SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
Passengers walks past thermal cameras, that check passenger's body temperatures, at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California on June 23, 2020, after they were added as another layer of protection during the COVID-19 pandemic. - FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images
The Trump administration intends to end coronavirus screenings of passengers arriving to the United States from...
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
Joseph R. Biden Jr. during a campaign event in Detroit focusing on the economy and protecting American jobs. - Amr Alfiky/NY Times
The presidential contest took another acrimonious turn on Thursday as Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s campaign amplified its denunciations of President Trump over revelations that he had knowingly minimized the risks of the coronavirus, and the...
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
Former director of national intelligence Dan Coats. Thomson Reuters
The US's former top intelligence official, Dan Coats, secretly believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin may have blackmail on US President Donald Trump, according to the veteran journalist Bob Woodward's upcoming book.
According to CNN, which obtained an early copy of the book, Woodward wrote...
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
E. Jean Carroll. - Photographer: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images
The U.S. Justice Department is seeking to take over the defense of President Donald Trump in a defamation suit brought by advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, who claims Trump raped her two decades ago.
The move could further delay a suit in which Carroll is demanding potentially damaging evidence...
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
Clinical trials for Oxford's COVID-19 vaccine have been put on hold, drug maker AstraZeneca said Tuesday.
"Our standard review process was triggered and we voluntarily paused vaccination to allow review of safety data by an independent committee," the company said in a statement. "This is a routine action which has to happen whenever there is a potentially unexplained...
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
The UK is preparing legislation which will "break international law in a very specific and limited way," a cabinet minister has said in the House of Commons.
Brandon Lewis, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, made the comment Tuesday in response to a question concerning legislation to be published on Wednesday, which critics fear would alter the...
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
Photo: The headquarters for the U.S. Agency for International Development. - J. David Ake/AP
The U.S. Agency for International Development, which has been on the front lines of the battle with the coronavirus, is about to shut down the task force it set up to tackle the still-ongoing pandemic.
The decision is being met with concerns by some who...
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
Photo: U.S. Gen. James C. McConville, Chief of Staff of the Army, right, arrives for a joint statement with Gen. Daniel Petrescu Chief of Staff of the Romanian Army, left, at the defense ministry. - Vadim Ghirda/AP
The Army's top general defended military leaders on Tuesday after President Donald Trump accused them of going to war to keep...
SEPTEMBER 7, 2020
KENOSHA, Wis. — Demonstrations against police violence have been filled with the chants of victims’ names: George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tamir Rice, Eric Garner. In recent days, a new name — Jacob Blake — has been called out in protests across the country.
In that list, though, Mr. Blake, a Black man who was repeatedly shot in the...
SEPTEMBER 6, 2020
Anita Hill attends the Vanity Fair and Lancome Women In Hollywood Celebration in West Hollywood, California, Feb. 6, 2020. - Lisa O'Connor, AFP via Getty Images
Despite her objections to how then-Sen. Joe Biden's handled her testimony during Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' confirmation hearings nearly 30 years ago, Anita Hill says she is voting for the Democratic nominee.
"Notwithstanding all...
