The nation’s capital is bracing for its largest day of protests yet, with thousands gathering Saturday across Washington D.C., including near the White House, to march against police brutality and racism in response to the recent death of George Floyd in police custody, Black Lives Matter organizers were hoping to draw a million protesters, with […]
Senate Republicans are feeling high anxiety over President Trump’s aggressive response to nationwide civil unrest, which they fear is alienating middle-of-the-road voters who are crucial to keeping their majority after Nov. 3. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) declared at the beginning of the election cycle that winning over college graduates and women in the […]
Former Vice President Joe Biden clinched the Democratic presidential nomination on Friday, officially setting the stage for a contentious general election fight with President Trump this November. The former vice president hit the delegate threshold after most recently winning a series of primaries Tuesday night across the country. The Associated Press projected that Biden had […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will visit Maine on Friday afternoon to speak with fishermen and tour a plant that’s manufacturing coronavirus testing supplies even as the state’s top Democrats have suggested he’s not welcome. Trump is scheduled to hold a roundtable in Bangor on supporting America’s commercial fishermen and then will visit Guilford, where […]
Seven people were killed in a mass shooting at a residence in Morgan County late Thursday. The shooting took place at a home on the 500 block of Talucah Road in Valhermoso Springs close to Somerville at a little before 11:30 p.m., according to the Morgan County Sheriff’s office. The scene is about 10-12 minutes […]
WASHINGTON — District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser on Friday had “Black Lives Matter” painted on the street that leads to the White House where protesters have been demonstrating following George Floyd’s death in police custody. “There are people who are craving to be heard and to be seen, and to have their humanity recognized, […]
Former Defense Secretary James Mattis condemned President Trump for his handling of the protests over George Floyd’s death in a fiery statement released Wednesday. “I have watched this week’s unfolding events, angry and appalled,” Mattis wrote in a statement to The Atlantic. “The words ‘Equal Justice Under Law’ are carved in the pediment of the […]
President Trump trails presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden in Ohio, Wisconsin and Arizona, according to surveys from Fox News released Wednesday. Trump won all three states in 2016, and few believed until recently that Ohio might be in play. The Fox News poll of the Buckeye State found Biden at 45 percent and Trump at […]
Iran has released U.S. Navy veteran Michael White, who had been detained for nearly two years, his family confirmed Thursday. “I am blessed to announce that the nightmare is over, and my son is safely in American custody and on his way home,” White’s mother, Joanne White, said in a statement shared by a family […]
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday he does not support invoking a law that would allow President Trump to use the U.S. military for domestic law enforcement amid nationwide protests surrounding the death of George Floyd. Esper’s remarks represent a break with the president, who has threatened to deploy active-duty troops to quash protests if […]
Minnesota’s Attorney General’s Office on Wednesday said Derek Chauvin, the white Minneapolis officer who knelt on George Floyd’s neck, now faces an upgraded charge of second-degree murder and arrest warrants have been issued for the three other officers at the scene. Chauvin previously had been charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter, charges that remained […]
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will seek another state to host the Republican National Convention because North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, had refused to guarantee that coronavirus restrictions wouldn’t affect the party’s nominating convention. “Governor Cooper is still in Shelter-in-Place Mode, and not allowing us to occupy the arena as originally […]
