Trump encourages mail voting in key battleground Florida
President Donald Trump is encouraging voters in the critical swing state of Florida to vote by mail following months of criticizing the practice By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press August 4,…
Trump’s disconnect with DC widens during viral pandemic
WASHINGTON — District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser’s cellphone rang earlier this week from an unfamiliar number: It was the White House calling to say President Donald Trump wanted to…
Senate panel backs assessment that Russia interfered in 2016
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan Senate report released Tuesday affirms the U.S. intelligence community’s conclusions that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election in a far-ranging influence campaign approved by Russian…
Trump team targets Democratic advantage with people of color
For the majority of people of color who believe Donald Trump is a racist unworthy of reelection, the Republican president can point to Alice Marie Johnson. The 64-year-old African American…
Trump says it’s his call when to ease virus rules, not govs’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump claimed the authority Monday to decide how and when to reopen the economy after weeks of tough social distancing guidelines aimed at fighting the new…
Trump, Dems clash on boosting mail-in voting during pandemic
President Donald Trump and Democrats are bickering over how to provide voters with safe and secure access to a ballot, as coronavirus pandemic rages in the U.S. and threatens to…
Biden invokes Obama, swipes at Sanders with six-state ad buy
Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is plowing $12 million into a six-state ad buy ahead of the March 10 and March 17 primaries, his largest single advertising effort of the 2020…
SC results reveal challenge for Sanders among black voters
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Bernie Sanders’ presidential ambitions were undone in 2016 when he couldn’t line up enough support from black voters to win the Democratic nomination. As he tries again…
Confused fans rip Garth Brooks for wearing ‘Sanders’ jersey
Leave it to the internet to interpret Garth Brooks wearing a Barry Sanders jersey during a recent concert in Detroit as a political endorsement of a certain liberal presidential candidate…
NH poses a last chance for some struggling 2020 Democrats
PLYMOUTH, N.H. — Bounding onto a stage at a conference center in New Hampshire, tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang beamed a smile to a cheering crowd and launched into his pitch…