorial and a statue of Benito Juarez, a former Mexican president and national hero. Continue reading
Jul 08 Supreme Court expected to rule on Trump tax records Thursday By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court is expected to rule Thursday on whether Congress and the Manhattan district attorney can see President Donald Trump's taxes and other financial records that the president has fought hard to keep private. Continue reading
Jul 08 WATCH: White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany holds news briefing By Justin Stabley and Associated Press The briefing is being held on the same day President Donald Trump is hosting Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Washington D.C. Continue reading
Jul 08 Trump threatens to cut federal aid if schools don’t reopen By Collin Binkley, Associated Press He says the guidelines his own federal health officials have created for schools to reopen are impractical and expensive. Continue reading
Jul 08 Vindman retiring from U.S. Army, lawyer accuses Trump of ‘bullying, intimidation and retaliation’ By Jill Colvin, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The statement says Vindman is leaving the Army after more than 21 years after it had been made clear "that his future within the institution he has dutifully served will forever be limited."… Continue reading
Jul 07 Inside the Trump campaign’s strategy for getting Black voters to the polls By Daniel Bush The Trump campaign entered 2020 hoping to boost the president’s support among Black voters. But the campaign’s plans for a more robust approach than the one Trump took four years ago have been complicated by the president’s struggle to respond… Continue reading
Jul 07 Mary Trump’s book offers scathing portrayal of president By Larry Neumeister, Jill Colvin, Associated Press Mary Trump writes that the coronavirus pandemic, the possibility of an economic depression and deepening social divides have brought out the "worst effects" of Trump's "pathologies."… Continue reading