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Amy Klobuchar hits Trump with post office zinger

Sen. Amy Klobuchar used her brief speaking spot Monday at the Democratic National Convention to try to zing President Trump on post office politics.

August 17, 2020

George Floyd’s brothers tout ‘good trouble’ at DNC: ‘Carry on the fight for justice’

George Floyd's two younger brothers appeared Monday in the virtual Democratic National Convention to call for action against racial injustice in America.

August 17, 2020

Democrats boast convention ‘jam’ session for Biden

C'mon, man, Joe Biden is groovy. That's the message the Democratic National Committee sent out Friday promising that next week's nomination celebration would be "a jam."

August 14, 2020

Trump on Durham probe netting guilty plea: ‘It’s just the beginning’

President Trump said Friday the expected guilty plea from a former FBI lawyer for wrongdoing in the Russia collusion probe was "just the beginning."

August 14, 2020

Nearly half of Democrats say Biden can’t last 4 years, give Harris top marks as White House heir

A new poll showed strong favorability ratings for Sen. Kamala Harris, who this week was tapped by Joseph R. Biden to be the first woman of color on a major party's presidential ticket.

August 14, 2020

Kamala Harris, like Joe Biden, has history of making questionable comments

Joseph R. Biden has long reigned as the Gaffe King, but his newly minted running mate, Sen. Kamala D. Harris, threatens to seize that title.

August 12, 2020

Donald Trump: Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer ready to make a deal after executive orders

President Trump on Monday said Democratic leaders suddenly want to make a deal on a coronavirus relief package after he blew past the stalled negotiations with executive orders to send aid to Americans.

August 10, 2020

Biden slams Trump’s executive action for coronavirus relief: ‘Half-baked,’ ‘cynical ploy’

Joseph R. Biden on Saturday assailed President Trump's executive action to send coronavirus relief to Americans, calling it "half-baked measures" and a failure of leadership.

August 8, 2020

Protest leader Bush ousts 20-year US Rep. Clay in Missouri

Black Lives Matter activist Cori Bush defeated longtime Rep. Willam Lacy Clay in Missouri's Democratic primary Tuesday, chalking up another win for the far-left insurgency.

August 5, 2020

Secret weapon: Hidden Trump voters tell pollsters they are ‘undecided’

Trump campaign officials are convinced that polls showing Joseph R. Biden with a big lead are tilted left by undercounting Republican voters and are missing a hidden cache of the president's supporters who are leery of pollsters.

August 2, 2020

Bishops beg Black lawmakers to help Catholic schools, urban children in coronavirus bill

Catholic bishops on Friday pressed the Congressional Black Caucus to support coronavirus relief spending on private schools, especially those serving urban children.

July 31, 2020

Trump campaign says undercount, hidden support skews polls

Trump campaign officials are convinced that polls showing Joseph R. Biden with a big lead are tilted left by undercounting Republican voters and are missing a hidden cache of the president's supporters who are leery of pollsters.

July 29, 2020

Biden recalls hard times as single dad with a six-figure income

Presumed Democrat presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden says he can relate to struggling families, having been a single dad making $42,000 a year. But Mr. Biden, 77, was far from cash-strapped in the early 1970s when he was the junior senator from Delaware raising two sons after his wife and daughter died in a car crash.

July 28, 2020

Rep. Bobby Rush: Donald Trump wants ‘a race war’

Rep. Bobby Rush on Wednesday said President Trump was trying to "instigate a race war" by sending federal officers to break up violent protests in Portland, Oregon.

July 22, 2020

Transit union workers to join Strike for Black Lives, demand city governments end systemic racism

The union of public transit workers is joining nationwide Strike for Black Lives on Monday to protest what it describes as systemic racism and oppression of communities of color.

July 16, 2020

Wesley Purkey, Kansas child killer, executed after last-minute Supreme Court intervention

In its second execution this week after a 17-year hiatus, the federal government Thursday morning executed Wesley Ira Purkey, a Kansas man who confessed to killing a teenager in 1998.

July 16, 2020

Trump slams Joe Biden’s agenda to combat climate change

President Trump and Joseph R. Biden both delivered speeches Tuesday on the same topic: the Biden agenda.

July 14, 2020

Joe Biden tops Donald Trump in national poll, but lead shrinking

Joseph R. Biden has a 7-point advantage over President Trump in a new national poll released Monday, but his lead has been cut nearly in half since late May.

July 13, 2020

Joe Biden unveils ‘Buy American’ economic plan: ‘Trump has simply given up’

Joseph R. Biden on Thursday unveiled a massive economic plan that he described as the way out of a wave of crisis for which he said President Trump "threw in the towel."

July 9, 2020

Joe Biden tackles economy with big $700 billion spending plan

Joseph R. Biden on Thursday is rolling out a sweeping economic plan that would spend $300 billion on high-tech, $400 billion on a federal "Buy American" project and empower unions.

July 9, 2020