AUGUST 20, 2020
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE - AUGUST 20: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks on the fourth night of the Democratic National Convention from the Chase Center on August 20, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. The convention, which was once expected to draw 50,000 people to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is now taking place virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Win...
AUGUST 20, 2020
n her vice presidential acceptance speech Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention, Sen. Kamala Harris of California acknowledged her husband, her children, her sister, her nieces, her godchildren, her uncles and her "chitthis." And it's her use of the Tamil word for "aunts" that created an emotional stir on social media.
Many praised Harris' use of "chitthi,"...
AUGUST 20, 2020
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo participates in a press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House January 10, 2020 in Washington, DC. Secretary Pompeo and Secretary Mnuchin held the press briefing to discuss the new sanctions against Iranian officials. - Alex Wong/Getty Images
The Trump administration was left isolated on...
AUGUST 20, 2020
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 06: Steve Bannon speaks during a Taskforce session at 2019 New York Times Dealbook on November 06, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Cohen/Getty Images for The New York Times)
Two months ago, Attorney General William P. Barr launched a hasty, questionable and haphazard effort to get rid of...
AUGUST 20, 2020
BERLIN, GERMANY - An ambulance aircraft with a team specialized in treating coma patients is due to leave Germany to pick up stricken Russian dissident Alexei Navalny on Thursday evening, the Berlin-based Cinema for Peace Foundation said.
Navalny was taken ill earlier on Thursday with suspected poisoning and is currently in a coma in a hospital in the...
AUGUST 20, 2020
The number of new U.S. coronavirus cases edged up to more than 46,000, while countries including India and South Korea faced a rise in new infections.
Total U.S. coronavirus cases passed 5.5 million—just under a quarter of the global tally—as the nation’s death toll topped 173,000, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Johns Hopkins’s data showed California...
AUGUST 20, 2020
US President Donald Trump is fighting a subpoena to turn his financial records over to a grand jury in New York. - Brendan Smialowski
A US federal judge rejected on Thursday President Donald Trump's effort to block the release of his financial records subpoenaed by a New York grand jury in a case focused on hush money...
AUGUST 20, 2020
A mailbox stands in Fox Point, Wis., on Aug. 18, 2020. Facing public pressure and state lawsuits, the Postmaster general announced Tuesday he is halting some operational changes until after the November election. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
This week, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy pulled back on a host of cost-saving measures at the U.S. Postal Service after a...
AUGUST 20, 2020
American Airlines is trimming its route network with government assistance from the CARES Act set to expire October 1. - Thomas Pallini/Business Insider
American Airlines says it's suspending service to 15 cities across the US on October 7 as federal assistance through the CARES Act is scheduled to expire.
Secondary cities across the airline's route...
AUGUST 20, 2020
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon departs after testifying in the criminal trial of Roger Stone, an associate of President Trump. - James Lawler Duggan/Reuters
Federal prosecutors in New York on Thursday unsealed criminal charges against Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump’s former chief strategist, and three other men they alleged defrauded hundreds of thousands of donors using...
