Jair Bolsonaro’s efforts to portray himself as an anti-corruption crusader have suffered another blow after police reportedly seized a wad of banknotes from between the clenched buttocks of one of his allies. Chico Rodrigues, the MORE
Michigan Sheriff Dar Leaf says he is refusing to resign after appearing to defend the actions of domestic terrorists who were arrested for the attempting kidnapping of Governor Gretchen Whitmer. A Barry County Commission meeting MORE
Joe Biden’s campaign is halting the travel of his running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, through this weekend after two people — a flight crew member and Harris’ communications director, Liz Allen — tested positive for coronavirus. MORE
“We are going to continue this program. If he wants to take us to court, then we’ll see him court,” said Hector Barajas, spokesman for the California Republican Party. After California Secretary of State Alex MORE
***Ms. G’s notes: The Rolling Stone has always published excellent investigative journalist articles; the article I sourced is just one of many. If you have the time, read it. In a nutshell, President Obama won MORE
Based on new jobless claims, the US’ economy doesn’t appear to be ‘roaring back.’ American workers continued to hit the unemployment line in large numbers last week, with 898,000 new claims filed for jobless benefits. MORE
Join News Views for a Live Discussion on Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing. The bigly event should begin at 9 AM EDT/6 AM PDT.
NU††ER WA†CH On a recent episode of his TruNews show, right-wing conspiracy theorist Rick Wiles posited a theory as to how President Trump got coronavirus. According to him, it was an “attempted assassination attempt” carried MORE
Melania Trump said Wednesday that after an initial negative test, 14-year-old Barron Trump tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement, Melania said that originally Barron had tested negative for the virus but tested positive on Wednesday. Because of MORE
No country can escape its past, as we have seen in this year of mass protests. Showtime’s ferocious limited series “The Good Lord Bird” is about one of the most incendiary of all American historical MORE
“Very brave men said good bye to their kids to go kill Osama bin Laden. We were given the order by President Obama,” O’Neill tweeted. “It was not a body double. Thank you Mr. President.” Robert O’Neill, MORE
With less than three weeks left until election day, is it any wonder that a laptop of Hunter Biden’s has been discovered and damaging private e-mails have been leaked to the New York Post? Trump MORE
Reps. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) told reporters on Tuesday that Esper was evasive in written answers to questions they submitted on the politicization of the military and the role of the armed MORE
Utah Senator Mitt Romney released a statement that decried the state of American politics ahead of the 2020 election, saying he’s fed up with how vile and vituperative (bitter and abusive) things have become. Much MORE
Top infectious-disease experts say the idea is unworkable and far too dangerous, and the World Health Organization recently condemned the approach as “unethical.” Three scientists unveiled their plan, which they call Focused Protection earlier this month. MORE
Join News Views for a Live Discussion on Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing. The bigly event should begin at 9 AM EDT/6 AM PDT. The Morning Consult/Politico poll found Barrett’s nomination is supported by 48 percent of registered MORE
The federal prosecutor Billy Barr tapped to investigate whether Obama administration officials improperly requested the “unmasking” of Trump allies during the 2016 election has concluded his probe. Barr appointed U. S. Attorney John Bash to review whether MORE
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday effectively allowed the government to stop the census count immediately, blocking a lower court order that would have required the Trump administration to continue gathering census information in the field until the end MORE
Join News Views for a Live Discussion on Joe Biden’s remarks to older Americans in Florida. According to the Sun-Sentinel, “51% of likely voters favor Biden and 47% for Trump, a 4-point advantage. That lead, MORE
A debate on Monday between Senate Leader Mitch McConnell and his Democratic opponent Amy McGrath was the backdrop for loads of laughter from the majority leader. McGrath challenged McConnell on his decision to allow a MORE
Just before midnight Monday Texas time, a unanimous three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a district judge’s preliminary injunction against Abbott’s October 1 directive. “One strains to see how it burdens MORE
Youngstown pays Michael’s Lawn Service $20 for each abandoned mattress it picks up and takes to the dump. In 2017, it collected 188 mattresses. It grew to 213 in 2018 and 219 last year. This MORE
After coming under fire from President Donald Trump and Republicans about whether he backed expanding the Supreme Court to more than nine justices, Joe Biden said Monday that he’s “not a fan of court packing.” MORE
With 33 states reporting a rise in new Covid-19 cases and a nationwide uptick in hospitalizations, officials worry this could be the beginning of the fall surge experts have warned about. In Colorado, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said MORE
As Trump held a potential superspreader event in Florida, Dr. Anthony Fauci told Shepard Smith on CNBC that “we’re in a bad place.” “We have a baseline of infections now that varies between 40 and MORE