Trump addressing annual VFW convention in pitch to veterans

President Donald Trump is addressing the national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars on Tuesday, pointing to his support for the nation's veterans as his new VA secretary begins his work. Trump was speaking at the annual VFW convention in Kansas City and was expected to highlight efforts to help more veterans see private doctors.

Contentious Georgia GOP runoff tests Trump voters’ loyalty

Accompanied by his wife Nita Cagle, left, and political supporters, Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle speaks during a rally in Evans, Ga., Monday, July 23, 2018, as he continues his campaign for Georgia governor, a day before the Republican runoff election against his rival, Brian Kemp, Georgia's secretary of state.

BAE receives contract for airborne electronic warfare jammers

BAE Systems Information and Electronics has received a $23 million order against a previous order for the CV-4334/ALE-55 electronic frequency converter. The order, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, provides engineering, testing and delivery of hardware, software and data services for production of the CV-4334/ALE-55 lot 10. The contract, which is for the government of Kuwait, is for the production and delivery of 38 electronic frequency converters.

Latest Anti-Russia Sanctions Bill Does Not Target Nord Stream II

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol July 23, 2018 in Washington, D.C.. Pelosi, Rep. Adam Schiff and Rep. Eliot Engel have introduced a resolution condemning U.S. President Donald Trump's statements during the recent summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki.

Trump offers help to farmers hit by escalating China trade war

President Trump and the US First Lady return from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, where they payed their respects to the family members of late US Secret Service Special Agent Nole Edward Remagen. Remagen died after suffering a stroke on the job during Trump's trip to Europe last week.

NBC Reporter Hails Sacha Baron Cohen as ‘Genius’ ‘Providing a Service’

During a Tuesday panel discussion on NBC's Megyn Kelly Today about left-wing comedian Sacha Baron Cohen tricking and humiliating Republicans for his new Showtime series, NBC reporter Jacob Soboroff praised the deceptive entertainer as a "genius" who was "exposing the fault lines of our society" and "providing a service." Following a full report promoting Cohen's program, Who is America? which also aired on the Today show earlier that morning anchor Megyn Kelly hammered the comedian: "It makes me feel uncomfortable.

Corker compares revoking security clearances to Venezuela’s…

White House readies plan to extend about $12 billion in emergency aid to farmers caught in Trump's escalating trade war - An announcement could come as soon as Tuesday, according to two people briefed on the matter. This is the latest sign that growing tensions between the United States and other countries will not end soon.

Ryan says Trump just ‘trolling’ on threat to pull clearances

House Speaker Paul Ryan dismissed President Donald Trump's plan to revoke security clearances from top former national security officials as just a mild form of "trolling," rather than a serious attack on dissent. Graphic shows six individuals from whom Donald Trump is considering revoking security clearances; 2c x 5 inches; 96.3 mm x 127 mm; White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders points to a reporter to take a question as she speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House, Monday, July 23, 2018, in Washington.

IRS Wins Court Case Over Intel

The Internal Revenue Service won a court case being closely watched by technology companies on Tuesday, as an appeals court upheld a regulation governing how corporations divide expenses between their domestic and foreign operations. Tuesday's ruling from a panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals deals a loss to Intel Corp., whose Altera subsidiary challenged the regulation when it was still a separate company.

Out-of-state money floods U.S. Senate primary in W.Va. as special interests seek to buy election

Anyone who thinks elections in the U.S. can't be bought needs to take a closer look at campaign contributions and expenditures in last May's West Virginia Senate primary elections. If they weren't bought, it was not for a lack of trying.

Purges: A Growing Threat to the Right to Vote

"On April 19, 2016, thousands of eligible Brooklyn voters dutifully showed up to cast their ballots in the presidential primary, only to find their names missing from the voter lists. An investigation by the New York state attorney general found that New York City's Board of Elections had improperly deleted more than 200,000 names from the voter rolls.

New study shines light on the racial ‘anger bias’ of educators

We're starting to learn more about why black students have long been disciplined more harshly than their similarly-behaving white counterparts. Prospective teachers are more likely to perceive the faces of black adults as being angry compared to the faces of white adults, a new study finds.

Trump Proposes Mueller Interview With No Obstruction Questions

President Donald Trump would agree to an interview with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigators if it's limited to questions on whether his presidential campaign colluded with Russia in the 2016 election, lawyer Rudy Giuliani said on Monday night. Trump is demanding in return that he isn't asked questions about obstruction of justice in the probe into election interference, under a proposal the president's legal team submitted to Mueller, Giuliani said.