Recovery slowed in September as economy added 661,000 jobs and unemployment dipped to 7.9%
The economy added 661,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 7.9% in September, the Labor Department reported on Friday, as hiring rates have slowed.
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John Brennan overruled CIA officers who disputed confidence in intelligence on Putin’s 2016 motivations
Former CIA Director John Brennan revealed he overruled two CIA officers who disagreed with him during the creation of the Intelligence Community Assessment of 2017 about his high level of confidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin interfered in 2016’s presidential election with the specific goal of helping elect then-candidate Donald Trump.
Michigan Supreme Court strikes down Whitmer’s coronavirus emergency orders
Michigan’s Supreme Court on Friday struck down Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s orders to extend a coronavirus-related state of emergency past April 30 without legislative approval.
Atheists sue Alabama over ‘so help me God’ voter registration oath
The Freedom From Religion Foundation filed a lawsuit against Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill claiming that the state’s voter registration form is unconstitutional because it includes an oath that says “so help me God.”
Trump to name Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton to court oversight committee
President Trump will nominate conservative activist and Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton to a key court oversight agency in Washington, D.C., the White House announced this week.
U.S. President Trump In Hospital With Coronavirus Symptoms
U.S. President Donald Trump arrived at a famed military hospital Friday after confirming that he and First Lady Melania Trump had tested positive for the coronavirus.
Trump signs stopgap spending bill, averting federal shutdown
President Donald Trump signed a stopgap spending bill on Thursday to keep the government running until the middle of December, sidestepping a looming federal shutdown at the last minute.
Satanists Pitch Abortion as a Satanic ‘Ritual’ to Bypass Laws, Now Their Case Is Heading to Court
The Satanic Temple (TST) announced Wednesday it has sued an advertising company because it refused to display some billboards promoting a ritual offered by the group to help people bypass abortion rules in some states.
Hundreds of earthquakes continue to rattle Southern California, USGS says
Swarms of earthquakes continue to rattle the Salton Sea area in Southern California, with more than a dozen sizable quakes since midnight, the U.S. Geological Survey reported Thursday.
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.
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.