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Watchdog To Review Conduct Of Federal Agents In Portland, DC
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department inspector general said Thursday that it will conduct a review of the conduct of federal agents who responded to unrest in Portland, Oregon and Washington, D.C., fol...
Syndicated Author Jul 23, 2020

Southwest Tightens Face-Mask Rule, Delta Steps Up Testing
DALLAS - Delta Air Lines will provide at-home coronavirus tests for some employees and Southwest Airlines will tighten its rule on face masks by ending exceptions for medical reasons."We're simply see...
Syndicated Author Jul 23, 2020

Conservative Lawmakers Lash Out At Liz Cheney Over Trump Criticism
WASHINGTON - House Republicans facing electoral uncertainty in November turned on one another in a private meeting on Tuesday, as a small group of conservative lawmakers confronted House Republican Co...
Syndicated Author Jul 23, 2020

Judge Orders Michael Cohen To Be Released From Prison
NEW YORK - A judge ordered the release from prison of President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer on Thursday, saying he believes the government retaliated against him for writing a book about Tru...
Syndicated Author Jul 23, 2020

White House Drops Payroll Tax Cut As GOP Unveils Virus Aid
WASHINGTON - The White House has reluctantly dropped a bid to cut Social Security payroll taxes as Republicans unveil a $1 trillion COVID-19 rescue package on Thursday, ceding to opposition to the ide...
Syndicated Author Jul 23, 2020

Virus Sends Jobless Claims Up For First Time Since March
WASHINGTON - The viral pandemic's resurgence caused the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits to rise last week for the first time in nearly four months, evidence of the deepening economic...
Syndicated Author Jul 23, 2020

Joe Biden Calls Trump The Country’s ‘First Racist President’
WASHINGTON - Joe Biden said Wednesday that President Donald Trump was the country's "first" racist president. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee's comments came during a virtual town hall...
Syndicated Author Jul 22, 2020

MLB Allows Black Lives Matter, Social Justice Jersey Patches
NEW YORK - Major League Baseball players have the option of having a patch with "Black Lives Matter" or "United For Change" on a jersey sleeve on opening day of the pandemic-delayed season. Teams have...
Syndicated Author Jul 22, 2020

House Votes To Remove Confederate Statues From Capitol
WASHINGTON - The House has approved a bill to remove statues of Robert E. Lee and other Confederate leaders from the U.S. Capitol, as well as a bust of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, the author of the ...
Syndicated Author Jul 22, 2020

California Surpasses New York State In Confirmed Virus Cases
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California has surpassed New York for the most coronavirus cases in the country, surpassing 409,000 after setting a record on Tuesday for the state's most confirmed new cases in a...
Syndicated Author Jul 22, 2020
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