State Department fires back after Walz doubles down on pardon of convicted child rapist

After Democrat Tim Walz doubled down on his move to pardon a foreign child rapist prior to his deportation, the State Department took another swing at the Minnesota governor in an escalating back-and-forth. The Minnesota Board of Pardons, comprised of Walz, state Attorney General Keith Ellison and state Chief Justice Natalie Hudson, granted clemency to Laotian … Read more

Trump Uses Prime-Time Speech to Revive False Election Claims

President Donald Trump used his prime-time speech Thursday to raise questions about election integrity in the build-up to November’s key midterms while reviving false claims about the 2020 election and asserting that China targeted his campaign. NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez reports for TODAY.

China dismisses Trump election interference accusations as ‘entirely fabricated,’ threatens countermeasures

China pushed back Friday after President Donald Trump accused Beijing of “working to influence the results” of the 2020 presidential election, describing his accusation as “entirely fabricated.” Trump said in a primetime speech Thursday night that “in mid 2018, China was working to influence the results of the U.S. midterm elections and later the results … Read more

Bernie, AOC to team up with El-Sayed as Dem civil war moves to Michigan

Progressive champions Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will parachute into battleground Michigan’s campaign trail this weekend to boost Abdul El-Sayed, the far-left candidate they’re supporting in a crucial Democratic Senate primary. Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez will make three campaign trail stops with El-Sayed, a former Wayne County Health Department director who is facing off … Read more

ICE arrests human rights lawyer who fled Chinese crackdown

Arrest in Pennsylvania of Wu Shaoping, who is awaiting asylum decision, raises fears of deportation and persecution A Chinese human rights lawyer has been arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), raising concerns he could be deported to China where he would face persecution. Wu Shaoping fled China at the end of 2019 amid … Read more

China rejects Trump’s claims of election interference as ‘pure fabrication’ – US politics live

Democrats also criticize speech as ‘lies and long-debunked conspiracies’ Sign up for US News Breaking email Trump makes unverified claims of China ‘election meddling’ Hello and welcome to our live coverage of US politics. Donald Trump used a 25-minute primetime televised address on Thursday to make unverified claims about China interfering with the 2020 presidential … Read more