Scores of retired military leaders publicly denounce Trump

Scores of retired military and defense leaders are denouncing President Donald Trump and accusing him of using the U.S. Armed Forces to undermine the rights of Americans protesting police brutality and the killing of George Floyd.

‘He tries to divide us’: Mattis blasts Trump in letter, suggests president is threat to Constitution

Decorated U.S. military veteran and former Secretary of Defense Gen. James Mattis did not mince words when speaking out against President Donald Trump’s decision to threaten to deploy the military amid ongoing protests in the wake of the death of George Floyd. 

Poll: Biden, Trump in virtual tie in Texas

Trump has a one-point lead over the former vice president, 44-43, a Quinnipiac University poll found.

‘Baffling and reprehensible’: Archbishop of Washington condemns Trump’s visit to Catholic shrine

Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, the first African American archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington, condemned President Donald Trump's visit to the Saint John Paul II National Shrine Tuesday, saying the president's visit in the wake of his Monday threats to use military force against protesters "violates our religious principles.“

Some cadets at West Point ahead of graduation where Trump set to speak test positive for coronavirus

A handful of cadets from the U.S. Military Academy Class of 2020 who were expected to attend a graduation ceremony where President Donald Trump is scheduled to serve as the commencement speaker this month have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. 

US cuts World Health Organization ties over virus response

Trump said the WHO failed to adequately respond to the coronavirus because China has “total control” over the global organization.

Trump signs social media executive order that calls for removal of liability protections over 'censoring'

Flanked by Attorney General Bill Barr, President Trump signed an executive order in the Oval Office on Thursday that interprets Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA) as not providing statutory liability protections for tech companies that engage in censorship and political conduct.

Twitter fact-checks Trump; he threatens new regs or shutdown

Claiming tech giants “silence conservative voices,” Trump tweeted Wednesday that, “We will strongly regulate, or close them down, before we can ever allow this to happen.”

Trump's plan to celebrate space launch hits weather snag

President Donald Trump’s plan to celebrate the first space launch of American astronauts from U.S. soil in nearly a decade on Wednesday hit a snag when the mission was postponed at the last minute because of bad weather.

Pandemic politics: Maskless Trump visits Michigan Ford plant

All of the Ford executives giving Trump the tour were wearings masks, the president standing alone without one.

Justice Department dropping criminal case against former Trump adviser Michael Flynn

In court documents being filed Thursday, the Justice Department said it is dropping the case “after a considered review of all the facts and circumstances of this case, including newly discovered and disclosed information," according to the Associated Press.