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In response to a question about his tweet to “all of the people living their Suburban Lifestyle Dream,” President Donald Trump suggested that an Obama administration fair housing rule required the construction of low-income homes in suburban areas. It doesn’t.

Over the last seven days, a grim new COVID-19 calculus has emerged: one person died every 80 seconds from the coronavirus in America. And the pace at which those 7,486 people died appears to be accelerating, a new NBC News tally revealed Wednesday. In July, a total of 26,198 deaths were reported, meaning one every 102 seconds. As of Wednesday morning,…

In a flurry of tweets and remarks, President Donald Trump continued to distort the facts on the coronavirus pandemic: In a series of comments focused on the surging number of COVID-19 cases elsewhere in the world, Trump left the misleading impression that the U.S. is doing better than several countries seeing recent upticks in cases. But nearly all of the...

A look at the implications of the possible sale of China-owned TikTok to a U.S company and why the Trump administration is eager to see the sale occur.

Seth Meyers takes a closer look at the Trump administration scrapping a nationwide testing plan.

Democrats are condemning President Donald Trump’s appointment of a staunch loyalist to a senior Pentagon post.

House Democrats have issued subpoenas for top aides to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, saying that the Trump administration is stonewalling their investigation into the firing of the State Department’s top independent watchdog earlier this year.

The Supreme Court has declined by a 5-4 vote to halt the Trump administration’s construction of portions of the border wall with Mexico following a recent lower court ruling that the administration improperly diverted money to the project

President Donald Trump recently signed executive orders that he says will reduce drug prices by 50% “and even greater, in certain instances.” That could happen for some individuals, but it remains to be seen how the orders will be implemented and whether they will result in such large reductions. The orders, which largely revive past administration proposals, require the Health…

President Trump on Thursday suggested delaying November’s presidential election, an unprecedented move as polls show him trailing his likely opponent Joe Biden by double digits. Notwithstanding his suggestion, the dates of federal elections are set by Congress, and the Constitution makes no provisions for a delay to the Jan. 20 inauguration. Any such move would require a change of federal…

President Donald Trump, at a July 28 briefing, made a few false and misleading statements about COVID-19.

Attorney General William Barr is defending the aggressive federal law enforcement response to civil unrest in America

It was a week that brought President Donald Trump’s summer campaign message into focus: With just over 100 days to go until Election Day, the president and his team are focusing their efforts on trying to shift the public’s anxieties from a virus that has killed more than 145,000 Americans to fears of violent crime and anarchy, NBC News reports. After struggling...

Thousands have been protesting in Portland the same day a U.S. judge denied Oregon’s request to restrict federal agents’ actions when they arrest demonstrators in Portland

Federal immigration officials say new foreign students will be barred from entering the United States if they plan to take their classes entirely online this fall

A coalition of 20 states and 15 cities and counties filed suit Friday to block President Donald Trump’s memo directing undocumented immigrants be excluded from the 2020 census count for purposes of deciding how many members of Congress are apportioned to each state, calling it “unlawful.” The suit, filed in New York federal court, charges that Trump’s directive shows “blatant disregard...

President Donald Trump has been unable to land the big deal he sought with Congress to curb drug costs

The Trump administration’s election security czar issued a rare statement describing foreign efforts to interfere in the 2020 election Friday. Democrats labeled it misleading, saying it failed to convey the scope of Russia’s interference and how its messaging matches that of President Donald Trump. With just over 100 days until the November election, the statement came from Bill Evanina, a career FBI...

Americans struggling through the worsening coronavirus outbreak got some rare good news this week as researchers delivered encouraging updates about potential vaccines. Even Dr. Anthony Fauci, whose gloomy warnings have frustrated President Donald Trump, has sounded consistently enthusiastic about the prospects. It’s a heartening thought that even as the country has failed to contain the virus or implement the kinds of public...

Allegations President Donald Trump’s envoy to Britain made inappropriate remarks about race and gender and may have violated federal ethics rules are roiling the U.S. Embassy in London.