JULY 16, 2020
FILE PHOTO: The Twitter logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the NYSE. Reuters/Brendan McDermid
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is leading a federal inquiry into the Twitter hacking, two sources familiar with the situation said, after hackers seized control of accounts belonging to Joe Biden, Kim Kardashian and others in...
JULY 16, 2020
This combination photo shows the cover of “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man” and a portrait of author Mary L. Trump.- AP
Mary L. Trump, President’s Trump’s niece, said that watching the country’s leadership devolve into “a macro version of my incredibly dysfunctional family” was one of the factors that...
JULY 16, 2020
An envelope containing a 2020 Census letter. - Matt Rourke/AP
The Census Bureau is facing mounting criticism over the Trump administration’s addition of two political appointees last month to its senior staff even as it scrambles to complete the decennial census in the midst of a pandemic.
In letters this week to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Senate and House...
JULY 16, 2020
Joe Biden speaking in Wilmington, Del., this week. - Kriston Jae Bethel/NY Times
With Joe Biden claiming almost a double-digit lead in national polls, one question still seems to loom over the race: Can we trust the polls after 2016?
It’s a good question. But for now, it’s not as important as you might guess. If the election were...
JULY 16, 2020
Republican Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan criticized the President Trump in a Washington Post op-ed Thursday, describing how the administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic was inadequate and did not provide testing resources, prompting the state to outsource COVID-19 tests from South Korea.
"Eventually, it was clear that waiting around for the president to run the nation's response was...
JULY 16, 2020
Senate HELP Committee Holds Hearing On Safely Going Back To Work And School During Pandemic. - Al Drago / Getty Images
In response to the multiple attacks on his credibility he's recently faced from the White House, Dr. Anthony Fauci said in an interview published Wednesday that he doesn't like "to be pitted against the president."
"I don't like...
JULY 15, 2020
Four states have reportedly signed agreements with the Trump administration and will provide the U.S. Census Bureau with information from state driver's license rolls in an effort to help the federal government accurately count who's a citizen.
NPR reported that South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa and South Carolina have all signed agreements with the federal government in recent months...
JULY 15, 2020
When you ask me whether I listen to his advice, my answer is only with skepticism and caution: Opposing view
Peter Navarro, an assistant to the president, is the director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy. - Saul Leob / AFP via Getty Images
Dr. Anthony Fauci has a good bedside manner with the public, but he...
JULY 15, 2020
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., bump elbows as they attend a lunch with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 12. - Susan Walsh, AP House
WASHINGTON, D.C. – If you were hoping for another stimulus check from the federal government, you might be in luck.
Well, some...
JULY 15, 2020
The UK must suffer a "public and painful' retaliation for its decision to ban Huawei from its 5G network, Chinese state media said on Wednesday.
A spokeswoman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said the UK's decision would "come at a cost" to Britain, while describing the country as "America's dupe."
Boris Johnson's government has repeatedly clashed...
