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Steven Mnuchin, Mark Meadows negotiate with Nancy Pelosi in coronavirus relief

The White House opened discussions with top congressional Democrats on Monday night aimed at closing a gap of more than $2 trillion in their competing coronavirus relief proposals, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell dismissing Democrats' costlier plan as a "socialist manifesto."

July 27, 2020

Donald Trump says Supreme Court’s DACA ruling gave him power to lower drug prices

President Trump said Monday the Supreme Court gave him newfound power to lower drug prices and take other executive actions, thanks to its ruling last month on immigration.

July 27, 2020

GOP coronavirus relief plan would lower weekly jobless benefit to $200 in transition to states

Senate Republicans are proposing a $1 trillion coronavirus relief plan that calls for reducing beefed-up federal weekly unemployment benefits from $600 to $200 for two months, or until states can provide 70% of a worker's former wages, according to people familiar with the proposal.

July 27, 2020

Trump executive orders strengthen by Supreme Court DACA ruling

President Trump is turning increasingly to executive action to push through his election-year agenda, buoyed by a Supreme Court ruling that the White House believes has expanded the president's power of the pen.

July 26, 2020

New Trump campaign manager predicts a ‘knockdown, drag-out fight’ with Joe Biden

New Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien said Friday that he expects President Trump to win all the states he captured in 2016 and possibly pick up several more, despite national polls showing the president trailing Democrat Joseph R. Biden by double digits.

July 24, 2020

Fox temporarily cuts away from White House briefing that featured video of protester’s obscenity

Fox News temporarily pulled its coverage of a White House press briefing on Friday as press secretary Kayleigh McEnany was showing a video of rioting in Portland that included a demonstrator using a bleeped-out obscenity.

July 24, 2020

Conservatives warn Donald Trump that stimulus proposal could split GOP before election

Conservative allies of President Trump warned Friday that the emerging coronavirus relief package in Congress could split the Republican Party if it fails to include a payroll tax cut.

July 24, 2020

Judge grants restraining order against federal agents in Portland

A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order Thursday night against federal agents from arresting or using force against legal observers and journalists in Portland, Oregon, during ongoing violence and protests there.

July 23, 2020

America First Action PAC ad attacks Biden defund police policies

A super PAC supporting President Trump's policies is airing a new TV ad on Friday attacking Democrat Joseph R. Biden over defunding police, showing a fearful mother and child hiding under a bed from marauders while their frantic 9-1-1 call is placed on hold.

July 23, 2020

White House task force calls for changes in Indian Health Service to help child-abuse victims

A White House task force on Thursday called for extensive changes in the Indian Health Service to protect children from abuse at the agency that oversees care for 2.6 million Native Americans in 37 states.

July 23, 2020

Trump issues new rule to reverse Obama-era housing mandate, says he’s ‘protecting suburbs’

The Trump administration released a new rule Thursday to repeal an Obama-era regulation on housing desegregation, saying it will protect communities "from excessive federal overreach and preserving local decision-making."

July 23, 2020

Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin discuss arms control, Iran nukes in phone call

President Trump spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday about arms control and recovering their economies from the coronavirus pandemic.

July 23, 2020

Donald Trump blames Democrats, and some Republicans, for ditching payroll tax cut

President Trump on Thursday blamed determined Democrats, and timid Republicans, for the failure of his proposal of a payroll-tax cut in a massive coronavirus relief plan that is still unsettled.

July 23, 2020

Ex-lawmaker indicted in Democratic vote fraud scheme in Philadelphia

A former Democratic congressman from Philadelphia has been indicted on charges of bribing an election judge to stuff the ballot boxes for Democratic candidates in three consecutive primary elections, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.

July 23, 2020

Joe Biden has ‘obligation’ to take cognitive test, Trump says

President Trump said in an interview Wednesday that Democrat Joseph R. Biden has an "obligation" to take a test of his mental abilities to show voters that he's "sharp" enough to handle foreign adversaries.

July 22, 2020

Coronavirus stimulus: Senate Republicans, White House reach deal

Senate Republicans and the White House agreed Wednesday night on a key part of a coronavirus stimulus proposal that includes $105 billion for schools and billions more for testing.

July 22, 2020

Trump compares his Black outreach to Abraham Lincoln

President Trump said Wednesday he's helped Blacks more than just about anyone in U.S. history, responding to Democrat Joseph R. Biden's accusation that he's America's first racist president.

July 22, 2020

Donald Trump to expand surge of federal law enforcement to Chicago, Albuquerque

President Trump announced he's expanding a federal law enforcement operation on Wednesday to combat rising violence in Chicago and Albuquerque, New Mexico, saying "help is on its way" over the objections of local Democratic officials.

July 22, 2020

Trump campaign says Joe Biden is ‘siding with the criminals’ in Portland

The Trump campaign is accusing Joseph R. Biden of "siding with the criminals" after the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee expressed concern about "peaceful protesters" being arrested in Portland, Oregon.

July 22, 2020

Trump on Ghislaine Maxwell: ‘I wish her well’

President Trump said Tuesday that he wishes Ghislaine Maxwell well as the imprisoned socialite faces prosecution related to Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking ring.

July 21, 2020