SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – An appeals court has reinstated a California law requiring background checks for people buying ammunition, reversing a federal judge’s decision to…
Farms scramble for answers as coronavirus threatens workers
HANOVER, Pa. (AP) – In farming, there are many unknowns. The economy, weather and customer demand can affect crops and ultimately a farmer’s bottom line.…
Thousands demonstrate against Israeli coalition deal
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – Several thousand Israelis rallied Saturday to demonstrate against a unity government deal reached last week that leaves Prime Minister Benjamin…
Pandemic complicates counting of refugees in census
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) – The care packages, left outside closed apartment doors to curb the coronavirus, offer newly arrived refugee families a few items to…
Michigan state Rep. Karen Whitsett blames Gov. Whitmer over censure for praising Trump
Michigan state Rep. Karen Whitsett, a Democrat, said Saturday she won’t be silenced as her own party is planning to censure her after she praised…
High court declines to revisit immigrant issue during virus
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court on Friday declined a request by states who cited the coronavirus pandemic in asking the justices to reverse course…
Senior official cited by Trump is subject of investigation
WASHINGTON (AP) – The senior Department of Homeland Security official who was thrust into the spotlight by President Donald Trump to describe the effects of…
Rand Paul rips new debt, mass shutdown: ‘Not all the money in China will save us from ourselves’
Sen. Rand Paul says a far bigger threat to the U.S. economy than the coronavirus pandemic is “one-size-fits-all” solutions and new debt embraced by lawmakers.…
Democrats to probe Dr. Rick Bright’s claims of retaliation, Pelosi says
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that Democrats plan to investigate a claim by Dr. Rick Bright, a top coronavirus vaccine researcher, that the Trump administration demoted him…
Liberal group MoveOn demands Trump be removed from office because of Lysol remark
New organizations were quick to frame President Trump’s recent remarks about injecting disinfectant into coronavirus patients as a serious suggestion about a potential course of…