As a grieving Beirut rebuilds its homes, businesses and lives, some Good Samaritans are making sure that one group of vulnerable residents are not forgotten. More than 190 volunteers have been scouring the streets of the blast-damaged city for lost pets. They search for animals trapped in the rubble, tend to the injured and care…… MORE
This was deadline day, the day that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer were aiming to have a topline agreement. Yet, despite the fact that more than 30 million Americans are collecting jobless benefits, businesses are being forced to close…… MORE
US intelligence officials have presented information to lawmakers and presidential campaigns indicating Russia is behind an ongoing disinformation push targeting former Vice President and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden, according to sources familiar with the matter. But while Republicans and Democrats overwhelmingly agree that Russia is once again attempting to interfere the US presidential election,…… MORE
Brent Scowcroft, a former national security adviser and longtime confidant of former President George H.W. Bush, has died, a spokesman for the 41st president’s foundation said Friday. He was 95. Scowcroft died Thursday of natural causes, the spokesman, Jim McGrath said in a statement. A former Air Force general, he served as national security adviser…… MORE
In a radio interview Thursday morning with Fox News correspondent Geraldo Rivera, President Donald Trump suggested that a vaccine for the coronavirus could be ready before Election Day. When asked by Rivera when a vaccine would be ready, Trump replied it “could be much sooner” than the end of the year. “Sooner than November 3?”…… MORE
The House of Representatives can sue to force former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify, a federal appeals court ruled Friday, but McGahn can continue to challenge the House’s subpoena and likely will not have to appear anytime soon. A divided US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said McGahn’s refusal…… MORE
The US sanctioned Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Friday for her role in crackdowns on political freedom in the region. Friday’s action is likely to further inflame tensions between Washington and Beijing. It is the latest move in response to China’s imposition of a sweeping national security law on Hong Kong that criminalizes secession,…… MORE
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said that the US Postal Service is not “slowing down” election-related or other mail and will undergo an “organizational realignment” after the agency often criticized by President Donald Trump as a money-losing venture has faced doubts over its capacity to handle anticipated high numbers of mail-in ballots. “We will do everything…… MORE
The House of Representatives can sue to force former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. Read the ruling here: cnn.com/2020/08/07/politics/read-appeals-court-mcgahn-ruling/index.html… MORE
A New York state Supreme Court judge on Thursday denied President Donald Trump’s effort to delay the proceedings in a defamation lawsuit filed against him by longtime magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll, a move that allows her to pursue his DNA sample in an effort to prove claims he sexually assaulted her in the 1990s.…… MORE
