Politics

1. Trump unfit to be U.S. president, Democrat Pelosi, conservative Bolton agree

   President Donald Trump came under attack from both sides of the American political spectrum on Thursday as liberal Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and former White House aide and conservative hawk John Bolton both declared him unfit to lead the country.

   

   

2. Pelosi says Trump 'ethically unfit' for presidency, will continue oversight

   U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday revelations in a book by a former top White House aide show President Donald Trump is unfit and unprepared to be president and Democrats will continue oversight of the Republican president's behavior.

   

   

3. Trump pledges new list of conservative Supreme Court contenders

   President Donald Trump, hit by a second U.S. Supreme Court loss in four days, said on Thursday he plans to issue an updated list of potential conservative nominees to the high court after the justices halted one of his hardline immigration policies.

   

   

4. U.S. Supreme Court blocks Trump bid to end 'Dreamers' immigrant program

   The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dealt President Donald Trump a major setback on his hardline immigration policies, blocking his bid to end a program that protects from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants - often called "Dreamers" - who entered the United States illegally as children.

   

   

5. Mexico's foreign ministry says it will monitor U.S. DACA program developments

   Mexico's foreign ministry said on Thursday it would monitor the continuity of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration program in the United States after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump's bid to abolish it.

   

   

6. U.S. Senate votes to confirm McConnell protege to influential appeals court

   The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to confirm a federal judge who is a protege of Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell to an influential appeals court in Washington.

   

   

7. What is next for immigrant 'Dreamers' after U.S. Supreme Court ruling?

   The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 5-4 against President Donald Trump's move to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that offers work permits and deportation relief to certain immigrants who came to the country illegally as children.

   

   

8. U.S. House panel hears from Facebook, Google, Twitter on election security

   Top officials from Facebook, Google and Twitter were grilled by U.S. lawmakers on Thursday at a virtual hearing on foreign influence and election security ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential contest.

   

   

9. Jean Kennedy Smith, last surviving sibling of JFK, is dead at 92

   Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving sibling of slain President John F. Kennedy, who as U.S. ambassador to Ireland in the 1990s played a pivotal role in the Northern Irish peace process, died on Wednesday at age 92.

   

   

10. Portraits of former Confederate House speakers to be removed: Pelosi

    Portraits of four former House of Representatives speakers who served the Confederacy will be removed from the U.S. Capitol, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday.

    

    

11. Pelosi urges Senate to take up 'Dreamers' bill after top court ruling

    U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday urged the Senate to take up legislation previously passed by the Democratic-led House in support of so-called "Dreamers" now that the Supreme Court has blocked President Donald Trump's effort to end their protections.

    

    

12. Trump says process to deal with Dreamer immigrants must start all over

    U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said a legal solution was needed to address the hundreds of thousands of so-called Dreamer immigrants after the nation's top court blocked his earlier effort to end their protections, but gave no other details on how he planned to proceed.

    

    

13. Months before election, Trump finds himself at odds with most Americans' views

    The temporary fences that separated protesters from the White House have come down. But its occupant, President Donald Trump, appears to be more isolated than ever.

    

    

14. Trump: U.S. Supreme Court decisions 'horrible'

    President Donald Trump on Thursday railed against the U. S. Supreme Court's "horrible" decisions, seemingly referring to recent rulings that gay and transgender workers are protected under federal employment laws and blocking his bid to end legal protections for immigrants known as "Dreamers."

    

    

15. Factbox: Who are the immigrant 'Dreamers' affected by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling?

    The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that President Donald Trump's administration erred in ending a program that offered work permits and protection from deportation to hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children, a group often called the "Dreamers."

    

    

16. U.S. lawmakers offer bill to block Trump from German troop withdrawal

    U.S. congressional Democrats introduced legislation on Thursday to block President Donald Trump's plan to remove 9,500 troops from close ally Germany by prohibiting funding for a withdrawal of U.S. forces from Europe without congressional approval.

    

    

17. U.S. senators unveil bill to curb foreign espionage, influence on campuses

    A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced legislation on Thursday aimed at protecting research and innovation on U.S. campuses and preventing suspected theft of intellectual property by China and other countries.

    

    

18. Biden launches first major advertising campaign in battle against Trump

    Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden launched his first major advertising blitz in six battleground states on Thursday as he intensified his effort to defeat President Donald Trump in November's election.

    

    

19. Trump asked China to help him win in 2020, offered 'favors to dictators,' Bolton says

    In a withering behind-the-scenes portrayal, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton accused him of sweeping misdeeds that included explicitly seeking Chinese President Xi Jinping's help to win re-election.

    

    

20. China says it has no intention of interfering in U.S. elections

    China said on Thursday it has no intention of interfering in the U.S. elections, responding to U.S. President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, John Bolton, who has said that Trump had sought Chinese President Xi Jinping's help to win re-election.