The appointments of Chad Wolf and Ken Cuccinelli to the top two leadership roles at the Department of Homeland Security are invalid, the Government Accountability Office found in a new report, delivering a major rebuke to the Trump administration, which has repeatedly tried to skirt the confirmation process. The Trump administration has increasingly relied on…… MORE
Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is forging a new path, gathering a nationwide audience of supporters over Zoom to make up for a Democratic National Convention devoid of its usual live audience of thousands due to the coronavirus pandemic. The campaign announced Friday that virtual watch parties will take place in all 50…… MORE
Robert Trump, the younger brother of President Donald Trump, is hospitalized in New York, the White House confirmed Friday. Trump is expected to visit his brother Friday in New York, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. “Can confirm the report that the President’s brother is hospitalized,” deputy press secretary Judd Deere told CNN.…… MORE
Indie rock legends They Might Be Giants explain the Electoral College in their music video. Watch the video and follow along with the lyrics: Who are the electors? They’re the ones who elect The ones that you vote for Who will vote in your stead You signal your choice, you give them your trust But…… MORE
President Donald Trump met with United States Postmaster General Louis DeJoy at the White House last week amid his ongoing attacks on mail-in voting and ahead of DeJoy’s meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer. “It was a congratulatory meeting,” White House deputy press secretary Judd Deere told CNN. DeJoy,…… MORE
The Manhattan district attorney’s office asked a federal judge Friday to dismiss President Donald Trump’s challenges to a grand jury subpoena for his financial records, calling the President’s claims that the investigation is limited to hush money payments as “nonsensical.” The DA’s office said it has repeatedly put Trump’s lawyers on notice that its inquiry…… MORE
An FBI lawyer who worked on the surveillance warrant of former Trump foreign policy adviser Carter Page plans to plead guilty Friday to making a false statement in an email as part of an investigation into the Russia investigation. Kevin Clinesmith plans to admit to one charge of altering an email to another official in…… MORE
The newly renovated White House Rose Garden is scheduled to be unveiled on Thursday, just days before the Republican National Convention, a source with knowledge of the planning told CNN. The iconic White House garden has been under construction since late last month, when first lady Melania Trump announced she was spearheading an overhaul to…… MORE
Former President Barack Obama took on President Donald Trump’s attempts to stall funding for the United States Postal Service in a podcast published Friday, slamming his successor’s opposition to the much-needed funds as a craven attempt to boost his chances of winning in November. Obama, in a podcast with David Plouffe, his former campaign manager,…… MORE
A multimillion-dollar fuel shipment from a designated foreign terrorist organization in Iran to Venezuela was disrupted by the Justice Department, according to a Friday news release. Justice officials say the seizure of the shipment by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is the government’s largest-ever seizure of fuel shipments from Iran. After executing a court-issued seizure…… MORE
