Federal appeals court won't order dismissal of Michael Flynn case

A federal appeals court won’t order the dismissal of the Michael Flynn prosecution. The court ruled Monday that a judge is entitled to scrutinize the Justice Department’s request to dismiss its case against the former Trump administration national security adviser.

Appeals court keeps Flynn case alive, won't order dismissal

The decision keeps the matter at least temporarily alive and rejects efforts by both Flynn's lawyers and the Justice Department to force the prosecution to be dropped without any further inquiry from the judge, who has months declined to dismiss it.

St. Louis couple charged after BLM protest appear in court

Mark and Patricia McCloskey were in court briefly and did not enter a plea. The judge continued their case until Oct. 6.

'Don't need that right now,' Wisconsin lieutenant governor says of planned Pres. Trump visit to Kenosha

President Trump has throughout the summer cast American cities as under siege by violence and lawlessness, despite the fact that most of the protests demonstrating against racial injustice have been largely peaceful.

Democrats seeking to push in-person election security briefings

Racing the political clock, Democrats are searching for way to force the Trump administration to continue briefing Congress in person about foreign attempts to interfere in the November election.

House bill would block rioters from coronavirus unemployment benefits

A House Republican introduced a bill Friday that would make those charged with violence, looting or vandalism in connection with a protest ineligible for enhanced coronavirus unemployment benefits.

Election officials, experts and USPS urging voters not to wait until state deadlines to mail in ballots

With the USPS already concerned over the surge of mail in ballots ahead of this year’s election, election experts and the Postal Service are urging voters to mail as soon as possible.

Mitch McConnell campaign hires student from viral DC encounter

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's campaign has hired a Kentucky teenager known for his viral encounter with a Native American man at the Lincoln Memorial last year.

Crowd of 1,500, many without masks, packed onto White House South Lawn amid pandemic for Trump's RNC speech

It was a stunning scene in a country where parents and children have been laid to rest without their loved ones present, schools have gone to online-only learning and businesses have shut their doors to halt the spread of the coronavirus.

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.”

Protesters gather outside White House to disrupt President Trump’s RNC acceptance speech

Anti-Trump activists are organizing protests and a concert to make noise in downtown Washington, D.C., with the intention of disrupting the president’s planned outdoor acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night.

Watchdog groups say convention appearances broke Hatch Act

Two White House officials violated the Hatch Act by participating in choreographed events aired during the Republican National Convention, according to two separate ethics complaints filed by government watchdog groups.

FOX 7 Discussion: Texas Democrats take on the GOP convention

Abhi Rahman with the Texas Democratic Party joins Mike Warren to discuss the RNC and the latest political news from Texas.