President Trump complained that Attorney General William P. Barr is not doing enough to deliver the results of a probe into how the Obama administration investigated possible collusion between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign.
Trump has brushed aside advisers’ calls for caution, instead embracing a political strategy built on playing down the virus and using his own battle with it to argue that the nation has already overcome the pandemic.
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Brad Smith looks out at his flooded property after Hurricane Delta passed over New Iberia, La. (Dan Anderson/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
Though residents have become accustomed to hurricanes across the generations, the rapid-fire nature of Hurricane Laura at the end of August and Hurricane Delta this week felt like insult to injury.
Black residents of Wolfe City, Tex., warned each other about the “new cop” and the harassing behavior some had experienced over minor violations.
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After Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) blocked Garland’s Supreme Court nomination, the judge quietly marched onward.
Court papers portray Adam Fox as the leader behind the plot to abduct Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
The use of force against protesters in Washington convinced the experts in military law that soldiers and National Guard members may face difficult choices.
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