Trump signs stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump signed stopgap spending legislation early Thursday to avert a government shutdown ... Read More
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Disgraced ex-UAW President Williams pleads guilty in corruption saga
DETROIT - Former United Auto Workers President Dennis Williams pleaded guilty Wednesday to embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the union, giving federal prosecutors a second landmark conviction in a years-long...Read more
National Guard could be tasked to protect voting. So far, few governors have asked
WASHINGTON - The National Guard is prepared to help with security at polling sites, sort ballots or bolster cybersecurity for the November elections, but so far few governors have requested that assistance, Guard units ...Read more
Hill Republicans in tough battles not thrilled with Trump debate style
WASHINGTON - House and Senate Republicans in tough reelection battles said Wednesday that President Donald Trump did not do them any favors in his first debate against Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
"With the debate ...Read more
Far-right groups, feeling support from Trump, find fertile recruiting ground in the Northwest
SANDY, Ore. - The son of Polish immigrants who fled World War II, Andrew Jerzy grew up in a family of Democrats in Southern California amid the cultural and political upheavals of the 1960s.
Taking a different path from ...Read more
Study: Police across California disproportionately cite Black people for minor infractions
LOS ANGELES - Police in major cities across California issue citations to Black residents for minor infractions such as loitering, drinking in public and sleeping on the street at far higher rates than white residents, ...Read more
Democratic governors: If Trump loses election, 'he must leave office'
LANSING, Mich. - Eleven Democratic governors issued a joint statement Wednesday vowing that "democracy will be delivered" in the Nov. 3 election.
The six-paragraph statement came a day after the first presidential debate ...Read more
Moderator Chris Wallace on the wild presidential debate: 'It was revealing'
Fox News anchor Chris Wallace was surprised by the ugly contentiousness of the first 2020 debate between President Donald Trump and his opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden, on Tuesday, but he believes the clash still...Read more
Commentary: Among the debate casualties: Serious discussion of climate change
The gravest risk our nation faces is global warming, a burgeoning crisis so dire that if we don't act decisively and immediately to radically reduce the greenhouse gases we emit into the atmosphere, we will consign ...Read more
Commentary: Trump's 'historic bloc,' like fascist movements, unifies groups with opposing interests
How is it that working-class whites and a significant number of Latinos could support Donald Trump, a self-aggrandizing billionaire with nothing in common with them and little understanding of their lives?
The Italian ...Read more
Separated by the pandemic, this cross-border couple got married at park
SEATTLE - The words on a handmade sign spoke eloquently: "Love is not tourism."
Last Sunday, a wedding - one of many - took place at busy Peace Arch Historical State Park in Blaine, Wash., uniting a couple who had been ...Read more
Police filing portrays Trump aide Parscale as man in crisis; judge OKs taking his guns
MIAMI - President Donald Trump's former campaign manager appears to be a man in deepening emotional crisis - drinking heavily since his demotion, physically abusing his wife, brandishing guns and threatening to shoot ...Read more
Seagram's heiress Clare Bronfman sentenced to more than 6 years in prison for role in NXIVM sex cult
NEW YORK - NXIVM sex cult funder Clare Bronfman was sentenced to more than six years in prison Wednesday for her role in the upstate cult.
The Seagram's heiress, wearing a pink sweater, betrayed no emotion as Brooklyn ...Read more
Senate passes stopgap funding legislation, hours before deadline
WASHINGTON - The Senate easily cleared a stopgap funding measure Wednesday that would avoid a partial government shutdown in the weeks leading up to the Nov. 3 elections.
On an 84-10 vote, the Senate sent to President ...Read more
Movie review: Semiautobiographical 'Forty-Year-Old Version' is rarest of films: funny, wry, incisive, sexy and sincere
What does it mean to be an artist? What does it mean to sell out? Who do we make art for, especially in a capitalist market? These are just a few of the complicated issues that writer/director/producer/star Radha Blank ...Read more
Florida reports nearly 200 new COVID-19 deaths and almost 2,000 new cases
MIAMI - Florida's Department of Health on Wednesday confirmed 1,948 additional cases of COVID-19, bringing the state's known total to 706,516. Also, 172 Florida resident deaths were announced, bringing the resident death ...Read more
US sanctions powerful Cuban general and former son-in-law of Raúl Castro
The United States on Wednesday sanctioned Gen. Luis Alberto Rodriguez Lopez-Calleja, the former son-in-law of Cuban leader Raul Castro who manages most of the Cuban economy as head of the powerful conglomerate of military ...Read more
Judge gives Kentucky attorney general 2 extra days to release Breonna Taylor grand jury recording
LEXINGTON, Ky. - A judge gave Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron until noon Eastern time Friday to release grand jury recordings in the Breonna Taylor case after he asked for a longer delay.
After Cameron agreed to ...Read more
Debate moderator Chris Wallace slammed by critics and Fox News colleagues
Tuesday night's chaotic presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden has been described as, among other things, a "hot mess" and a "travesty," and some of the blame is landing on moderator Chris Wallace.
"Chris ...Read more
California task force will consider paying reparations for slavery
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - With Gov. Gavin Newsom's signature, California became the first state government in the country Wednesday to adopt a law to study and develop proposals for potential reparations to descendants of ...Read more
Boeing will move all production of 787 Dreamliner to South Carolina, report says
A Tuesday report in the Wall Street Journal said Boeing is planning to move its production of the 787 Dreamliner exclusively to its South Carolina plant.
The massive jetliner has been manufactured at Boeing's production ...Read more
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