President Trump is polling close behind Democratic nominee Joe Biden in Florida, according to one poll, as national polls continue to show Biden leading.
Trailing in the polls and with little time left to change the trajectory or closing themes of the presidential race, President Trump has spent the final days of the ...
Throughout the 2020 campaign, President Trump has pursued a strategy to try to keep voter turnout low in the general election, which, conventional wisdom ...
A coronavirus outbreak in Long Island that has left 56 people infected this month and forced nearly 300 others to quarantine started with a country club wedding ...
Long Island health officials scrambled to contain a coronavirus outbreak in Suffolk County when dozens of people tested positive for the virus after attending a ...
Two recent “superspreader” events on Long Island -- including one that violated a state coronavirus mandate -- have led to 56 new COVID-19 cases, county ...
(CNN) Officials in one New York county have fined a Long Island country club $17,000 for hosting a wedding in which a third of guests later tested positive for ...
A wedding and birthday party in suburban New York turned into two Covid-19 “superspreader” events that infected more than 50 people and left nearly 300 in ...
A fast-moving Zeta has weakened to a tropical storm as it barrels northeast after causing havoc along the coast. Officials in the Gulf Coast made repeated calls ...
Hurricane Zeta, now a Category 1 storm, is battering southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi with high winds, heavy rain and a life-threatening storm surge, ...
From 42 operator reports, BSEE estimates that about 66.6% of the current oil production and 44.5% of the natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico have been ...
Nearly a dozen people – including a 15-year-old – were shot overnight after looting and rioting in Philadelphia erupted for a second straight night despite pleas ...
Walter Wallace Jr. was 27 years old. He was a father, a twin brother, and a son. He was beloved by his friends and neighbors. He was a Black man who ...
With the recent shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. and subsequent violent demonstrations in Philadelphia and New York City, several thoughts came to my mind.
The Supreme Court will allow absentee ballots in North Carolina to be received and counted up to nine days after Election Day, in a win for Democrats. By a 5-3 ...
The Fox News host Tucker Carlson has been mocked for his attempt to explain why he could not produce some documents he had promised relating to Joe ...
Breonna Taylor's mother is asking the Kentucky Prosecutors Advisory Council to appoint an independent prosecutor to present the case of her daughter's death ...
Two grand jurors in the Breonna Taylor case said Wednesday that they believed three Louisville, Ky., police officers acted with negligence when they fired into ...
Two grand jurors in the Breonna Taylor case are speaking on camera to call out Attorney General Daniel Cameron -- who they say betrayed them by never ...
The Kentucky Attorney General's Office and an attorney for the former police officer charged for his actions in connection with the raid that killed Breonna Taylor ...
The anonymous senior Trump administration official who wrote a 2018 New York Times op-ed and a subsequent book critical of President Donald Trump is ...
The New York Times got its traffic bonanza. It touched off a national debate. It owned social media. And now it's getting the payback that it deserves.
When a “senior official” in the Trump administration published an op-ed in The New York Times in September 2018, detailing how he and others had worked to ...
Rain bands and damaging winds from Tropical Storm Zeta swept through North Georgia on Thursday morning, leaving at least one person dead and nearly 1 ...
The Girl Scouts of America deleted a social media post on its official Twitter and Facebook pages Wednesday evening congratulating Amy Coney Barrett on her ...
A new petition filed with the Supreme Court late Tuesday highlights the impact that Justice Amy Coney Barrett could play, not only as her vote applies to current ...
The appointment of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court by President Donald Trump to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg has made his re-election campaign ...
One important aspect of Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation to the Supreme Court on Monday ought to give comfort to Americans. Unlike at least the previous two ...
The United States has seen a steady increase in coronavirus infections and hospitalizations for almost the entire month of October, according to data tracked by ...
Coronavirus restrictions will need to remain in place in some form even after a vaccine becomes available, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ...
The coronavirus pandemic has brought countries to a standstill. In many places, as countries reopen, Covid-19 cases are on the rise. Follow here for the latest.
“If things do not change, if they continue on the course we're on, there's gonna be a whole lot of pain in this country with regard to additional cases and ...
PHOENIX – U.S. fighter jets escorted a plane flying in restricted airspace near President Donald Trump's rally in Bullhead City, Arizona, on Wednesday in an ...
An aircraft entered restricted air space over President Donald Trump's rally in Bullhead City, Arizona, on Wednesday, leading to a fighter jet being scrambled to ...
Air Force F-16 fighter jets had to intercept an unresponsive aircraft flying over a Trump campaign rally in Bullhead City, Ariz., on Wednesday afternoon, the ...
Protests erupted in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday — for the second straight night — over the death of a Black moped driver who police said collided with ...
Protesters marched through the District, attacking police vehicles and confronting officers outside a district station for a second night Wednesday as they sought ...
The parents of a man who died after crashing a scooter while allegedly being chased by police in Washington D.C. were pepper-sprayed by officers during ...
Rioters lobbed fireworks at Washington, DC cops and tried to storm into a precinct during a second night of violence sparked by the death of a black man who ...
Hillary Clinton won the popular vote but lost the 2016 presidential election because of the Electoral College. This year, she is slated to be a participant in that ...
Five days before the last presidential election in 2016, I wrote a column about the weirdest ways the election could end. At the time, Hillary Clinton had only a ...
The campaigns for president, as well as Senate and House seats are likely to cost nearly $14 billion this year, more than twice as much as candidates and ...
Some U.S. hospitals have been hit by coordinated ransomware attacks designed to infect systems for financial gain, federal agencies and a private-sector ...
BOSTON (AP) — Federal agencies warned that cybercriminals are unleashing a wave of data-scrambling extortion attempts against the U.S. healthcare system ...
Federal agencies warned that cybercriminals are unleashing a major ransomware assault against the U.S. healthcare system. Independent security experts say ...
Several hospitals across the United States have been targeted in ransomware attacks in what appears to be an escalation and expansion of similar attacks ...
Federal agencies warned that cybercriminals are unleashing a major ransomware assault against the U.S. healthcare system. Independent security experts say ...
PORTLAND, Maine — Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and Democratic challenger Sara Gideon clashed Wednesday night over attack ads, health care and ...
WASHINGTON – With less than a week until Election Day, Republican Sen. Susan Collins is trailing Democratic challenger Sara Gideon by a slim margin, ...
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A new rash of money is pouring into Maine's U.S. Senate race in the final week, even though there is little indication previous spending has shifted the ...
As many as 30% of Iowa voters could be affected by polling place closures according to a new analysis by NPR, the Center for Public Integrity and Stateline.
When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) arrived at his Tallahassee voting site to cast a vote for president on Monday, a clerk told him there was a problem: The ...
While attempting to vote Monday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was told his address had been changed in the Florida voter database. The governor contacted ...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants the benefit of the doubt on virus-related issues, but he doesn't deserve it. Now face with COVID-19 numbers he doesn't like, ...
Gov. Ron DeSantis supports lifting federal COVID-19 restrictions on travelers from the United Kingdom and Brazil to help Florida's struggling tourism industry.
The 27th named tropical cyclone of the historic 2020 hurricane season made landfall as a category two storm - packing 110 mph winds - along the Louisiana ...
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The Space Force's No. 2 officer has tested positive for coronavirus, the *service* announced Wednesday night. Gen. David Thompson, the vice chief of space ...
Gen. David Thompson took a test Wednesday after learning that a close family member he had contact with had tested positive for the virus, according to the ...
The second-highest ranking for the recently formed U.S. Space Force has tested positive for covid-19, the U.S. Air Force said late Wednesday in a statement.
When news of the alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer broke earlier this month, it made international headlines. As the cases against the ...
The Unites States has charged eight people, including six Chinese citizens, over a three-year plot to intimidate a US resident into returning to China to face ...
FBI Director Christopher Wray and Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers announced an indictment of eight Chinese operatives ...
The FBI arrested five people on charges of helping Beijing harass and threaten alleged fugitives in the U.S., authorities said, opening a new front in efforts ...
The Department of Justice has charged multiple individuals for their alleged attempts to threaten, coerce or harass certain residents of the U.S. to repatriate to ...
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is practicing "blackmail" by demanding the New York Post delete a tweet sharing a link to its bombshell report about Hunter Biden ...
Sen. Ted Cruz teed off on Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Wednesday over the platform's decision to temporarily block an unproven New York Post report about ...
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, ripped into Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey during a hearing with tech titans on Wednesday, accusing him and his social media platform of ...
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey explained with an eerie calm that The Post regain access to its Twitter account anytime it wants — once it deletes a tweet with an image ...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggested in a new interview that her public *service* ambitions may carry her beyond the House of Representatives, adding to ...
Freshman Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez wore thousands of dollars worth of outfits and jewelry for her spread in Vanity Fair magazine's ...
Congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez said she used to wake up to a stack of photos from Capitol police or the FBI of people threatening to kill her as abuse ...
The day after Rep. Ted Yoho verbally attacked Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the Capitol steps, she warned him that she won't be "so nice" if it were to ...
Two raging wildfires in California south of Los Angeles doubled in size on Tuesday as they were fanned by ferocious winds, but officials are hoping calmer ...
The Orange County Zoo is evacuating animals and staff because of a fast-moving wildfire in Southern California. About 150 animals are temporarily relocating to ...
Firefighters battling the Silverado and Blue Ridge fires took advantage of weakening winds Wednesday, allowing crews to gain stronger control of the once ...
Firefighters have been able to lock down 25% of the Silverado fire's perimeter and, overnight, kept the fire from expanding beyond the 13,354 acres it had ...
Early in the new administration, the White House wanted a big win for President Trump on one of his top campaign promises — getting rid of poor performers at ...
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is taking aim at a White House release that includes "ending the COVID-19 pandemic" as part of a new list of ...
As we near the final 100 hours of the campaign, President Trump finds himself facing a foe more formidable than Joe Biden and the Democratic establishment: ...
(Update: OHA weekly report shows record cases, positive rate holds steady). Deschutes County has 26 new cases, 2nd-highest daily tally; Crook County 2.
Oregon Governor Kate Brown doubled down on her decision to shut out the men's and women's basketball teams at University of Portland and Portland State.
Metro Atlanta school systems canceled Thursday in-person learning due to the threat of inclement weather from the remnants of Hurricane Zeta. Public schools ...
When challenged to stand by her claim she can't find fault with the president even in his remarks about women, the Georgia Republican furrowed her brow and ...
U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler logged more stops on her statewide tour Wednesday, including a visit to Buford's Bare Bones Steakhouse, where she made no bones ...
When challenged to stand by her claim she can't find fault with the president even in his remarks about women, the Georgia Republican furrowed her brow and ...
MADISON, Wis. (WBAY) - According to Wednesday's daily report from the Department of Health *Service* (DHS), 3,815 people tested positive for the coronavirus ...
The United States has added more than 73,000 new cases to its total coronavirus case count as states nationwide continue to battle a *fresh* virus surge.
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to hear oral arguments in a case challenging Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' authority to declare ...
Within the last six months, as the coronavirus pandemic gripped the US, the Trump administration filed 75 lawsuits to seize private land along the US-Mexico ...
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) has signed legislation into law that bans no-knock warrants, making it the third state to do so. The measure was included in a ...
RICHMOND, Va. (WDBJ) - Governor Northam said the percent of positive COVID tests in southwest Virginia is about twice what it is in other parts of the ...
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday signed police reform legislation that includes a ban on no-knock warrants, making the state the third in the country ...
Governor Ralph Northam announced that the eligibility criteria expanded and the amount a business could receive has increased through the Rebuild VA Grant.
The Illinois police officer who fatally shot Marcellis Stinnette and wounded in girlfriend last week did not have his body camera turned on during the shooting, ...
Body camera footage released by Waukegan, Illinois, police shows the moments leading to the police shooting that killed a Black man and wounded a woman ...
The city of Waukegan has released dashcam and bodycam videos of the deadly encounter between a police officer and a young Black couple that has sparked ...
The Illinois police officer who fatally shot Marcellis Stinnette and wounded in girlfriend last week did not have his body camera turned on during the shooting, ...
