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The family of President Donald Trump reportedly is asking a court to block the publication of a forthcoming tell-all book writting by Trump's niece, Mary Trump.

The White House will host Poland's President Andrzej Duda this week in what will be the first visit by a foreign leader since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Thomas Joyce, who now heads Nanobeak Biotech, resigned from the Darien Police Commission after a complaint about his Twitter posts.

Sen. Bob Menendez, the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is calling on the State Department inspector general to investigate Trump appointee Michael Pack.

The White House is reportedly considering a massive overhaul at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as the Trump administration tries to pin blame on the agency for its bungled response to the coronavirus pandemic.

"I've been convinced for a long time that 40 millions African Americans who tend to vote as a bloc in one of the two parties limit their leverage in getting action form both parties," Johnson told CNBC on Tuesday.

Charles Booker and Amy McGrath face off in the race to take on Sen. Mitch McConnell, while Jamaal Bowman looks to upset Rep. Eliot Engel.

"There is a greater risk of not going back to school and the damage it will do to the children, and to the parents and to the economy," the Tennessee Republican told CNBC.

Eight advance team members, two of whom are Secret Service agents tested positive either before or after President Donald Trump's Tulsa rally.

Trump fired Berman because he refused to transfer willingly to another post in order to allow for the appointment of current Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton to Berman's post, said White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday placed limits on the Securities and Exchange Commission's practice of forcing defendants to surrender profits obtained through fraud as part of its enforcement of investor-protection laws in federal courts, but stopped short of disallowing such action.

Kamala Harris has taken a big role in criticizing President Trump and in pushing for police reform, but she would bring risks as Joe Biden's VP pick.

Lujan Grisham's deep background in health and aging could bring authority to the Biden campaign's message on the coronavirus pandemic.

President Donald Trump wanted his first mega rally in three months to be a sold-out lovefest that would revive his struggling reelection campaign. That's not what happened.

The left won Supreme Court cases on LGBT rights and DACA this week despite a conservative majority, but an upcoming abortion case has liberals holding their breath.

Keisha Lance Bottoms doesn't have federal experience, but she has executive experience as Atlanta's mayor that has been on display during the George Floyd aftermath.

The office of the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York is investigating Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and obtained a conviction of his past lawyer, Michael Cohen.

A source familiar with the matter tells NBC News the staffers have been on the ground for about a week, have not been wearing masks and have been going out to restaurants. The source says the Trump campaign is now doing contact tracing.

President Donald Trump said he will replace Geoffrey Berman as the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan with SEC Chairman Jay Clayton. Berman refuses to quit.

A federal judge on Saturday denied a request by the Department of Justice to halt the sale and distribution of a forthcoming memo by former Trump national security advisor John Bolton.