Trump threatens military force against protesters nationwide
June 2, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wielding extraordinary federal authority, President Donald Trump threatened the nation’s governors on Monday that he would deploy the military to states if they did not stamp out violent protests over police brutality that have roiled the nation over the past week. His announcement...
Biden assault allegation prompts GOP attacks, Dem worries
April 30, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — A sexual assault allegation is raising Joe Biden's first big challenge as the Democrats' presidential nominee, fueling Republican attacks and leaving many in his own party in an uncomfortable bind. Biden's campaign has denied the allegation from his former Senate staffer Tara Reade,...
Congress set to pass $483B virus aid as Trump eyes next deal
April 22, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is sprinting to approve the next coronavirus aid package, a $483 billion deal backed by the White House to replenish a small-business payroll fund and pump more money into hospitals and testing programs. President Donald Trump is urging swift passage this week. The S...
Trump says he’ll ‘suspend immigration,’ offers no details
April 21, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that he will sign an executive order “to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States” because of the coronavirus. “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American...
Experts say COVID-19 might upend 2020 election
Cailey Gleeson, Nation & World Editor
April 20, 2020
Amid increasing uncertainties as coronavirus ravages the United States, the 2020 presidential election has been transformed as candidates’ responses to the crisis – or lack thereof – have been under intense scrutiny from the public and media alike. Not only has there been a shift in priority for politician...
Experts worry politics will guide voters’ coronavirus precautions
April 19, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — Laura Herd says she sleeps better because her state's governor, Michigan Democrat Gretchen Whitmer, imposed one of the nation's strictest stay-at-home orders to combat the coronavirus pandemic. President Donald Trump's actions are another story. “His goal is to get the economy...
Trump gives governors 3-phase plan to reopen economy
April 16, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump gave governors a road map Thursday for recovering from the economic pain of the coronavirus pandemic, laying out “a phased and deliberate approach” to restoring normal activity in places that have strong testing and are seeing a decrease in COVID-19 cases. “We’re...
OPINION: For Generation Z, COVID-19 is the latest in a series of major traumas
Emma Oxnevad, Opinions and Social Media Editor
April 13, 2020
We are living in uncertain times. It’s a cliché, but it’s also a pretty good summation of the truly bizarre existence we are all subjected to amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As I thought about it more and more, however, I’ve somehow felt that I’ve always lived in a wildly uncertain era....
Trump signs $2.2T stimulus after swift congressional votes
March 27, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an unprecedented $2.2 trillion economic rescue package into law Friday, after swift and near-unanimous action by Congress to support businesses, rush resources to overburdened health care providers and help struggling families during the deepening co...
White House, Congress agree on $2 trillion virus rescue bill
March 25, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and Senate leaders of both parties announced agreement early Wednesday on an unprecedented $2 trillion emergency bill to rush sweeping aid to businesses, workers and a health care system slammed by the coronavirus pandemic. The urgently needed measure is the largest economi...
Trump seeks Supreme Court approval to speed deportations
March 1, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — The man slipped into the U.S from Tijuana, Mexico, and made it just 25 yards from the border before he was arrested. A seven-month journey from Sri Lanka was over for Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam. Now he would be able to tell an American official why he had fled the place he had ...
Trump under fire for sanctuary cities crackdown
Abbas Dahodwala, Contributing Writer
February 23, 2020
Experts are questioning the motives and potential effects of the Trump administration's recent move to send elite tactical agents to sanctuary cities across the United States. The tactical agents’ potential arrivals in sanctuary cities comes shortly before the 2020 census measurement. These tact...
