WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump, falling further behind Joe Biden in polls as he struggles to contain the growing coronavirus pandemic and recession, shook up his campaign staff Wednesday night, replacing his campaign manager, Brad Parscale, with another longtime aide.

Trump made the announcement on Facebook, promoting deputy campaign ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Federal authorities Wednesday charged two men with helping to abduct a Southern California car dealer who was held for $2 million ransom, beaten, killed and buried in the Mojave Desert.

Anthony Valladares, 28, and Alexis Ivan Romero Velez, 24, were arrested Tuesday and charged in federal court with kidnapping. An attorney for ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump, falling further behind Joe Biden in polls as he struggles to contain the growing coronavirus pandemic and recession, shook up his campaign staff Wednesday night, replacing his campaign manager, Brad Parscale, with another longtime aide.

Trump made the announcement on Facebook, promoting deputy campaign ...Read more

A security incident involving some of the most prominent business and political leaders on Twitter duped people into sending at least $120,000 worth of Bitcoin to an anonymous online wallet, and more than half of that total has already been spirited to other accounts, according to a Bitcoin-tracing company.

The person or people behind the scam ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Vice President Mike Pence suggested Wednesday the Republican National Committee is considering changes to its nominating convention and will prioritize the health of convention attendees as cases of COVID-19 continue to rise in Florida.

"With regard to the convention, I can tell you it is a work in progress. The president's ...Read more

ATLANTA -- Gov. Brian Kemp on Wednesday extended Georgia's coronavirus restrictions while explicitly banning cities and counties from adopting rules requiring masks or other face coverings, a measure that could bolster the state's case in a possible legal battle.

Kemp's executive order -- which was set to expire Wednesday evening -- still ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump ousted Brad Parscale as manager of his campaign, replacing him with Bill Stepien as the president seeks to reverse a decline in the polls with less than four months before the November election.

Stepien, who formerly served as White House political director, was deputy to Parscale, the campaign manager since...Read more

White House has 'zero concerns' Trump contracted coronavirus from Oklahoma governor

WASHINGTON -- The White House said Wednesday that it has "zero concerns" that Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt -- who announced he had tested positive for the coronavirus -- interacted with President Donald Trump at a June campaign rally.

Trump is tested every day, a ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- After initial resistance from some Republicans, Congress is inching closer to an agreement to extend at least some of the $600-a-week federal unemployment insurance subsidy approved this spring to help American workers hurt by the coronavirus crisis.

When they return next week to begin talks on another major relief bill, lawmakers...Read more

AUSTIN, Texas -- More than 100 teachers gathered outside the Texas Capitol on Wednesday to urge state education leaders to rethink plans to put teachers and students back in the classroom next month, saying that opening while coronavirus infections remain high will put lives at risk.

Educators lined the sidewalk in front of the Capitol, many ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva's chief of staff is being reassigned after facing criticism for recent social media posts in which he said Andres Guardado, the 18-year-old who was fatally shot in the back by a deputy in nearby Gardena last month, "chose his fate."

Capt. John Burcher, one of Villanueva's closest ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Firefighting teams have made "significant progress" extinguishing the four-day-old fire onboard the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego Wednesday, but there's still a lot of work to be done before the fire is declared extinguished, a Navy spokeswoman said.

In an early-morning statement Wednesday the ...Read more

CHICAGO -- President Donald Trump on Wednesday vaguely referenced an upcoming announcement on how his administration intends to deal with crime in Democrat-led cities, again citing Chicago's violence as a problem he will tackle.

In a briefing with reporters about his ongoing efforts to deal with the MS-13 gang, Trump said he would have more to ...Read more

BOGOTA, Colombia -- Armed groups in Colombia have committed killings and other abuses against civilians to enforce their own measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, armed groups in at least 11 of Colombia's 32 regions have imposed curfews, lockdowns, restrictions of ...Read more

WASHINGTON --The White House said Wednesday that it has "zero concerns" that Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt -- who announced he had tested positive for the coronavirus -- interacted with President Donald Trump at a June campaign rally.

Trump is tested every day, a White House official told McClatchy.

"That would be the longest incubation period in ...Read more