Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney fired the city’s treasurer on Friday after he was arrested and federally indicted for embezzling money from clients at his previous job as a financial adviser. Christian Dunbar also faces allegations that he and his wife, identified in the criminal complaint as F.N.D., set up fake marriages when they were classmates…

Local officials in Pennsylvania on Friday provided more information about nine potentially mishandled ballots in Luzerne County, which the White House repeatedly cited to attack mail-in voting and question the integrity of November’s election. In a statement, county officials said the issue regarding nine military ballots was caused by a “temporary seasonal independent contractor” who…

For mining executives dreaming of a mountain of gold, they could go down as the Zoom calls that cost billions of dollars. But for the Alaskan tribes, anglers and nature lovers trying to stop them, it could be the sting that finally ends the long battle over Pebble Mine. Top executives hoping to blast open…

President Donald Trump unveiled a plan aimed at winning over Black Americans on Friday, less than two months before Election Day, largely expanding upon the existing economic-related initiatives the President established in his first term. The proposals that include prosecuting the Ku Klux Klan and Antifa as terrorist organizations, making Juneteenth a federal holiday and…

Former Texas congressman Ron Paul was hospitalized earlier Friday after an apparent medical episode but is now “doing fine,” according to a tweet posted to his Twitter account. Paul — a well-known libertarian, three-time presidential candidate and the father of Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul — was seen visually slurring his words during a livestream…

In his latest bid to show that he’s lowering drug prices, President Donald Trump said Thursday — less than six weeks before the election — that he will send $200 drug discount cards to 33 million Americans on Medicare. The unprecedented move, however, has raised many questions, including how the roughly $6.6 billion in benefits…

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s personal trainer honored the late Supreme Court justice on Friday in a fitting fashion. Following the ceremony for the liberal icon at the US Capitol, Bryant Johnson went to pay his final respects to Ginsburg, who he had trained for more than two decades. Pausing before her casket as it lay in…

House Democrats plan to introduce a bill next week that would limit US Supreme Court justices’ lifetime appointments to 18 years, a largely symbolic response to the high-stakes battle in Congress over the Supreme Court vacancy left by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The legislation has no chance of passage in the GOP-led Senate, where Republicans…

A federal judge on Friday questioned the Justice Department’s decision to release text messages between former FBI employees Lisa Page and Peter Strzok and signaled that she wants to see more evidence about whether political influence played a role. Strzok and Page had been critical of President Donald Trump in their texts while they were…

President Donald Trump this week refused to commit to a peaceful transition should he lose the November election, leading some to speculate that he might seek to use the tools of presidential power including his role as commander in chief of the armed forces to prolong his time in office. The US military is adamant…

President Donald Trump has lost patience with the head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Robert Redfield, as well as with the other public health experts on his coronavirus team because their sober messaging on the future of the pandemic clashes with his rosy assessments. Trump believes that breakthroughs are not…

Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, 114 justices have served on the bench. Of those, 108 have been White men. The next justice may alter the diversity of the court. President Trump is expected to nominate a woman to succeed the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and has said he’ll announce…