Citizenship query a threat to U.S. census, witness says as trial kicks off
Adding a citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. Census questionnaire will yield a “systemic undercount” of immigrants by frightening some away from responding, warned a witness on the first day of a trial that could shape the U.S. political landscape fo…
For Trump supporters, elections a battle to protect a leader under siege
For many Americans, Tuesday’s congressional midterm elections are a referendum on Republican President Donald Trump’s divisive persona, hard-line policies and pugnacious politics.
Factbox: Breaking barriers: U.S. election winners could mark minority firsts
The 2018 U.S. congressional elections prompted a surge of candidates from minority groups that have not had electoral success in the past.
‘Racist’ Trump ad pulled from air as campaigns rush to uncertain end
NBC, Fox News and Facebook pulled a controversial ad by President Donald Trump’s campaign that critics had labeled racist as a bitter election fight for control of the U.S. Congress headed on Monday for an unpredictable finish.
Trump close to naming U.N. envoy, sees more Cabinet changes
President Donald Trump said on Monday he would nominate a new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations by the end of the week and that more changes in his Cabinet may be coming.
Supreme Court rebuffs challenge to California gun restrictions
The U.S. Supreme Court for a second straight year refused on Monday to hear a challenge to California’s limits on carrying handguns in public, dealing another setback to gun rights proponents.
NBC, Fox News, Facebook pull Trump campaign ad linking immigration, crime
NBC, Fox News and Facebook pulled a campaign ad linking a caravan of Central American migrants and a cop killer, which U.S. President Donald Trump endorsed and CNN deemed “racist,” the media companies said on Monday. The primetime TV ads on NBC, paid …
U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs challenge to California gun restrictions
The U.S. Supreme Court for a second straight year refused on Monday to hear a challenge to California’s limits on carrying handguns in public, dealing another setback to gun rights proponents.
Trump prepares to name U.N. envoy, sees more Cabinet changes
President Donald Trump said on Monday he will nominate a new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations by the end of the week and said that more changes in his Cabinet may be coming.
Democrats, Republicans make last pitch as campaigns clatter to hectic end
Bitter U.S. political campaigns thundered to a hectic, unpredictable finish on election eve on Monday, as candidates scoured the country for votes in dozens of crucial races that opinion polls showed were still razor-close.
