Mica Soellner

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Republican strategist Karl Rove speaking in Sacramento, Calif.

Senate Republicans tap Karl Rove to oversee GOP fundraising for Georgia runoffs

Mica Soellner · November 16, 2020 7:29 pm

A man passes new border wall sections, right, as they replace the old fencing, left, Friday, Jan. 10, 2020, near Yuma, Arizona. Top Trump administration officials will visit South Texas five days before Election Day to announce they have completed 400 miles of U.S.-Mexico border wall, attempting to show progress on perhaps the president's best-known campaign promise four years ago. But most of the wall went up in areas that already had smaller barriers.

Southern border wall expected to hit 450 miles by end of the year

Mica Soellner · November 16, 2020 5:59 pm

In this Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right, stands with Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul during an an election night watch party hosted by the New York State Democratic Committee in New York.

New York lieutenant governor says Trump can’t ‘bully’ states into accepting vaccine, calling him ‘irrelevant’

Mica Soellner · November 16, 2020 4:54 pm

Trump adviser Scott Atlas under fire for ‘rise up’ comments about Michigan coronavirus restrictions

Mica Soellner · November 16, 2020 3:41 pm

West Virginia Governor Jim Justice delivers his annual State of the State address in the House Chambers at the state capitol in Charleston, W.Va.

Connecticut school settles suit over student’s death in pancake-eating contest

Mica Soellner · November 14, 2020 9:15 pm

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) questions FBI Director Christopher Wray during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019.

Sen. Rick Scott to quarantine after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for coronavirus

Mica Soellner · November 14, 2020 7:06 pm

Fauci not in contact with Biden transition team and still plans to aid Trump until January

Mica Soellner · November 14, 2020 6:19 pm

Biden to restore daily press briefings with two women being considered for press secretary: Report

Mica Soellner · November 14, 2020 5:32 pm

North Dakota Republican governor announces statewide mask mandate amid coronavirus surges

Mica Soellner · November 14, 2020 4:52 pm

President Donald Trump arrives to speak in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, in Washington.

Trump campaign drops defamation lawsuit against local NBC station in Wisconsin

Mica Soellner · November 14, 2020 2:33 am

National Security

Biden to meet with national security experts after being denied classified briefings

Mica Soellner · November 14, 2020 1:06 am

White House chief of staff John Kelly looks out over the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, before President Donald Trump boards Marine One for the short trip to Andrews Air Force Base en route to Havelock, N.C.

National Security

Former chief of staff John Kelly says Trump’s refusal to concede ‘hurts our national security’

Mica Soellner · November 14, 2020 12:44 am