Trump threatens to adjourn U.S. Congress
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to either force the U.S. Congress to formally adjourn, or return to the Capitol despite the coronavirus pandemic,...
Texas judge allows vote by mail amid coronavirus fears
A county judge in Texas said on Wednesday he would allow mail-in ballots from any voters who fear for their health because of the coronavirus...
Biden to all essential workers: ‘We’d be lost without you’
Democratic presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden during a virtual town hall on Wednesday paid tribute to all grocery store clerks, bus drivers, custodians and others...
Democrats, furious with Trump, more keen to vote now: poll
Democrats’ intention to vote is rising more than it is among Republicans, both nationally and in historically competitive battleground states like Wisconsin that Trump narrowly...
Cuomo says crisis not over until ‘we have a vaccine’
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday welcomed the “good news” that total hospitalizations were down for a second day but cautioned that the coronavirus...
As pandemic lingers, U.S. House looking ‘very closely’ at remote voting
The U.S. House of Representatives is now looking “very closely” at how its members could vote from outside the Capitol as a coronavirus-forced recess looks...
U.S. Senate Democrats seek $30 billion for national coronavirus testing
U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday unveiled a $30 billion plan to vastly increase nationwide testing for the novel coronavirus, and called the Trump administration’s efforts...
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Trump financial records cases on May 12
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday announced it will hear a dispute over whether President Donald Trump’s tax and financial records should be disclosed on...
Senate Democrats seek $30 billion plan for national coronavirus testing program
The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate, Chuck Schumer, said on Wednesday, that testing for the fast-spreading and deadly coronavirus is inadequate and that the...
Trial for Giuliani associates Parnas, Fruman pushed back to February 2021
A federal judge on Wednesday delayed the trial of Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, two associates of U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani,...
