Exclusive: After Trump’s attacks, Republicans are less confident in voting by mail, poll shows
Republicans are much more skeptical than Democrats their ballots will count if cast by mail and less confident they will be able to vote in...
Texas Supreme Court blocks ruling that expanded voting by mail
The Texas Supreme Court blocked on Wednesday a decision that allowed mail-in balloting for voters who feared for their health because of the novel coronavirus...
Bid to extend U.S. surveillance tools stalls after Trump threatens veto
An effort to extend parts of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) stalled in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump promised to...
Texas congressman Sam Johnson, conservative former Vietnam POW, dies at 89
Sam Johnson, an Air Force pilot held for nearly seven years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, who later became one of the...
Approval of Trump’s pandemic response stays steady, Biden favored in election: Reuters/IPSOS poll
Public approval of President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic remained steady this week as the number of U.S. deaths from the illness surpassed...
Wisconsin to send mail-in ballot applications to 2.7 million voters
Wisconsin will send absentee ballot applications to more than 2.7 million registered voters, the state’s election commission agreed on Wednesday, in a first step to...
Biden on 100,000 coronavirus deaths: ‘To those hurting, the nation grieves with you.’
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden released a video message on Wednesday marking the grim milestone of 100,000 American lives lost to the coronavirus pandemic, telling...
Republicans cast doubt on future of House bills passed by proxy
Republicans warned on Wednesday that legislation passed by the Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives during the coronavirus pandemic may not become law if lawmakers are...
New York’s Cuomo says discussed infrastructure with Trump, railed against partisanship
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday focused on how to “supercharge” the economy by investing in...
U.S. House backs bill to pressure China over Uighur rights
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday backed legislation calling on President Donald Trump’s administration to impose sanctions on those responsible for China’s repression of...
