U.S. President Donald Trump addresses supporters at a campaign rally outside Raymond James Stadium on October 29, 2020 in Tampa, Florida. Paul Hennessey | NurPhoto | Getty Images President Donald Trump‘s campaign rallies led to more than 30,000 coronavirus cases, according to a new paper posted by researchers at Stanford. Researchers looked at 18 Trump
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Joe Biden, left, and Donald Trump Reuters With four days to go until Election Day, President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden are visiting states that could prove crucial to either campaign’s victory in 2020. Their visits come as millions of voters have already cast their ballots by mail or at early voting locations.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks at a campaign event in Florence, Kentucky, October 28, 2020. Bryan Woolston | Reuters The top policymakers in Washington sent mixed signals Friday about how quickly Congress could pass new coronavirus stimulus after the 2020 election. Progress toward a relief deal ground to a halt in recent weeks
Democratic U.S. presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a drive-in, Get Out the Vote campaign stop in Coconut Creek, Florida, U.S., October 29, 2020. Brian Snyder | Reuters WASHINGTON — In dueling campaign rallies on Thursday, President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden did their best to energize and mobilize
David Correia, a business partner of Rudy Giuliani’s former associate Lev Parnas, pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy and to making false statements to election officials about a donation made to a political action committee that supported President Donald Trump. Correia, 45, admitted in Manhattan federal court that he conspired with Parnas to defraud investors in
People wearing masks to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) wait to vote in the primary election in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 2, 2020. Joshua Roberts | Reuters The Supreme Court said on Wednesday that it will not fast track Pennsylvania Republicans’ challenge to an extended deadline for counting absentee ballots in the state, though
Democratic U.S. presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign stop in Atlanta, Georgia, October 27, 2020. Brian Snyder | Reuters People in the securities and investment industry will finish the 2020 election cycle contributing over $74 million to back Joe Biden’s candidacy for president, a much larger sum than what
The COVID-19 response specialist Alexandra Vizcarra prepares to administer a nasal swab test at Public Health Madison & Dane County as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues in Madison, Wisconsin, October 19, 2020. Bing Guan | Reuters The United States, which has reported more cases and deaths from Covid-19 than any other country, is now
Getty Images WASHINGTON — In one week, the United States will either reelect President Donald Trump or send former vice president Joe Biden to the White House. In addition to contending with the coronavirus pandemic and the economic recovery, either Trump or Biden will also have to deal with an array of global pressures. From the
Democratic presidential candidate, former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg makes a stop at one of his campaign offices in the Little Havana neighborhood on March 3, 2020 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Democratic fundraisers are privately urging billionaire former presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg and his team to invest in hotly contested
A divided Senate on Monday is expected to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to a lifetime term on the Supreme Court, capping a bitter fight over the partisan make-up of the judicial body, which has taken place in the middle of an unusually explosive presidential election. The 48-year-old judge’s elevation will come just eight days
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows talks to reporters as he walks outside the White House on October 25, 2020 in Washington, DC. Tasos Katopodis | Getty Images News | Getty Images White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said on Sunday that the U.S. will not get control of the coronavirus pandemic as
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, stands with his wife, Karen, after casting his ballot for the upcoming election at a polling station in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. October 23, 2020. Bryan Woolston | Reuters Vice President Mike Pence will not quarantine himself despite several of his aides testing positive for coronavirus, his office said. Pence’s chief
Carolyn Bourdeaux and Rich McCormick Carolyn Bourdeaux for Congress and Rich McCormick for Congress. In a suburban county northeast of Atlanta, Melissa Clink has been pursuing an ambitious goal. “We’ve been working on normalizing being a Democrat in Forsyth County for quite some time,” she said. Clink is the chairwoman of the local Democratic Party
President Donald Trump leaves the polling station after casting his ballot at the Palm Beach County Public Library, during early voting for the November 3 election, in West Palm Beach, Florida, on October 24, 2020. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump cast his early ballot in West Palm Beach, Florida Saturday morning, as
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks about his plan to beat COVID-19 in Wilmington, Delaware, October 23, 2020. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters WASHINGTON – Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Friday laid out exactly how a Biden administration would address the coronavirus crisis, one day after the United States recorded nearly a record daily
Ken Kurson, the former editor of a New York newspaper that had been owned by his friend Jared Kushner, a top advisor to President Donald Trump, has been charged by federal prosecutors with stalking and harassing three people. Kurson, a political consultant who is also a confidante of Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, is accused
U.S. President Donald Trump disembarks from Air Force One as he arrives at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona, October 19, 2020. Carlos Barria | Reuters President Donald Trump’s campaign used stock footage from Russia and Slovenia in a digital ad intended to convince voters that America is bouncing back from the coronavirus