Washington Times

Rep. Raul Ruiz, a physician, on Thursday issued a direct message to President Trump to "man up" and wear a mask as the U.S. sees a new surge in COVID-19 cases across the country. The California Democrat's comments come as the U.S. sees its highest one-day…

President Trump on Thursday celebrated the strong job gains in June as proof that "our economy is roaring back" from the coronavirus outbreak. "This is the largest monthly jobs gain in the history of our country," Mr. Trump said in a hastily arranged…

A New York judge narrowed a temporary injunction against the publisher for President Trump's niece, Mary Trump's, tell-all memoir that the president's younger brother has tried to block from being published later this month. The decision removes Simon &…

The Republican National Committee is exploring what it takes to ready enough COVID-19 testing kits for all attendees of the party's upcoming convention in Florida. The new development comes days after the committee said it will be mandating that people wear…

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden on Wednesday said the Democratic Party has rallied a group of 600 lawyers and thousands of more volunteers to prepare for potential deception or trickery ahead of the November election. Mr. Biden has…

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden and the Democratic National Committee raised $141 million in June, marking the second month in a row that they have outpaced President Trump and the Republican National Committee. Mr. Trump and the RNC raised $131 in June.…

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A British Pakistani man and three others convicted in the kidnapping and killing of a U.S. journalist, whose sentences were overturned in April, will remain in government custody for another three months, officials said Thursday. The…

HONG KONG (AP) - China's government and pro-Beijing activists in Hong Kong condemned what they called foreign meddling in the territory's affairs on Thursday, as countries moved to offer Hong Kongers refuge and impose sanctions on China over a new security…

NEW YORK (AP) - Renee Montgomery and Tiffany Hayes appreciated what former UConn teammate Maya Moore was doing when the All-Star forward stepped away from basketball two years ago to focus on criminal justice reform. The Atlanta Dream guards admit they weren't…

It won't all be "Black Lives Matter" messaging at Sunday's NASCAR race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Corey LaJoie's No. 32 car at the Brickyard 400 is being sponsored by a conservative political action committee and will sport a "Trump 2020" paint…

NEW YORK — A New York appeals court cleared the way Wednesday for a publisher to distribute a tell-all book by President Donald Trump's niece over the objections of the president's brother. The New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division said it was…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is creating "strike teams" from 10 state agencies to enforce guidelines designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday. He said the teams would "go after people that are thumbing their nose,…

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Mauree Turner is a living example of the growing diversity of big cities. The 27-year-old gay, Black, Muslim woman knocked off a three-term, white male incumbent to win the Democratic nomination for a state legislative seat. People like…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Some members of a commission reviewing a proposal to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department expressed concern Wednesday about the fast-tracked timeline they must follow if the proposed change has any chance of getting on the November…

HOUSTON (AP) - The U.S. government said Wednesday that it should not have to automatically release immigrant parents detained with their children - including some infants - after a federal judge set a deadline for the children to be freed, which advocates…

Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday the federal government will swiftly dispatch doctors and nurses to Arizona after Gov. Doug Ducey pleaded for 500 additional personnel to tame an explosion of COVID-19 cases and a rise in deaths. "Help is on the way,"…

The hunt is on. The news media is in full cry, chasing after President Trump's declining favorability numbers and critical of each and every policy decision issued by the White House. Some press coverage has suggested that Mr. Trump will resign from office, or…

Even a blunt veto threat from President Trump could not halt rising momentum on Capitol Hill Wednesday to strip the names of Confederate generals and officials from military bases around the country. With both the House and Senate pushing to pass the massive…

BALTIMORE — The name of a former U.S. Supreme Court chief justice who had ruled before the Civil War that free Black people and enslaved persons were not U.S. citizens is being removed from a historic warship. Roger B. Taney's name has been taken off the…

Racial justice activists are cheering the huge budget cuts to police departments across the country, though officers say the downsizing hurts one of the most effective means of changing police culture: recruiting a new generation of officers. Police…