Three U.S. states offer to host Republican convention if Trump pulls it from North Carolina
Republicans in Georgia, Texas and Florida are offering to host the party’s national convention if President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to move the event from North Carolina over social distancing restrictions due to the coronavirus.
U.S. judge throws out Trump policy favoring drilling over sage grouse protection
A U.S. judge in Montana has thrown out a Trump administration directive that weakened an Obama-era policy aimed at protecting a threatened Western bird, invalidating hundreds of oil and gas leases on federal land in Montana and Wyoming.
White woman apologizes after calling cops over black man in NY Central Park
A white woman has apologized after a video went viral showing her calling police to say she felt threatened by an African- American man who asked her politely to leash her dog in New York’s Central Park.
Virginia nurse lives on boat while helping New York battle the pandemic
By night, nurse Rachel Hartley is on the front line of the war against the coronavirus. By day, she rests on the sailboat that brought her from Virginia, wondering how she will explain it all to her children someday.
U.S. Supreme Court declines to block at-risk prisoner transfer plan
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to block a judge’s ruling that requires the U.S. government to evaluate moving up to 837 potentially at-risk prisoners out of a federal prison in Ohio due to concerns about the health risks of the coronavirus….
Pence’s press secretary Katie Miller back to work after recovering from COVID-19
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary Katie Miller said on Tuesday she was back at work after recovering from COVID-19, a case that helped encourage White House officials to start wearing masks and taking stricter safety precautions around P…
New Jersey used car dealer charged with price gouging New York City on N95 masks
A New Jersey used car dealer was criminally charged on Tuesday with exploiting the coronavirus pandemic by trying to defraud and price gouge New York City into buying N95 respirator masks he was not authorized to sell, in a roughly $45 million scheme.
New York’s Cuomo to meet Trump, push infrastructure spending
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said he will travel to Washington to meet with President Donald Trump on Wednesday and planned to discuss major investments in infrastructure as a way to jumpstart a U.S. economy devastated by the coronavirus pandemic.
Pentagon’s deputy inspector general resigns
The Defense Department’s deputy inspector general resigned on Tuesday, more than a month after President Donald Trump removed him as the Pentagon’s acting inspector general, who was to also oversee the U.S. government $2.3 trillion coronavirus response…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX raises $346 million ahead of debut astronaut mission
Elon Musk’s SpaceX said on Tuesday that it raised $346.2 million in a new round of funding, a day before it launches two American astronauts to the International Space Station.
