The U.S. Postal Service is warning states it cannot guarantee that all ballots cast by mail for the Nov. 3 election will arrive in time to be counted, even if ballots are mailed by state deadlines. That's raising the possibility that millions of voters could be disenfranchised. It's the latest chaotic and confusing...
What to Watch: Democrats Open a New Kind of Convention
ATLANTA — The Democratic Party will convene, sort of, amid a pandemic that has upended the usual pomp-and-circumstance of presidential nominating conventions. Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez will be in Milwaukee, which he’d chosen as the 2020 convention host city. But presidential candidate Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, won’t be. Nor...
Major US Postal Workers Union Endorses Biden for President
WASHINGTON — A major union representing U.S. postal workers has endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president, a move that comes as President Donald Trump has acknowledged starving the postal service of money in order to make it more difficult to vote by mail in November's election. The National Association of...
Private Prison Industry Backs Trump, Prepares If Biden Wins
HOUSTON — Executives at the nation’s two largest private prison companies have been donating large sums to President Donald Trump and Republican candidates with an eye toward the November elections that one of the corporations believes will lead to a rebound in its stock price. The fortunes of private prison...
Trump Opposes USPS Funding, Says Mail Voting Hard Without It
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he opposes additional funding for the U.S. Postal Service, acknowledging that his position would starve the agency of money Democrats say it needs to process an anticipated surge in mail-in ballots during the coronavirus pandemic. Trump also falsely stated that Democrats were...
Trump: Israel to Establish Full Diplomatic Ties with UAE, Halt Annexation
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the United Arab Emirates and Israel have agreed to establish full diplomatic ties as part of a deal to halt the annexation of occupied land sought by the Palestinians for their future state. The announcement makes the UAE...
Bob Woodward’s New Trump Book, ‘Rage,’ Due Out Next Month
WASHINGTON — Veteran Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward's new book about President Donald Trump is titled “Rage” and will be released Sept. 15, less than two months before Election Day, according to a listing on Amazon.com. Publisher Simon & Schuster says the forthcoming book follows “Trump’s moves as he faces...
Trump Congratulates QAnon Supporter Greene on Georgia Win
ATLANTA — President Donald Trump on Wednesday tweeted support for congressional candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene, a supporter of the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory who’s been criticized for racist comments, following her Republican primary victory in Georgia. Greene, a businesswoman and political newcomer, beat neurosurgeon John Cowan in a primary runoff...
In Virus Talks, Pelosi Holds Firm; Mnuchin Wants a Deal
WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi is not about to blink. The Democratic leader has been here before, negotiating a deal with the White House to save the U.S. economy, and lessons from the Great Recession are now punctuating the coronavirus talks. With Republicans again balking at big government bailouts, the Democrats believe...
No Football for Fresno State Until Spring 2021 at the Earliest
After President Donald Trump issued a call to save college football from a COVID-19 pandemic-forced shutdown, the Mountain West Conference said Monday it was postponing the season. That means there will be no football for Fresno State and first-year head coach Kalen DeBoer at Bulldog Stadium — or anywhere else...