US formally withdraws from Open Skies Treaty that bolstered European security
The US on Sunday formally exited the decades-old Open Skies Treaty, some six months after President Donald Trump first announced the decision,…
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Nevada judge denies request to halt state certification of election results
A Nevada district judge on Friday denied a request brought by a conservative activist to halt the certification next week of the state’s…
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Trump tweets about election results and skips session on pandemic during G20
President Donald Trump participated in his final Group of 20 summit on Saturday by tweeting throughout the opening session and skipping a special…
Continue Reading Scranton, Pennsylvania, honors famous ‘scrappy kid’ turned President-elect
As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to move into the White House, his hometown honored him Friday just steps from his childhood home. “This…
Continue Reading What to know about Monday’s Michigan State Board meeting to certify election results
Certification is usually a formality, but President Donald Trump is trying to block or delay the process in key states as part of a long-shot effort…
Continue Reading Georgia’s pro-Trump election chief is now considered a pariah inside the GOP
On Friday morning, just hours before his office helped certify that Joe Biden won the state’s 16 electoral votes, Georgia Secretary of State…
Continue Reading Biden’s margin of victory over Trump surpasses 6 million votes
President-elect Joe Biden’s margin of victory over President Donald Trump surpassed 6 million votes on Friday, as ballots continue to be…
Continue Reading Black women helped push Democrats to the finish line in Georgia. Here’s how they can do it again
As the nation eyes Georgia with its pair of upcoming US Senate runoffs, a victory for Democrats could hinge on the same Black women who helped flip…
Continue Reading Wisconsin GOP election commissioner praised right-wing provocateur who promoted voter fraud conspiracies
A Republican member of the Wisconsin Election Commission posted a tweet Thursday praising a well-known conspiracy theorist who has spread false…
Continue Reading CITGO 6 begin fourth year in detention in Venezuela as families prepare to spend another holiday without them
Just before Thanksgiving 2017, a group of six US oil executives were summoned to Venezuela for an emergency work meeting, where they were arrested on…
Continue Reading 12 million Americans could lose crucial unemployment benefits just after Christmas
With special pandemic unemployment benefits set to expire in the next few weeks, opera singer Brian Montgomery is making plans to leave the country.…
Continue Reading Donald Trump Jr. tests positive for coronavirus
Donald Trump Jr., President Donald Trump’s eldest son, has tested positive for the coronavirus, a personal spokesman told CNN on Friday.…
Continue Reading Georgia’s GOP governor and secretary of state certify Biden win, quashing Trump’s longshot attempt to overturn results
Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Friday signed the paperwork that officially grants the state’s 16 electoral votes to President-elect Joe…
Continue Reading After White House meeting, Michigan lawmakers to honor state’s election process in blow to Trump
WASHINGTON, DC — Members of the Michigan state legislature’s Republican leadership who met with President Donald Trump at the White House…
Continue Reading Trump unveils controversial drug price rules in a last-ditch attempt to fulfill campaign promise
President Donald Trump unveiled two controversial rules on Friday aimed at reducing drug prices — a last-ditch effort to fulfill a key 2016…
Continue Reading The week in 16 headlines
As Trump has remained hunkered down in the White House, the Biden transition team is pushing forward, announcing new White House hires and plans to…
Continue Reading Fact checking McEnany’s first White House press briefing since Trump’s election loss
In her first press briefing since October 1, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany repeated several old falsehoods around voting, the…
Continue Reading Trump digs deeper into debunked conspiracy theories instead of embracing reality
At first, President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede an election he clearly lost appeared to many of his allies a temporary stage of grief.…
Continue Reading Biden transition making fundraising push as Trump administration blocks funding
President-elect Joe Biden’s team is making a fundraising push for its transition operations as the General Services Administration has yet to…
Continue Reading Christmas traditions continue at the White House while transition stalls
There is not much in the way of activity at the White House, as Thursday marked the 12th day out of 16 since the election with nothing on President…
Continue Reading Ben Carson says he was ‘desperately ill’ from Covid but is now ‘out of the woods’
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said Friday he became “desperately ill” from Covid-19, but now believes he is…
Continue Reading Trump campaign fundraises off of Giuliani news conference and uses photo of Trump in hospital
The Trump campaign sent out another fundraising email to supporters on Friday, signed by President Donald Trump, praising his attorney Rudy…
Continue Reading Pentagon to announce new restrictions for building workforce amid Covid-19 surge
The Defense Department will increase its coronavirus prevention efforts and restrictions for the workforce inside the Pentagon beginning next week, a…
Continue Reading Senior GOP lawmakers grow anxious over Trump’s effort to overturn election results
A growing number of veteran GOP lawmakers are pushing back on President Donald Trump’s tactics to overturn election results showing he lost the…
Continue Reading Supreme Court agrees to delay arguments in Democratic lawsuit over Mueller documents
The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to postpone oral arguments in a case concerning grand jury material redacted from former special counsel Robert…
Continue Reading Pompeo seen as auditioning for 2024 on Israel trip while he organizes at home
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s groundbreaking trip to a West Bank settlement Thursday was meant to highlight the Trump administration’s…
Continue Reading Florida Republican senator says he has Covid-19
Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida said in a statement Friday morning he has tested positive with Covid-19, adding to the number of lawmakers in…
Continue Reading Biden taps several long-time aides for White House roles
President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Louisa Terrell, a long-time aide and Capitol Hill veteran, as his director of legislative affairs — a role…
Continue Reading Fact-checking Giuliani and the Trump legal team’s wild, fact-free press conference
In a wild, tangent-filled and often contentious press briefing led by President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, the Trump…
Continue Reading Mitt Romney calls Trump’s attempt to overturn Michigan election ‘undemocratic’
Two prominent Republican senators on Thursday ripped President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the results of the presidential election in…
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