House member Rice, family members test positive for COVID-19
U.S. Representative Tom Rice, a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, said on Monday he, his wife and his son had all contracted COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus.
Trump campaign to give Tulsa rally-goers masks, fever checks
People attending President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday will receive temperature checks, masks and hand sanitizer before entering the arena, the Republican’s campaign said.
Presidential candidate Biden, Democratic Party raise $81 million in May
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee jointly raised $80.8 million in May, the Biden campaign said on Monday, the campaign’s largest monthly sum of the presidential race.
Biden lands Planned Parenthood endorsement in U.S. presidential race
The political advocacy arm of reproductive-services provider Planned Parenthood on Monday endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for U.S. president, calling his race against Republican President Donald Trump a “fight for our country’s very survival.”
Exclusive: U.S. senators ask Pentagon if $1 billion in Afghan aid was cut
Two Democratic senators on Monday asked U.S. Defense Secretary Mike Esper what happened to $1 billion in aid for Afghanistan the Trump administration said it would cut nearly three months ago, according to a letter reviewed by Reuters.
U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear gun rights cases
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a series of new cases seeking to expand gun rights.
U.S. Supreme Court snubs Trump on challenge to California ‘sanctuary’ laws
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed President Donald Trump a defeat in his legal showdown with the most-populous U.S. state, declining to hear his administration’s challenge to “sanctuary” laws in California that protect immigrants from deportation…
Exclusive: U.S. Democratic Party irked by council’s ‘insurgent’ climate plan – sources
The Democratic National Committee’s council on climate change irked party leadership when it published policy recommendations this month that ventured beyond presidential candidate Joe Biden’s plan, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Trump economic adviser urges wearing of masks at Tulsa rally
People attending U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Oklahoma this week should wear masks, a White House adviser said on Sunday, as health experts cautioned against large gatherings such as political rallies during the coronavirus pandemic….
Trump pushes Tulsa rally back by a day to ‘honor’ emancipation holiday
President Donald Trump has bowed to pressure over an election rally scheduled to take place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on the “Juneteenth” anniversary that commemorates the end of U.S. slavery, and said he was pushing the event back by a day.
