AUGUST 20, 2020
Senator from California and Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her husband Douglas Emhoff stand on stage socially distanced from Former vice-president and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his wife Former Second Lady of the United States doctor Jill Biden at the end of the third day of the Democratic National Convention, being held...
AUGUST 20, 2020
The Flint Water Plant tower stands in Flint, Michigan, U.S., on April 13, 2020. On Monday, Covid-19 cases reached 25,635 in Michigan, according to data from the state health department. Photographer: Emily Elconin/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The state of Michigan and other defendants have reached a $600 million settlement in the Flint water crisis lawsuit that...
AUGUST 19, 2020
Former President Obama issued a strong rebuke of President Trump's time in office, characterizing him as a divisive figure who has "no interest" in helping anyone but himself.
Speaking on the third night of the Democratic National Convention, Obama said he waited for Trump to show "some interest in taking the job seriously" - adding that his Republican...
AUGUST 19, 2020
In this image from video, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks as Kerry Washington, serving as moderator, listens during the third night of the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. (Democratic National Convention via AP)
Hillary Clinton blamed President Trump on Wednesday for the devastation that the United States has suffered in the coronavirus pandemic...
AUGUST 19, 2020
It has become a common phenomenon in the digital age: undiscovered talent finds fame online. But this tech-centric, rags-to-riches story isn't quite the same, because Gangavva Milkuri is not your typical YouTube star.
The grandmother of eight -- who doesn't know her real age, because there's no record of her birth -- hails from the small village of...
AUGUST 19, 2020
Some homes in the Cano Martin Pena communities in San Juan, Puerto Rico still lack permanent roofs, as seen on Aug. 24, 2018, a year after Hurricane Maria. - Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/TNS
MIAMI — A former top Trump administration official at the Department of Homeland Security confirmed Wednesday reports from last year that President Donald Trump sought...
AUGUST 19, 2020
The Facebook Inc. application is displayed for a photograph on an Apple Inc. iPhone in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 21, 2018. - Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
Facebook on Wednesday said it would crack down on the QAnon conspiracy theory but stopped short of an outright ban on activity related to the online movement, whose adherents contend President Trump...
AUGUST 19, 2020
Donald Trump's former presidential campaign manager, Paul Manafort, with President Donald Trump on July 21, 2016 during sound checks for the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. - Mark Reinstein/Zuma Press/TNS
A major reason Donald Trump doesn’t deserve reelection: The suspected original sin of this presidency — cheating to win with Russian collusion — has mostly proven true.
So...
AUGUST 19, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump on Wednesday praised the supporters of QAnon, a convoluted, pro-Trump conspiracy theory, and suggested he appreciates their support of his candidacy.
Speaking during a press conference at the White House, Trump...
AUGUST 19, 2020
Democratic National Committee Chairman Perez speaks at Northam's election night rally in Fairfax. - Aaron Bernstein / REUTERS
As Democrats gear up for the finale of the Democratic National Convention, party leaders are accusing President Trump and his handpicked Postmaster General Louis DeJoy of making changes to the U.S. Postal Service to hinder voting access.
DeJoy is due...
