Democrats face ‘almost impossible map’ to retake U.S. Senate
One political analyst calls it “an almost impossible map.” Others are even less optimistic.
Republican declared winner of Ohio special congressional election
Republican congressional candidate Troy Balderson on Friday was declared the winner of a hotly contested Ohio special election that served as a final test of his party’s ability to hold off an anticipated surge of Democratic voters in the November elec…
Trump accuses social media firms of ‘silencing millions’
U.S. President Donald Trump accused social media companies on Friday of silencing “millions of people” in an act of censorship, but without offering evidence to support the claim.
Republican Senator McCain ending medical treatment for brain cancer
U.S. Senator John McCain, the maverick Republican who survived a Vietnam War prison camp and ran unsuccessfully for president, is discontinuing medical treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer, his family said in a statement on Friday, a year a…
Georgia blocks move to close voting sites in mostly black county
A Georgia elections board on Friday blocked a bid to close most polling places in a largely black county after critics called it a thinly-veiled attempt to undercut Stacey Abrams, who could become the country’s first female, African-American governor.
Prosecutors grant Trump Organization CFO immunity in Cohen probe: WSJ
Federal prosecutors have granted immunity to the Trump Organization’s chief financial officer in an investigation involving U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
Bid to close voting sites in mostly black U.S. county fails
A county elections board in Georgia on Friday blocked an effort to close most polling places in a largely black county ahead of the November election, where a Democrat is vying to become the first U.S. African-American female governor, a county spoke…
Sessions hits back at Trump over criticism
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired back at President Donald Trump on Thursday after Trump gave a scathing assessment of his leadership at the Justice Department.
Factbox: Trump on Twitter (Aug 24) – DOJ, Social Media
The following statements were posted to the verified personal Twitter account of U.S. President Donald Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
Trump slams social media firms as ‘silencing millions’
U.S. President Donald Trump criticized social media companies on Friday, saying without evidence that they have silenced “millions of people” in an act of censorship.
