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WASHINGTON (AP) — Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court late Monday by a deeply divided Senate, Republicans overpowering Democrats to install President Donald Trump’s nominee days before the election and secure a likely conservative court majority for years to come. Trump’s choice to fill the vacancy of the late liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg potentially opens
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While some valley Republicans and Democrats say the second and final presidential debate was substantive on the issues, and more cordial, too – at this stage in the game, it may be too late to sway most. At Palm Canyon Roadhouse in downtown Palm Springs Thursday night, a group of valley Trump supporters came together
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Coverage of the Final Presidential Debate starts at 5 p.m. PT. You can watch live on News Channel 3 & CBS Local or below: NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden hurtled toward Thursday night’s final debate, which may be the trailing incumbent’s best chance to change the race’s trajectory
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10/05/20 President Donald Trump’s medical team says the president “may not entirely be out of the woods yet” as he heads back home to the White House. Dr. Sean Conley, the president’s physician, delivered an update on the president’s health Monday. Earlier, Trump tweeted that he would be leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trump’s closest aides, has tested positive for the coronavirus. Hicks, who serves as counselor to the president and traveled with him to a rally Wednesday, tested positive Thursday, according to an administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private health information. She is
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Friday at her home in Washington, the court says. She was 87. Ginsburg died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, the court says. TRUMP'S FIRST REMARKS:"She just died? Wow. I didn't know that. She led an amazing life. What else can you say? she was
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Congressman Raul Ruiz appeared in front of a post office in La Quinta Tuesday morning while speaking in support of a $25 billion relief package for the postal service Congress is expected to vote on the legislation Saturday during a special session in Washington. “I’m here today to because the recent attacks on the United
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ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Congressman John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, and who went on to a long and celebrated career in Congress, died. He was 80. Lewis’ death was confirmed by a House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Continue ReadingPresident Trump spoke at a news conference Friday morning to talk about negotiations with China. Trump says US to sanction Chinese officials responsible for eroding autonomy of Hong Kong. Trump says the United States is ‘terminating’ it’s relationship with World Health Organization, says group hasn’t made coronavirus reforms. There have been increased tensions between the
Continue ReadingA senior campaign aide has announced that Pete Buttigieg is dropping out of the 2020 presidential primary race. His decision to drop out of the race comes after former Vice President Joe Biden won a crushing victory in the South Carolina primary. Saturday night’s results are re-energizing a Biden campaign that had flagged in the
Continue ReadingFormer New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he would not release women who signed nondisclosure agreements when pressed Wednesday by Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, saying women who have made allegations of sexist and misogynistic behavior against him maybe “didn’t like a joke I told.” Bloomberg brushed off a question at the Democratic presidential debate about
Continue ReadingDepartment of Homeland Security acting Secretary Chad Wolf has installed a new leader at US Citizenship and Immigration Services, a move that appears to signal the latest efforts by the White House to shake up the department leadership. The appointment of Joseph Edlow come at the request of the White House and Wolf, who oversees
Continue ReadingDemocratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg will make his debut on the 2020 debate stage on Wednesday night after hitting the party’s qualification threshold with his standing in a poll released on Tuesday. Since it’ll be the first time Bloomberg has debated his fellow Democratic candidates, the former New York City mayor is likely to be
Continue ReadingMichael Bloomberg last year referred to transgender people as “he, she, or it” and “some guy wearing a dress” while arguing that presidential campaigns centered on social issues aren’t relevant to most voters. Bloomberg’s comments — which were first reported by BuzzFeed News on Tuesday — drew condemnation from the nation’s most prominent LGBTQ rights
Continue ReadingDemocratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Saturday vowed to “always be a champion” for women in the workplace as new details emerged about his alleged previous comments regarding females at the company he co-founded and owns. “I’ve depended on their leadership, their advice and their contributions,” he wrote on Twitter. “As I’ve demonstrated throughout my
Continue ReadingAn Alabama Democratic lawmaker has a unique response to a recent law limiting abortion rights in the state: require men to undergo vasectomies either when they hit 50 or have three children. Such would be the case under a new bill from Rep. Rolanda Hollis that was introduced on Thursday. “Under existing law, there are
Continue ReadingSome conservatives in South Carolina want to disrupt the state’s upcoming Democratic primary and inject chaos into the race for the nomination. How? By getting Republicans to vote in the Democratic primary. “You know I guess you could call it meddling,” said Christopher Sullivan, one of the organizers of the Conservative Defense Fund in South
Continue ReadingThe Culinary Union, Nevada’s largest labor union and political organizing force, will not endorse a candidate ahead of the February 22 Democratic caucuses there, the union’s leaders announced Thursday — just days after it criticized Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders over his health care plan. “We respect every single political candidate right now. We know they
Continue ReadingThe office of the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections in Florida was allegedly hit by a ransomware attack in September 2016, according to the county elections supervisor. Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Wendy Sartory Link, who assumed her position in January 2019, said Wednesday she did not learn about the alleged attack until
Continue ReadingIt might sound strange, but Bernie Sanders right now has a lot in common with Donald Trump from 2016. Like Trump, after coming in a close second in Iowa and winning New Hampshire, Sanders is now his party’s front-runner for the presidential nomination. Like Trump, Sanders carries big momentum into a third contest in Nevada
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