[ad_1] HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania state senator abruptly left a West Wing meeting with President Donald Trump after being told he had tested positive for coronavirus, a person with direct knowledge of the meeting at the Associated Press. Republican Senator Doug Mastriano visited the White House last Wednesday with like-minded Republican lawmakers shortly … Read more
[ad_1] The United States continued to report more than 100,000 new cases of coronavirus per day over the holiday weekend, as experts warned that widespread Thanksgiving travel could fuel an outbreak in the coming weeks. The number of new cases of Covid-19 reported in the United States exceeded 200,000 for the first time on Friday, … Read more
[ad_1] WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday over President Trump’s efforts, in the final days of his presidency, to exclude unauthorized immigrants from the calculations used to allocate seats in the House. If the court rules on the administration, it would upset the agreement that the census should count all residents, … Read more
[ad_1] For now, it’s an open question whether President-elect Joe Biden has an interest in testing his presidential power to try to forgive student debt. Joe Raedle | Getty Images President-elect Joe Biden and his transition team on Monday announced several appointments and appointments to key economic positions in the new administration. The transition team … Read more
[ad_1] President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris announced the new administration’s communications staff on Sunday. For the first time in US history, the staff will be entirely female. Jen Psaki will serve as White House press secretary, Biden and Harris said. Psaki had previously served as White House communications director and deputy White … Read more
[ad_1] Dane County, Wisconsin completed its recount on Sunday and President-elect Joe Biden remained the winner in the key state of the battlefield. The state will certify election results on Monday, the bipartisan Wisconsin Election Commission announced on Sunday. The recount in Dane County garnered 45 more votes for President Trump than the initial solicitation. … Read more
[ad_1] The mother of a Florida teenager who was shot dead by a sheriff’s deputy this month was injured during her funeral service on Saturday. Quasheda Pierce, 39, was hit when a gunshot rang out at Riverview Memorial Gardens in Cocoa, where 18-year-old Sincere Pierce was laid to rest just over two weeks after he … Read more
[ad_1] A 62-year-old boater who had been missing since Friday was found clinging to his capsized ship on Sunday off the Atlantic coast of Florida, the US Coast Guard said. The agency had been looking for signs of Stuart Bee and his 32-foot boat since he went missing on Friday. #To have: Stuart Bee is … Read more
[ad_1] Former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Chris Krebs strongly defended the security of the 2020 election on Sunday following his dismissal by President Trump, as the president criticized the report on Twitter and called out claimed that US election security is a joke. “ Krebs appeared on CBS News’ “60 Minutes” just … Read more
[ad_1] The mother and sister of a woman whose estranged boyfriend broke into their Los Angeles County home and began to strangle him managed to fend off the forward by beating the man with golf clubs before eventually stabbing him to death, authorities said. Officers from the South Pasadena Police Department responded to a domestic … Read more