Presidential debate: Trump, Biden spar over Supreme Court, health care, COVID-19

President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden clashed over COVID-19 and the economy, the Supreme Court and more during the first presidential debate.

President Trump's former campaign manager hospitalized amid threat to harm self

Florida police and campaign officials say President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale has been hospitalized after he threatened to harm himself.

Tax revelation could tarnish image that fueled Trump's rise to White House

The New York Times on Sunday revealed that President Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017 and paid no income taxes in 10 of the previous 15 years.

Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017, NY Times reports

President Donald J. Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016, and $750 in federal income taxes in 2017, records obtained by the New York Times show. In most of the 15 years before that, he paid no federal income taxes, mostly because he lost a lot more money than he made, the Times reported.

Trump nominates Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court

President Donald Trump on Saturday announced Amy Coney Barrett as his choice to fill the U.S. Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Former Michigan AG Schuette: 'no hypocrisy' with Trump filling SCOTUS seat

"When the presidency is controlled by one party and the United States Senate by the very same party, it has gone forward confirming that nominee whether it's a Democrat or Republican," he said.

Election relief arrives for Michigan poll workers as absentee ballots break records

Michigan lawmakers from the House and Senate approved a bill that would grant poll workers more time to count absentee votes during the 2020 election. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to sign it.

Pres. Trump pledges woman for court, pushes Senate to move on pick

President Donald Trump on Saturday promised to put forth a female nominee in the coming week to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, pushing the Republican-controlled Senate to consider the pick without delay.

Sen. Gary Peters wants late Justice Ginsburg's SCOTUS seat to remain open until after election

Peters and his colleagues could be called upon to confirm Ginsburg's replacement soon. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday there would be a vote on President Trump's nominee. Democrats say the election should be allowed to happen first.

Leaders discuss limiting Gov. Whitmer’s powers and recalling her

There’s a group of people who think Governor Whitmer has overreached by engaging her executive powers without legislative approval during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Biden to GOP senators: Don't jam through nominee to replace late Justice Ginsburg

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden says the Republican effort to jam through a replacement for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is an “abuse of power.”

Federal judge blocks Michigan's ban on transporting voters to polls

A federal judge blocked Michigan's longstanding ban on transporting voters to the polls, ruling it conflicts with U.S. election law.

Vice President Mike Pence missing from Michigan ballots, state printed Libertarian VP candidate by mistake

Some election clerks in Michigan downloading absentee ballots for residents overseas were given ballots that listed President Donald Trump's Republican running mate as Jeremy Cohen, not Mike Pence.

South Lawn, Rose Garden under repair after White House stages RNC events

The White House South Lawn and its iconic Rose Garden are undergoing extensive re-sodding and other work after last month’s Republican National Convention turned them into a muddy mess.

Trump formally accepts Republican re-nomination from RNC stage at White House

Four years ago, Donald Trump accepted the Republican Party’s nomination for president with a dark convention speech that painted a dystopian portrait of an America in decline. And he offered a singular solution: “I alone can fix it.”