Three months before the pair of national conventions formally kick off the general election campaign, the two parties are heading down diverging paths for the marquee events.
"As long as I'm attorney general, the criminal-justice system will not be used for partisan political ends," Attorney General William Barr said.
Trump's constant tweets and complaints weren't getting widespread coverage before Barr spoke out. Denials and disavowals may end up getting the president and his allies what they want: attention. The president may not be getting the answers he wants. But getting answered at all can often be his point.Congress may have written the checks, but it seems the administration has been slow to cash them.
President Donald J.Trump's name is printed on a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, Thursday, April 23, 2020, in San Antonio.In its first report to Congress, the newly formed Congressional Oversight Commission found that the Treasury Department, so far, has only doled out a small portion of the total money at its discretion as part of the CARES Act passed by Congress in March.
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