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...
SEPTEMBER 6, 2020
Louis DeJoy, then-chief executive of New Breed Logistics, visits the company's Greensboro, N.C., warehouse in December 2004. - Kim Walker/Greensboro News & Record
Louis DeJoy’s prolific campaign fundraising, which helped position him as a top Republican power broker in North Carolina and ultimately as head of the U.S. Postal Service, was bolstered for more than a decade by...
SEPTEMBER 6, 2020
Employees walk on May 20 in a passage at the headquarters of Russia's biotech company BIOCAD, which has been working on a vaccine against the coronavirus. - Olga Maltseva/AFP/Getty Images
Vladimir Putin announced the approval of Russia's Sputnik-V coronavirus vaccine on August 11 amid much fanfare, saying it works "quite effectively" in forming a stable immunity.
How would he...
SEPTEMBER 6, 2020
U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) accepts the Democratic vice presidential nomination during an acceptance speech delivered for the largely virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention from the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., August 19, 2020. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris slammed President Trump and Attorney General William Barr for denying that institutional...
SEPTEMBER 6, 2020
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before a House Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on July 31, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images)
Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday that he's not sure what President Donald Trump meant when he said earlier that evening...
SEPTEMBER 6, 2020
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Sunday President Trump is using "fright and fear" in efforts to discredit the integrity of the upcoming election in the eyes of voters.
MSNBC's María Teresa Kumar asked Pelosi about Trump's efforts to "stall the election."
"He's encouraging the voters to vote twice. He's making sure that the intelligence - you don't get the...
SEPTEMBER 6, 2020
An early taste of winter with record cold temperatures and snow -- yes, snow -- is on the way for the Rocky Mountains.
A strong September cold front is set to drop out of Canada in the beginning of the week, making its presence known from the Dakotas all the way down to Texas by Wednesday.
This will bring...
