Pompeo says he should have urged Trump to fire former State Department watchdog earlier
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said he should have recommended to President Donald Trump that Trump fire former State Department Inspector General...
Trump threatens to withhold funds from Michigan, Nevada over mail-in voting
President Donald Trump on Wednesday called plans for expanded mail-in voting in Michigan and Nevada illegal, without citing a specific law, and threatened to withhold...
Ex-state legislator Bentz wins primary race to replace Oregon’s only Republican congressman
Former Republican state legislator Cliff Bentz clinched the Republican nomination to replace the party’s only member of Congress from Oregon, after emerging victorious from a...
Trump threatens to cut off federal money for Michigan over mail-in voting
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called Michigan’s plan to send mail-in voting applications to all voters in the state illegal, without citing a specific...
Ex-state legislator Bentz wins race to replace Oregon’s only Republican congressman
Former Republican state legislator Cliff Bentz will replace Oregon’s only Republican congressman, who is retiring, after emerging victorious from a crowded field of candidates in...
‘A lot of people swear by it’ -Trump on hydroxychloroquine
U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar came to U.S. President Donald Trump’s defense about the president’s use of a prescription malaria drug to try to ward...
Trump defends hydroxychloroquine use as others caution against it
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his use of a prescription malaria drug to try to ward off the novel coronavirus despite medical warnings,...
Trump ‘gets to hire and fire under the constitution’ -McConnell
After U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent firings of several watchdogs, Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday defended the president and told a reporter that...
Mnuchin gives Trump his own (blank) stimulus debit card
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday said going forward Americans may receive debit cards that will act as a “safe and secure way of...
Republican senators put brakes on additional coronavirus aid
Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress said on Tuesday they were in no hurry to work on another coronavirus relief package, despite the House of...