Jul 23 Watch 9:52 What virtual campaigning means for Trump and Biden Both President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden have set records with their 2020 campaign fundraising. But the pandemic has drastically altered how that money is spent, with events moving from in-person to online. Guy Cecil, political director for… Continue watching
Jul 23 WATCH: Trump calls off GOP National Convention in Florida, citing coronavirus By Associated Press Trump's formal renomination will still go forward in North Carolina, where a small subset of GOP delegates will still gather in Charlotte, North Carolina, for just four hours on Aug. 24. Florida was to have hosted four nights of programming… Continue reading
Jul 22 WATCH: House approves repeal of Trump travel ban decried as anti-Muslim By Elana Schor, Associated Press It is unlikely to advance in the Republican-controlled Senate, where it has no GOP support, but House passage still elated advocates who had long pushed for formal action against a travel ban that they see as discriminatory. Continue reading
Jul 22 Watch 4:59 What's at stake with political and pandemic challenges for 2020 census On Tuesday, President Trump signed a memo aiming to bar undocumented immigrants from being included in the census count that determines how many members of Congress are allocated to each state. The census is conducted once in a decade, but… Continue watching
Jul 22 WATCH: Trump announces $5 billion more for nursing homes By Associated Press Nursing homes have borne a disproportionate share of the death toll in the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading
Jul 22 WATCH: Trump deploys federal officers to Chicago, Albuquerque By Colleen Long, Jill Colvin, Associated Press With less than four months until Election Day, Trump has been serving up dire warnings that the violence would worsen if his Democratic rival Joe Biden is elected in November. Continue reading
Jul 22 Trump will face court challenge to order excluding unauthorized immigrants from U.S. Census By Mike Schneider, Associated Press Civil rights groups on Wednesday gave notice in court of their intent to squelch an effort by President Donald Trump to bar people in the U.S. illegally from being included in the head count as congressional districts are redrawn. Continue reading
Jul 22 WATCH: Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds hearing on competition with China By Ken Moritsugu, Matthew Lee, Associated Press The United States has ordered China to close its consulate in Houston in the latest escalation of tensions between the world's largest economies. Continue reading
Jul 22 AP exclusive: Trump administration holds migrant children in U.S. hotels, then expels them By Associated Press The Trump administration is detaining immigrant children as young as 1 in hotels, sometimes for weeks, before deporting them to their home countries under policies that have effectively shut down the nation’s asylum system. Continue reading
Jul 21 Watch 8:50 Congress resumes pandemic relief deliberations, but Republicans remain divided Coronavirus infections and deaths are still climbing in much of the nation, and Florida has become the new national epicenter. With Congress back in session after recess, continuing COVID-19 increases are fueling urgent negotiations on an economic rescue package. But… Continue watching