America’s top general launched an outspoken attack on the Confederacy and signaled his support for the military renaming bases named for Confederate leaders on Wednesday, in his latest public comments that seem to put him at odds with President Donald Trump. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley did not hold back…… MORE
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced Thursday that the state will challenge the Trump administration’s decision not to allow foreign students to take online-only courses in the US this fall semester, marking yet another lawsuit against the guidance. “This Trump administration policy turns our universities into hotspots of the disease. This policy is just unlawful,…… MORE
Joe Biden ran a Democratic primary campaign pitting himself against the party’s rising progressive wing. From health care to foreign policy, the former vice president rejected the left’s most ambitious policies and successfully pitched voters on his more moderate vision. That reality has complicated matters for President Donald Trump, who has long sought to portray…… MORE
President Donald Trump made the decision to move his acceptance of the GOP nomination to Jacksonville, Florida, in part because guidelines in North Carolina, where the convention had been planned for, would prevent him from putting on the big party he wanted. But with less than two months to go, the event the Republican National…… MORE
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said Thursday that partisanship is hurting the US response to Covid-19 in his latest blunt assessment of the country’s handling of the pandemic. “You have to be having blindfolders on and covering your ears to think that we don’t live in a very divisive society now,…… MORE
China issued a stinging response to a US statement Thursday that welcomed Beijing’s willingness to engage in arms control talks. Beijing has “no interest” in any such negotiations, a statement by Chinese embassy in Washington said. State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said Thursday in a statement that the United States “welcomes China’s commitment to engage…… MORE
A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Thursday released a collection of newly declassified Defense Department documents indicating that US troops who were deployed to a Central Asian base in the wake of the 9/11 attacks were likely exposed to a dangerous mix of toxins and other hazards, which some believe has led to increased cancer…… MORE
A circuit judge ordered Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Thursday to cease issuing or enforcing executive orders related to Covid-19 on the same day that the Democrat signed an executive order mandating that Kentuckians must wear a facial covering or mask in public in certain situations. Scott County Circuit Judge Brian Privett issued a temporary…… MORE
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper confirmed Thursday that he had been briefed on information regarding Russian payments to the Taliban, seemingly acknowledging that Russia’s support for the militant group in Afghanistan is not a “hoax,” as President Donald Trump has claimed. However, Esper also made clear that he has not seen intelligence that corroborates claims…… MORE
In one of the Trump administration’s latest efforts to pressure schools to reopen, Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia said Thursday that schools were an “essential service” and cited factories as a model. “To me, schools are an essential service. We’ve had our factories in this country open throughout the pandemic. We’ve had our grocery stores open,”…… MORE
