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Fauci: Any crowd without masks is virus risk

Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio repeatedly pressed the top health official on whether protests in Portland and other cities against police brutality and racial discrimination should be curbed to stop the virus spread.

Trump tweets of an election ‘delay’ appears quickly rejected

President Donald Trump is for the first time floating a “delay” to the Nov. 3 presidential election, as he makes unsubstantiated allegations that increased mail-in voting will result in fraud.

 
Barr, Democrats clash in Capitol Hill faceoff

Attorney General William Barr testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday during a much-awaited face-off with Chairman Jerry Nadler, who launched the session late because he had been in a minor car accident.

Trump pushes unproven drug as virus treatment, questions Fauci

A week after appearing to project a more serious tone about the coronavirus, President Donald Trump is back to spreading misinformation about how to combat the virus and the credibility of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert.

 
Pelosi, others hail John Lewis as ‘conscience’ of Congress as he lies in state

In a solemn display of bipartisan unity, congressional leaders praised the late Democratic Rep. John Lewis as a moral force for the nation on Monday in a Capitol Rotunda ceremony rich with symbolism and punctuated by the booming, recorded voice of the late civil rights icon.

Intense, violent protests rock Portland, other US cities

A night that started with a reported shooting and a bag found with loaded rifle magazines and Molotov cocktails amid a peaceful protest morphed into an intense early Monday morning confrontation between demonstrators and law enforcement in Oregon’s largest city.

 
Carriage with John Lewis’ body crosses Selma bridge

The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, for the final time Sunday as remembrances continue for the civil rights icon.