The leaders said in a statement that they want officials to appear at a hearing on August 24 to discuss what they call “recent, sweeping and dangerous operational changes at the Postal Service that are delaying the post and the integrity of the elections. endanger. “ The House Democrats, led …
Read More »Robert O’Brien: National Security Adviser says Trump will not have his own summit with Putin before the election
“We denied that,” O’Brien said when asked about such a meeting during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Trump has discussed in recent months the possibility of a meeting with Putin ahead of the November elections, two sources close to the White House said. Sources, who have spoken to …
Read More »US presidential conventions: Why we still have them and what will happen in 2020
Democrats will meet Aug. 17-20, mostly voluntarily, to nominate former Vice President Joe Biden. Republicans will meet Aug. 24-27 in Charlotte, North Carolina, to nominate President Donald Trump for a second term – a nomination he said he would accept elsewhere, possibly at the White House. CNN will have live …
Read More »Nancy Pelosi says stimulus talks complicated by ‘complete unrest on the Republican side’
In a letter to her Democratic colleagues on Saturday, the Democratic leader said that progress on the negotiations “is complicated by the complete unrest on the Republican side – because President Donald Trump opposes his own negotiators and his own position.” She criticized Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republicans …
Read More »Former Illinois Gov. James Thompson died at 84
WLS told the family, Thompson was receiving treatment and recovering in a downtown Chicago rehab center when “he was suddenly hit and passed away Friday night.” The Republican governor was the longest-serving governor in the state of Illinois. Thompson was first elected governor of Illinois in 1976 and was re-elected …
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