3 hours agoMcConnell vows quick vote on next justice; Biden says waitThe death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday has cast an immediate spotlight on the vacancy on the high court, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McCon...
3 hours agoTrump shifts on Puerto Rico, releases aid as election nearsPresident Donald Trump has announced the release of $13 billion in assistance to repair the damage in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria three years ago, and has pledged to...
3 hours agoStopgap bill to prevent shutdown held up over farm fundingEfforts to fashion a temporary spending bill needed to avert a government shutdown at the end of the month have run aground amid a fight over farm bailout funding that’s ...
3 hours agoBiden would push for less US reliance on nukes for defenseDemocrat Joe Biden has left little doubt that if elected he would try to scale back President Donald Trump’s buildup in nuclear weapons spending.
3 hours agoTrump, Biden absorb news of Ginsburg death on the fly Minutes into yet another Donald Trump campaign rally, this one in Minnesota, the world got word that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died.
3 hours agoChina sends more warplanes as Taiwan honors late leaderTaiwan’s leader, senior government officials and a high-level U.S. envoy have paid tribute to the man who led Taiwan’s transition to democracy, former President Lee Teng-...
1 hour agoHomes destroyed after winds push California fire into desertHomes have been destroyed by an unrelenting wildfire that reached a Mojave Desert community and is still growing on several fronts after burning for nearly two weeks in m...
4 hours agoHow Ginsburg's death could reshape the presidential campaignA presidential campaign that was already tugging at the nation’s most searing divides has been jolted by the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
16 hours agoPuerto Rico getting funds for power grid 3 years after MariaPuerto Rico's governor says the island is getting much of the money it needs to rebuild its power grid three years after it was wiped out by Hurricane Maria.
17 hours agoNew Jersey law seeks to stem pollution in minority areasNew Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed into law a measure giving state regulators power to deny development permits to businesses whose operations pollute predominantly B...
15 hours agoAssange lawyer says Trump offered deal to avoid extraditionA lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has told a London court that her client was indirectly offered a “win-win” deal by President Donald Trump that would see him...
15 hours agoCurrent events: Electric fence deters Trump sign thievesA Massachusetts man tired of people stealing his Donald Trump campaign sign has come up with a shocking solution: an electrified fence.
18 hours agoOhio limit of 1 ballot drop box per county blocked, appealedAn Ohio judge has temporarily blocked the Republican secretary of state’s order limiting counties to one ballot drop box.
18 hours agoIn N. Carolina Senate race, Tillis calibrates ties to TrumpNorth Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis is calibrating his ties to President Donald Trump as he tries to find the right path for reelection in a closely divided state.
17 hours agoJudge: Michigan must count ballots that arrive post-electionA judge has cleared the way for more absentee ballots to be counted in Michigan.
19 hours agoAP-NORC poll: Majority plan to vote before Election DayA majority of President Donald Trump’s supporters plan to cast their ballot on Election Day, while about half of Joe Biden’s backers plan to vote by mail.
1 day agoReport: Much needs doing to shield nursing homes from virusThe Trump administration is claiming “resounding vindication” from an independent commission’s report on the coronavirus crisis in nursing homes.
1 day agoComey to testify before Senate panel weeks before electionFormer FBI Director James Comey is set to again testify before Congress.
1 day agoPennsylvania Democrats notch key election-related court winsPennsylvania’s highest court has given the Democratic Party a series of victories related to November's presidential election in the battleground state.
1 day agoSUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Audio arguments, with a side of fishA flurry of election-related cases are already working their way through courts, but Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer doesn’t seem overly concerned about election cas...
1 day agoFeds explored possibly charging Portland officials in unrestThe Justice Department explored whether it could pursue either criminal or civil rights charges against local city officials as violence erupted night after night on the ...
1 day agoGreen Party candidate is ordered off Pennsylvania ballot Pennsylvania's Supreme Court says the Green Party’s candidate for president didn't strictly follow procedures for getting on Pennsylvania’s ballot in November’s election ...
1 day agoHe set out to mobilize Latino voters. Then the virus hit. The coronavirus is disrupting Latinos’ long climb up the political ladder.
1 day agoFirst volume of Barack Obama's memoir coming Nov. 17 The first volume of former President Barack Obama’s memoir is coming out Nov. 17, two weeks after Election Day.
1 day agoJustice Dept.: Sedition charge may apply to protest violenceAttorney General William Barr says he wants prosecutors to be aggressive in charging demonstrators who cause violence.
2 days agoShowdown set as US to declare UN sanctions on Iran are backThe United States is preparing to declare that all international sanctions against Iran have been restored, despite overwhelming opposition.
2 days agoBiden under pressure to unveil list of potential court picksJoe Biden generated headlines in February with a debate-stage promise to name the first Black female Supreme Court justice if he wins the White House.
2 days agoAt town hall, Biden blasts Trump's 'criminal' virus responseJoe Biden is set to join Senate Democrats for an online lunch.
