U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a news conference inside the James S. Brady Briefing Room at the White House September 27, 2020 in Washington, U.S. Ken Cedeno | Reuters President Donald Trump on Monday claimed he had paid “many millions of dollars in taxes” and has “very little debt” after a bombshell
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill on Sept. 10, 2020. Ting Shen/Xinhua via Getty Images House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said another coronavirus stimulus plan is possible as House Democrats try to forge ahead on a smaller aid package costing about $2.4 trillion, roughly $1 trillion less than their initial
President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he will nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacancy left by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. “She is a woman of unparalleled achievement, towering intellect, sterling credentials, and unyielding loyalty to the Constitution,” Trump said at an event hosted at
Former president Barack Obama Zach Gibson | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama released his second and final slate of 2020 election endorsements on Friday, backing a total of 111 Democrats in state legislature and congressional elections across 21 states. Among his endorsements are seven Democrats running for the U.S. Senate, including several
In a speech unveiling his health-care “vision” for America, President Donald Trump made a surprise announcement: that cash cards will soon be sent to millions of seniors using the government health insurance program Medicare. “Under my plan, 33 million Medicare beneficiaries will soon receive a card in the mail containing $200 that they can use
Ron Paul Samuel Corum | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Ron Paul, the 12-term former congressman, three-time presidential candidate and staunch libertarian advocate, was hospitalized Friday after suffering a medical incident during a live taping of his talk show. A video clip of the livestream of “Ron Paul Liberty Report” shows Paul, 85, discussing the
A hearse carrying the casket of the late Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg arrives at the U.S. Capitol, where her body will lie in state in Statuary Hall in Washington, U.S., September 25, 2020. Joshua Roberts | Reuters The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday made history once more as
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during her weekly news conference in the Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. Caroline Brehman | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images A day after President Donald Trump refused to promise a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the 2020 election, lawmakers pushed back
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a briefing to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 10, 2020. Joshua Roberts | Reuters House Democrats are preparing a new, smaller coronavirus relief package expected to cost about $2.4 trillion as they try to forge ahead with talks with the Trump administration, a
A memorial to Breonna Taylor, placed in Jefferson Square Park, is photographed in downtown Louisville, Kentucky on September 23, 2020 as the city anticipates of the results of a grand jury inquiry into the death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman shot by the Louisville Metro Police Department in her apartment earlier this year. Jeff
Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks at an outdoor “Black Economic Summit” while campaigning for president in Charlotte, North Carolina, September 23, 2020. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden traveled to the battleground state of North Carolina on Wednesday for a Black Economic Summit, part of a broader effort
Dr. Matilde “Mattie” Castiel receives an injection from RN Bethany Trainor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, MA on September 04, 2020. Craig F. Walker | Boston Globe | Getty Images Most voters, both nationally and in six key swing states, worry President Donald Trump is pushing to release a coronavirus vaccine
Pascale Ferrier appears in a jail booking photograph taken after her arrest by the Mission Police Department in Mission, Texas, March 13, 2019. Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office | via Reuters A Canadian woman criminally charged with mailing President Donald Trump the deadly poison ricin called him “The Ugly Tyrant Clown” in a letter containing the poison,
Republicans aim to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death before the end of President Donald Trump‘s first term. But most voters in six 2020 swing states want the winner of November’s presidential election to name the next member of the top U.S. court, according to a CNBC/Change Research poll
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday that the Senate has more than enough time to confirm President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick before the end of the year, or even before Election Day. “As of today there are 43 days before Nov. 3 and 104 days before the end of this Congress,” the Kentucky
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, arrives for the Senate Republican Policy luncheon in Hart Building on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski said on Sunday that she will not support President Donald Trump’s nomination of a replacement to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court
Outside organizations are gearing up for a battle in the Senate over the Supreme Court seat once held by Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Many of those leading the effort say the various campaigns will spend millions to sway lawmakers after President Donald Trump chooses Ginsburg’s replacement, who died on Friday after serving on the court for over
Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has emerged as a front-runner to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, three sources told NBC News on Saturday. President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have vowed to nominate and vote on a replacement