• Trump’s attacks on mail balloting and concerns over delays turn midterms spotlight on Postal Service
    WASHINGTON—(AP) With the first midterm ballots expected to hit the mail stream roughly six weeks from now, Americans are watching the U.S. Postal Service—and the politics swirling around it. This election season is about control of Congress, but in practice, it is also about whether millions of voters can trust a system being pushed and pulled […]
  • The Latest: Dr. Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment in Republican-led COVID-19 Senate hearing
    Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday invoked the Fifth Amendment and decline to answer questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky subpoenaed Fauci to appear before a Senate committee. It’s part of Paul’s yearslong accusations that the now-retired infectious disease expert had lied […]
  • Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment and declines to testify in Republican-led COVID-19 Senate hearing
    WASHINGTON (AP) —In a move that is likely to inflame an already fractured political battlefield, Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer questions from senators during a Republican-led committee hearing focused on the Trump-era and Obama-era decisions that shaped the COVID-19 response. The moment injects fresh drama into long-simmering tensions between […]
  • Obama endorses Iowa Democrat Turek for the US Senate in a video of them playing basketball
    DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Democrat Josh Turek got an assist Wednesday from former President Barack Obama, who endorsed his bid to flip a Republican-held U.S. Senate seat in a video of the two shooting hoops. The seat held by retiring two-term Sen. Joni Ernst is among the tough targeted races for Democrats navigating […]
  • Trump to unveil $22 billion plan to remake Washington Dulles airport, sources say
    WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump plans to unveil a $22 billion plan to rebuild Washington Dulles airport, the latest in a series of major projects he announced in the U.S. capital region, sources told Reuters.    Trump, who will be joined by United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy at […]