Schumer on D.C. and Puerto Rico: ‘Would Love to Make Them States’
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Democrats are “using all the tactics we can” to slow down the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.
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Updated CDC Data Show 2nd COVID Death Peak Was Week That Ended August 1
As more death certificates are tabulated by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, it now appears that the COVID death toll ticked up, not down, in the week that ended on August 1, by the very smallest of margins.
Federal Government Threatens to Cut Off Funds to Cities that Fail to Quell Violent Protests
As cities and states fail to quell the violence, the federal government is stepping in. Not with more boots on the ground, but by threatening to withhold money to those cities.
Senate passes stopgap bill to avoid government shutdown
The Senate passed a spending bill that temporarily averts a government shutdown.
U.S. President Trump and Rival Biden Meet In Harshest Debate In Years
Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden were in a verbal war as they debated issues ranging from Trump’s leadership on the coronavirus outbreak to deadly riots, job losses, and how the Supreme Court will impact the nation’s future.
Trump and Biden trade blows in acrimonious, starkly personal, and chaotic first debate
President Trump and 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden sniped and snarled repeatedly during their first debate, a meeting that was supposed to offer voters a clear contrast in policy and temperament but more often provided a stage for the two candidates to vent personal grievances.
U.S. intelligence reports warn of extremist threat around election
U.S. security officials are warning that violent domestic extremists pose a threat to the presidential election next month, amid what one official called a “witch’s brew” of rising political tensions, civil unrest and foreign disinformation campaigns.
First U.S. Presidential Debate as Nation Faces Turmoil
The first debate between President Donald J. Trump and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. was underway Tuesday as the nation struggles to overcome a pandemic and social and political unrest.
U.S. intel referred Clinton campaign to FBI, alleging it concocted Russia collusion story
U.S. intelligence developed evidence from Russia in summer 2016 that Hillary Clinton had personally approved a plan to concoct the Russia collusion narrative in an effort to harm Donald Trump and distract from her email scandal, according to an explosive document made public Tuesday by the Director of National Intelligence.
Elections Attorney: November 3 vote count likely to be contested in several states
An election attorney who testified in the 2000 Supreme Court case of Bush v. Gore believes litigation over the November 3 presidential election could be long and drawn out in swing states or states with divided governments, the Washington Examiner reports.
US officials say former CIA director Brennan doctored 2016 intelligence to advance Trump-Russia “collusion” narrative
After learning that career analysts disputed there was Trump-Russia “collusion” in the run-up to the 2016 election, CIA Director John Brennan personally edited the intelligence report on Russian interference in the election in order to continue justifying the ongoing “collusion” probe, RealClearInvestigations (RCI) reported Thursday.
Project Veritas claims ballot-harvest operation underway in Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s District
Project Veritas, headed up by video guerrilla James O’Keefe, has released another sting – and this one’s a doozy.
Military Suicides Up as Much as 20% in COVID Era
Military suicides have increased by as much as 20% this year compared to the same period in 2019, and some incidents of violent behavior have spiked as service members struggle under COVID-19, war-zone deployments, national disasters, and civil unrest.
US Supreme Court Nominee Mindful Of Controversy
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett a devoted conservative Catholic, said Saturday she would be “mindful of who came before me.”
U.S. President Trump Nominates Judge Barrett to Supreme Court
U.S. President Donald Trump has nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court in a move expected to be opposed by Democrats.
Prosecutor reviewing Mueller investigation also looking into FBI handling of Clinton Foundation allegations
The prosecutor appointed by the Department of Justice (DoJ) to review the Mueller Russia investigation is also looking into how the FBI dealt with allegations of political corruption at the Clinton Foundation, the Hill reported Thursday. US Attorney John Durham reportedly requested documents and interviews related to the Bureau’s investigation of the non-profit led by former President Bill Clinton and former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, sources told the New York Times.
Two BLM founders say they invoke spirits of the dead
A video now in circulation shows two founders of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement discussing how they call on “spirits” of the dead and of their ancestors, to honor and them and to invoke their help, CNS News reported Tuesday. The discussion took place between BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors and BLM-Los Angeles chapter co-founder Melina Abdullah on June 13.
Steele dossier’s main source was investigated by FBI as ‘threat to national security’
U.S. Attorney John Durham discovered that the primary sub-source for British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s discredited dossier was investigated by the FBI as a possible “threat to national security,” but the bureau never told the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and used the dossier anyway.
Absentee ballots found in a ditch in Wisconsin
Three trays of mail, including absentee ballots, were found in a ditch in Greenville, Wisconsin Tuesday morning, the Washington Examiner reports. Police officers from the Outagamie County Sheriff’s Office found the trays near Appleton International Airport and took the mail to the post office. Wisconsin is a critical battleground state in the 2020 presidential election.
Demonstrators protest Grand Jury failure to indict officers for fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor
Demonstrators took to the streets in cities across the USA Wednesday night to protest a grand jury’s decision not to indict any police officers for the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor on March 13 this year.