Politics News

October 20, 2020

High court allows 3-day extension for Pennsylvania ballots

The Supreme Court will allow Pennsylvania to count ballots received up to three days after the election, rejecting a ...

October 19, 2020

Florida begins early voting with no major problems reported

Floridians began early voting in much of the state Monday with no serious problems reported as the Trump campaign tries to ...

October 19, 2020

Trump envoy traveled to Syria for talks on missing Americans

A senior White House official made an unusual, secret visit to Syria for high-level talks aimed at securing the release of ...

October 19, 2020

High court to review two cases involving Trump border policy

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear two cases involving Trump administration policies at the U.S.-Mexico border: one ...

October 19, 2020

John Oliver now has a sewage plant named after him

Comedian John Oliver made a secret trip to Connecticut last week to help cut the ribbon on a sign naming a sewage treatment ...

October 19, 2020

Supreme Court to hear case over border wall funding

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear the Trump administration's appeal of a lower court ruling that it improperly diverted ...

October 19, 2020

Australia: Most of 1,100 refugees in US deal have resettled

The United States is expected to have resettled more than 1,100 refugees by early next year under a deal President Donald ...

October 19, 2020

UN arms embargoes on Iran expire despite US objections

A decade-long U.N. arms embargo on Iran that barred it from purchasing foreign weapons like tanks and fighter jets expired ...

October 19, 2020

Black officers break from unions over Trump endorsements

Police unions nationwide have largely supported President Donald Trump’s reelection, amid mass demonstrations over police ...

October 19, 2020

Puerto Rico, unable to vote, becomes crucial to US election

The campaigns of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are rallying people in a place where U.S.

October 18, 2020

Former Democratic power broker James A. Johnson dies at 76

James A. Johnson, a former Democratic campaign operative who was CEO of housing lender Fannie Mae in the 1990s and served as ...

October 18, 2020

China passes new law restricting sensitive exports

China has passed a new law restricting sensitive exports to protect national security, allowing Beijing to reciprocate ...

October 18, 2020

Conservatives staging free speech rally attacked by critics

A free speech demonstration staged by conservative activists quickly fell apart in downtown San Francisco on Saturday after ...

October 18, 2020

Anchorage, Alaska chooses 1st woman, openly gay acting mayor

Austin Quinn-Davidson will serve as acting mayor of Anchorage starting next Friday after Mayor Ethan Berkowitz's resignation.

October 17, 2020

'There's a lemur!' 5-year-old helps crack SF Zoo theft case

Police said Friday they arrested a man suspected of stealing a ring-tailed lemur from the San Francisco Zoo, where officials ...

October 17, 2020

Vision 2020: Will mailed-in ballots be delivered on time?

Can you trust the U.S. Postal Service to deliver your ballot on time? If you plan on voting by mail, election officials say ...

October 17, 2020

For Trump, city where 'bad things happen' looms large

When President Donald Trump told the world that “bad things happen in Philadelphia,” it was, in part, a blunt assessment of ...

October 17, 2020

Michigan court blocks 2-week absentee ballot extension

Absentee ballots must arrive by Election Day to be counted, the Michigan Court of Appeals said Friday, blocking a 14-day ...

October 17, 2020

GOP senator mispronounces Kamala Harris' name at Trump rally

Republican Sen. David Perdue mocked Kamala Harris, his Senate colleague and the Democratic vice presidential nominee, on ...

October 17, 2020

Group seeks to combat misleading information online

A group of U.S. Black scholars, activists and writers has launched a new project they say will combat misleading information ...