Trump’s offer of $300 a week unemployment aid is getting a cool reception from about half of U.S. states. “We have five states that have already been approved,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told CNBC on Tuesday. “We MORE
Trump’s re-election campaign has sued New Jersey following their decision on Friday to mail a ballot to every voter for the November election. Voters will also have the choice to vote in-person. Trump’s campaign filed MORE
New documents revealed by the Senate Intelligence Committee show beautiful letters that Donald Trump wrote to Vladimir Putin in the days before he became president*. While the letters do not reveal any “collusion” between Russia MORE
Amid a heatwave on the west coast, Death Valley National Park, California, is verifying with the National Weather Service what may be the highest ever recorded temperature on earth at 130F (54.4C). Sunday’s reading was MORE
The Social Security Act was passed 85 years ago on August 14, 1935, and for most of the elderly in this country Social Security is their major source of income. The latest Social Security Trustees Report MORE
An experimental botanical extract, oleandrin, was promoted to Trump during an Oval Office meeting in July. Now it’s being embraced by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson and MyPillow founder and CEO Mike Lindell. MORE
The Proud Boys showed up in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on Saturday and met up with a group of local church counter-protesters. First Congregational Church hosted a vigil of anti-racism counter-protesters and formed a perimeter around the MORE
Happy Friday and Happy Happy Hour! I thought today we should drink to the newly-anointed Democratic Vice Presidential candidate, and tip our mugs to great possibilities in our not-so-distant future — not to mention the MORE
Trump’s younger brother, Robert, has been hospitalized in New York, a development that has been confirmed by the White House. Details of his illness have not been disclosed, but he has been described as “very MORE
Country singer Dolly Parton said she supports Black Lives Matter in an interview with Billboard. “Of course Black lives matter,” Parton told the magazine. “Do we think our little white asses are the only ones MORE
Bill Gates is optimistic about beating the coronavirus and the anti-vaxxer conspiracy theories. While the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged more than $350 million to defeating the disease, he’s being vilified by nutjobs MORE
America’s second woman vice presidential nominee had some uncharacteristically non-partisan advice for America’s third woman vice presidential nominee. In an Instagram post only hours after Harris was announced as Joe Biden’s running mate, Sarah Palin MORE
Marjorie Taylor Greene, known for her belief in a QAnon conspiracy theory, defeated a neurosurgeon in a northwest Georgia primary race. Greene, a businesswoman, primarily self-funded her candidacy and won her first round in June MORE
While public schools are trying to figure out how to open during a pandemic, public education advocates are criticizing Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos for social distancing in her Holland, Michigan, mansion that is protected MORE
Trump’s efforts to bypass congress with a list of executive orders over the weekend will do little to help the economy, according to economic experts. A temporary extension of unemployment benefits, deferment of payroll taxes, MORE
When multiple leaks in coronavirus relief talks were occuring, Speaker Nancy Pelosi instituted a cell phone ban so that talks couldn’t be recorded. On Wednesday, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was refusing to MORE
With the executive order Trump signed on Saturday to suspend payroll taxes and rewrite the tax code, the dotard is attempting to lure Democratic nominee Biden into embracing middle-class tax increases if he is elected. MORE
In an interview that aired on Fox News on Sunday, Attorney General Bill Barr spewed a partisan attack on the Democratic Party, claiming the left believes in “tearing down the system” and pursues absolute victory MORE
It’s the weekend! We made it to another Friday, and if it’s not 5:00 yet where you are, it will be soon. Hope you all are making plans to enjoy some quality weekend time before MORE
Bernie Sanders and John Kasich will share a night in the spotlight, and both Clintons are slated to have prominent speaking roles at the all-virtual Democratic National Convention in less than two weeks, multiple people MORE
Joe Biden said in an interview on Tuesday that prosecuting a former president wouldn’t be very good for democracy, but that he would not stand in the way of a future Justice Department pursuing criminal MORE
Sources close to the process are telling NBC News that Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is among those still under serious consideration as a VP mate for Joe Biden. Democrats with knowledge of the process tell MORE
New York State Attorney General is scheduled to make a “major national announcement” at 11:30amEST today. Some reports suggest the announcement may be related to state investigations into Trump businesses after it was reported that MORE
Vice President Mike Pence said in an interview to be aired today that Supreme Court Justice John Roberts has let down conservatives because he has sided with liberal justices. In an interview with Christian Broadcasting MORE
Allan Lichtman, an author and history professor at American University, has predicted every presidential election since 1984 correctly, including 2016 when Trump beat Clinton. Now he’s predicting Biden to beat Trump in 2020. “The pollsters MORE