Election officials, experts and USPS urging voters not to wait until state deadlines to mail in ballots
With the USPS already concerned over the surge of mail in ballots ahead of this year’s election, election experts and the Postal Service are urging voters to mail as soon as possible.
Mitch McConnell campaign hires student from viral DC encounter
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's campaign has hired a Kentucky teenager known for his viral encounter with a Native American man at the Lincoln Memorial last year.
Top general tells Congress that military will have no role in 2020 presidential election
The top U.S. military officer is telling Congress that the U.S. armed forces will have no role in carrying out the election process or resolving a disputed vote.
Day after Alice Johnson's RNC speech, Trump grants her full pardon
Trump on Friday pardoned Alice Marie Johnson, who had spent more than two decades serving life without parole for a nonviolent drug offense.
Crowd of 1,500, many without masks, packed onto White House South Lawn amid pandemic for Trump's RNC speech
It was a stunning scene in a country where parents and children have been laid to rest without their loved ones present, schools have gone to online-only learning and businesses have shut their doors to halt the spread of the coronavirus.
4 who were at RNC in Charlotte test positive for COVID-19, county officials say
Health officials in North Carolina’s Mecklenburg County say four people who were at the Republican National Convention in Charlotte have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Early in-person voting is an option for many across the US in 2020
Voting early in-person allows people to avoid Election Day crowds and long lines amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Key takeaways from the Republican National Convention
President Donald Trump refused to allow the coronavirus to deny him the crowd he craved for the Republican National Convention.
Nun, U.S. Army officer, calls President Trump “the most pro-life President that this nation has ever had”
President Trump accepted his party's renomination on a massive White House South Lawn stage Thursday night.
Trump formally accepts Republican re-nomination from RNC stage at White House
Four years ago, Donald Trump accepted the Republican Party’s nomination for president with a dark convention speech that painted a dystopian portrait of an America in decline. And he offered a singular solution: “I alone can fix it.”
Ivanka Trump introduces her father at RNC as ‘the people’s president’ and a ‘warrior of the White House’
In her speech, Ivanka focused on the help President Trump offered for working families and her personal insights into his personality and decision making.
‘By the grace of God and compassion of Trump’: Alice Johnson, whose drug sentence was commuted, speaks at RNC
Alice Johnson said Thursday during the Republican National Convention that she “hollered hallelujah” after Trump signed the First Step Act, which she said “brought joy, hope and freedom to thousands of well-deserving people.”
HUD Secretary Ben Carson acknowledges Jacob Blake shooting, defends Trump’s record on race at RNC
Carson started his speech off acknowledging the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, one of the few speakers at the convention to do so.
On RNC’s final night, former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani asks Trump to ‘Make America Safe Again’
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani slammed Joe Biden and praised President Donald Trump on the final night of the Republican National Convention.
At RNC, UFC’s Dana White praises Trump’s response to COVID-19 pandemic
White appeared in a virtual address during Thursday night’s RNC with the same enthusiasm for the sitting president as he spoke on his relationship with Trump.
Black Lives Matter activists to hold Black National Convention, put spotlight on police brutality
Black Lives Matter activists are holding their first Black National Convention. The virtual event Friday will adopt a political agenda calling for slavery reparations, universal basic income, environmental justice and legislation that entirely re-imagines criminal justice reform.
Kamala Harris slams ‘profound failure of leadership’ in counter to Trump ahead of final night of RNC
Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris plans a Thursday speech condemning President Donald Trump for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, and she'll give it just hours before Trump is set to accept renomination for a second term.
Pence blurs details about killing of Oakland federal officer by alleged right-wing extremist
What Vice President Mike Pence didn't say was that Dave Underwood was not killed by protesters, but allegedly by an Air Force sergeant with links to a militant right-wing movement.
RNC Day 3: Pence, in convention speech, pledges he and Trump will 'make America great again, again'
Republicans have opened the third night of their convention with an aggressive defense of law enforcement.