President Donald Trump’s political operation raised more than $207 million since Election Day, as the President inundates his supporters with fundraising appeals and refuses to concede his White House loss, according to figures released Thursday night by his campaign. The total includes money flowing to Trump’s campaign coffers and to the Republican National Committee —…… MORE
Republican Sen. Mitt Romney on Thursday blasted President Donald Trump’s leadership — or lack thereof — during the deadly coronavirus pandemic as “a great human tragedy.” “Well, this hasn’t been the focus of his rhetoric, apparently, and I think it’s a great human tragedy, without question,” Romney told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on “The Situation Room”…… MORE
The Trump administration’s most senior intelligence official issued a stark warning Thursday that China is preparing for “an open-ended period of confrontation with the US,” urging bipartisan action to address “the greatest threat to America today” and to “democracy around the world since World War II.” Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe also charged in…… MORE
The Office of Special Counsel says it “found a substantial likelihood of wrongdoing” at the US Agency for Global Media, led by a controversial Trump political appointee. According to a letter dated Wednesday and obtained by CNN, the watchdog agency has directed US Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack to order an investigation into…… MORE
President-elect Joe Biden told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Thursday that he will ask Americans to wear masks for his first 100 days after he takes office, in a sign of how Biden’s approach to the virus will be dramatically different to President Donald Trump’s response. “Just 100 days to mask, not forever. 100 days. And…… MORE
TikTok’s biggest star, 16-year-old Charli D’Amelio is raking in money, and she’s using some of it to invest in a banking app for teens. D’Amelio — who earns an estimated $4 million a year from TikTok, according to Forbes — invested in teen banking app Step as part of its Series B funding round, a…… MORE
Congressional Democrats want to amend a section of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, to end what they refer to as another form of slavery — forced prison labor. Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Rep. William Lacy Clay of Missouri introduced a joint resolution this week that would remove the 13th Amendment’s “punishment clause,”…… MORE
Alyssa Farah has resigned from her role as the White House communications director. In a statement, Farah said she will be “leaving the White House to pursue new opportunities.” “It’s been the honor of a lifetime to serve in the Trump administration over the last three and a half years,” the statement said. The Washington…… MORE
The final version of the National Defense Authorization Act has a provision that would effectively block President Donald Trump’s attempt to significantly reduce US troops in Germany, a move the President said was because of Berlin’s failure to spend adequate amounts on defense. The bill “prevents reduction in the number of U.S. forces stationed in…… MORE
One of President-elect Joe Biden’s initial frontrunners to be CIA director, Mike Morell, is facing increasingly complicated prospects as his potential nomination faces growing opposition, according to multiple sources familiar with transition discussions. Morell, who was deputy CIA director under President Barack Obama, now faces a steeper climb in the face of Democratic opposition to…… MORE
