Two of the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration enforcement agencies are preparing for the possibility of more civil unrest amid a contentious election, according to officials, part of a concerted effort by federal and local authorities to prepare for large-scale protests. The Trump administration’s deployment of federal officers to US cities came under scrutiny this…… MORE
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Fact Check: Misleading new Trump ad claims Biden plans to ‘end fracking’
Less than two weeks before Election Day, a new Trump campaign ad scheduled to air in Pennsylvania misleadingly portrays former Vice President Joe Biden’s stance on fracking, a drilling method used to extract oil or natural gas. Interspersed with a testimonial from a fracking technician, the ad claims Biden will end fracking, and features among…… MORE
Fact check: Trump continues to falsely claim that spike in coronavirus cases is due to heightened testing
President Donald Trump has claimed over and over in the past week — at campaign rallies, on Twitter and in an interview with “60 Minutes” — that the US is only seeing so many coronavirus cases because the country is doing so much testing. “Cases up because we TEST, TEST, TEST. A Fake News Media…… MORE
Pence skips public health recommended self-quarantine but does change plans after staff outbreak
Vice President Mike Pence, despite flouting public health guidelines by still campaigning after being exposed to people testing positive with coronavirus, is taking some precautions on the road. At least five people on his staff, including his bodyman and Marc Short, his chief of staff, tested positive, but Pence insists on maintaining an aggressive campaign…… MORE
Loeffler still plans to participate in Barrett vote after 2 staffers test positive for Covid-19
Sen. Kelly Loeffler has tested negative for Covid-19 after two of her staffers tested positive, and the Georgia Republican plans to attend the vote on Monday to confirm President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Loeffler’s office released a statement on Saturday saying, “On Friday, Senator Loeffler was tested for COVID-19 after…… MORE
Exclusive: New analysis shows how women helped fuel a Biden fundraising surge
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was reported by the Center for Responsive Politics and CNN. Donations from women to Democrat Joe Biden‘s presidential campaign surged as he picked California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate — widening the gap in political giving between Biden and President Donald Trump, according to a new analysis by the…… MORE
Pompeo being investigated for potentially breaking the law with RNC speech
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is under investigation for potentially violating a federal law that forbids federal employees from engaging in political activity while on duty or while inside federal buildings over his address to the Republican convention in August. The Office of the Special Counsel, an independent federal investigative agency, launched a probe into…… MORE
Melania Trump to make belated campaign trail appearance
First lady Melania Trump will make her first solo campaign appearance on behalf of President Donald Trump with just one week to go before the election. Her up-to-now campaign trail absence has marked a historic break from precedent, especially in a race that finds her husband fighting for votes. The first lady is scheduled to…… MORE
Obama describes arduous push to pass health care in first excerpt of forthcoming book
Former President Barack Obama detailed the early challenges on the path to passing his historic health care legislation in an excerpt of his forthcoming memoir published in The New Yorker Monday. In “A Promised Land,” Obama wrote about what influenced the health care law popularly known as Obamacare, Republican and Democratic opposition to provisions of…… MORE
Black Americans are fired up and flocking to the polls
Dave Richards arrived at his polling place before dawn, carrying a blue lawn chair and a giant bottle of water. It was about 6 a.m. on October 12 — the first day of early voting in Georgia — and the business consultant was ready for a long wait in the Atlanta suburb of Smyrna. After…… MORE
