US & Canada

US President Donald Trump’s attacks on voting by mail during the coronavirus crisis and his suggestion to delay the November presidential election are part of an effort to sow confusion and suppress voter turnout, according to Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives. “The reason he does it …

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the deaths of “300 Russians” in Syria sent a warning to Moscow, as he defended the administration as tough on President Vladimir Putin. Pompeo came under fire at a Senate hearing over President Donald Trump’s statement that he had not raised with Putin …

China’s ByteDance has agreed to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok completely in a bid to save a deal with the White House, after President Donald Trump said on Friday he had decided to ban the popular short-video app, two people familiar with the matter said on Saturday. U.S. officials …

Florida, which is continuing to battle a coronavirus surge, is now preparing for Hurricane Isaias – complicating efforts to contain the virus. The entire east coast of Florida is bracing for potential impacts: anything from strong winds to flooding rains and storm surge The hurricane is expected to approach Florida’s …

A fast-moving brush fire broke out in the Cherry Valley area of Riverside County, California on Friday (July 31) evening at around 5 pm, triggering mandatory evacuations. The blaze, dubbed the Apple Fire, has grown to at least 1,720 acres Friday night near Oak Glen Road and Apple Tree Lane, …

As Joe Biden nears the announcement of his vice presidential choice, the top contenders and their advocates are making final appeals. The campaign hasn’t finalized a date for naming a running mate, but three people who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the plans said a public announcement likely …

US President Donald Trump has vowed to prohibit the Chinese-owned video sharing platform TikTok in the United States, saying that he might do this via an executive order the next day, amid allegations of IP theft by Beijing. “As far as TikTok is concerned, we’re banning them from the United …

Video of then-businessman Donald Trump struggling to vote in-person before declaring he would fill out an absentee ballot in 2004 has resurfaced this week amid a new round of unfounded attacks on mail-in voting from the President. The “Access Hollywood” segment, filmed as Trump was attempting to vote in the …

Despite his warnings, Gates also noted an apparent reduction in the risk of death from the coronavirus, describing it as “a sign of progress” in the treatment of severe cases. As countries around the world battle the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic, tech mogul and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has made …

Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke has been banned from Twitter for breaking the social media platform’s site’s rules forbidding hate speech. The company said Friday that Duke’s account “has been permanently suspended for repeated violations of the Twitter rules on hateful conduct.” It didn’t specify what exactly Duke …

The United States imposed human rights sanctions on a Chinese company on Friday, targeting the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, also known as XPCC, along with two individuals, according to the Treasury Department’s website. The move was yet another step in the deteriorating relations between the United States and China …

U.S. coronavirus deaths rose by almost 25,000 in July and cases doubled in at least 18 states during the month, according to a Reuters tally, dealing a crushing blow to hopes of quickly reopening the economy. The United States has recorded nearly 1.8 million new cases in July out of …

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, will testify on Friday before a coronavirus subcommittee in Congress, weeks after President Donald Trump’s administration first refused to let him address the panel. Fauci’s testimony comes at the end of a week when the pandemic’s tragic toll on the country …

Nearly two-thirds of Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s handling of three major challenges facing the country — the coronavirus pandemic, nationwide unrest over racial inequality and relations with Russia — in a new ABC News/Ipsos poll, a sign of the obstacles that his reelection bid faces just three months …

Less than a day after Oregon’s governor claimed federal agents would leave Portland and let local officials handle Black Lives Matter protesters, President Donald Trump said they are going nowhere until things are under control. In a Thursday morning tweet, Trump said Governor Kate Brown “isn’t doing her job” and …

The US economy collapsed in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic in the April-to-June period, contracting 32.9 percent in the second quarter, the government reported Thursday. The decline, though slightly less bad than expected, was the worst on record for the world’s largest economy, dating back to 1947. However, the …

In a remarkable move by a sitting president, US President Donald Trump for the first time Thursday morning suggested delaying the presidential election over his persistent false attacks that mail-in voting would lead to the “most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history.” “With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which …

More than 1.43 million people filed for unemployment benefits for the first time last week, according to new weekly data from the Department of Labor. It’s the second-straight week that the number has risen. The extent of the economic damage wrought by the coronavirus pandemic was further revealed on Thursday, …

Federal agents in Portland tear-gassed and kettled protesters on Wednesday night, hours after Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said the Trump administration had agreed to withdraw federal forces from the city. Around 500 people arrived in downtown Portland for a 63rd consecutive night of protests after Brown’s announcement, The Oregonian reported. …

Four of the United States’ big tech firms, accounting for nearly a fifth of the S&P 500’s total value, report results on Thursday on the heels of a bruising Congressional hearing to look into alleged abuse of their global dominance. It will be the first time Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc, …