Trump refused to condemn white supremacists during the first presidential debate and instead directed the nation’s biggest domestic terrorist groups to “stand back and stand by”; Biden called Trump’s

Senate Democrats blocked a House-passed bill aimed at making AI data centers pay for the necessary grid upgrades instead of passing them on to consumers; the FTC opened an investigation into OpenAI, A

More than 1 million people have died from the coronavirus worldwide in less than nine months; top White House officials pressured the CDC this summer to play down the risk of the coronavirus to childr

The Supreme Court temporarily allowed the Trump administration to resume deporting migrants to “third countries” where they have no connections; former special counsel Jack Smith told the Senate Judic

Instead of negotiating a deal to fund the government, Matt Gaetz and Kevin McCarthy got into a heated exchange during a closed-doors meeting with House Republicans; instead of negotiating a deal to fu

A second woman publicly accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault; Kavanaugh and the White House denied the allegation; Christine Blasey Ford agreed to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee; T

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The Senate rejected a resolution directing Trump to end the Iran war and seek congressional authorization; the 30-year Treasury yield climbed to its highest level since 2004, while the average 30-year

In a combative 56-minute address to the United Nations General Assembly, Trump told world leaders their countries are “going to hell,” accused the U.N. of “not even coming close to living up” to its p

Iran vowed to fight “until our last breath” and “never bow our head or bend at the knee” to Trump’s demands; the Justice Department urged a federal judge to uphold Trump’s ban of CNN, MS NOW,...

Trump lied and claimed that the coronavirus “affects virtually nobody” as the U.S. death toll crossed 200,000; the Pentagon spent money meant for medical equipment on defense contracts for military eq

The Trump administration removed about 760,000 people from Affordable Care Act coverage, claiming they were improperly enrolled or didn’t exist; Trump threatened to “annihilate” Iran; Trump told...

Trump urged Senate Republicans to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg “without delay”; by the time you read this, 200,000 people will be dead from the coronavirus in the United States; Trump’s politic

CNN, MS NOW and Politico sued the Trump administration to regain access to the White House after Trump banned them for publishing “purposely negative stuff”; the major TV networks suspended their...

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Another 860,000 people applied for unemployment insurance; Attorney General William Barr his called own Justice Department preschoolers and “headhunters”; Trump blamed nationwide protests against poli

A federal judge ordered the Kennedy Center to give at least 30 days’ notice before making any major changes to the building after photographs showed Trump reviewing a printout that appeared to read...

The Justice Department asked a federal judge to block enforcement of a new Texas law that effectively bans almost all abortions; the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff called China twice in the fin