Sports June 21

US Olympic athlete Chelsea Wolfe threatened to burn flag on podium

BMX Freestyle rider Chelsea Wolfe once said her goal was to win an Olympic medal "so I can burn a US flag on the podium."

ECONOMY June 3

Paul Krugman, professors seek top economist's removal from influential job for criticizing Black Lives Matter

University of Michigan professor Justin Wolfers and dozens of other academics are leading a massive effort to have a senior faculty member at the University of Chicago removed from his position at the world's preeminent economics journal -- all because he criticized Black Lives Matter's push to defund police departments.

ELECTIONS August 4, 2020

Carolyn Maloney declared winner in New York congressional race marred by mail-in ballot problems

Election officials in New York finally declared winners late Tuesday in two congressional elections that were held on July 23, but were mired by thousands of missing and uncounted mail-in ballots..

White House August 3, 2020

Trump calls for re-run of 'total disaster' NY congressional race amid mail-in ballot problems

Speaking at a relatively subdued White House press conference on Monday, President Trump urged New York to re-run its June 23 primary election in New York's 12th Congressional District, which still hasn't produced a winner as thousands of mail-in ballots have been tossed or remain uncounted.

White House August 2, 2020

Trump announces government 'must' again seek death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber

President Trump announced Sunday that the U.S. government will again pursue the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, after a federal appeals court Friday threw out the death sentence because the judge who oversaw the case did not adequately screen jurors for potential biases.

Coronavirus August 2, 2020

Pelosi announces she has 'no confidence' in top White House coronavirus adviser Deborah Birx

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared Sunday that she has "no confidence" in top White House coronavirus adviser Deborah Birx, just days after Pelosi reportedly called Birx "the worst" and said the White House coronavirus team was in "horrible hands."

Coronavirus July 31, 2020

Senate votes to begin debate on new stimulus measure, as unemployment benefit lapses

The Senate voted 47-42 to begin debate on a House-passed coronavirus stimulus bill next week, in a procedural move that makes it easier to reach a potential compromise next week that would extend the bonus unemployment benefit while talks on a broader relief measure grind on.

Coronavirus July 31, 2020

Biden questions whether coronavirus vaccine will be 'real,' despite experts' assurances

Joe Biden is preemptively doubting whether a coronavirus vaccine will be "real," and has cast doubt on whether the vaccine would be distributed  "any degree of equity and realization" -- contradicting public health experts even as the White House touts vaccine progress.

White House July 31, 2020

Trump defends tweet on possible Election Day delay at contentious press conference

Claiming at Thursday's White House briefing that the 2020 elections could be "fixed" and "rigged," President Trump again highlighted the risks of nationwide, universal mail-in balloting in stark terms -- including by citing news articles and experts who have raised similar concerns.

House of Representatives July 30, 2020

GOP Rep. Schweikert reprimanded in ethics probe, ordered to pay $50G

Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., was reprimanded and ordered to pay a $50,000 fine by the bipartisan House Ethics Committee on Thursday, after the ethics panel concluded a two-year probe and unanimously found campaign finance violations and other issues.