Trump: 'suburban' Americans don't want low-income housing foisted on themU.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his political appeals to American suburban women, saying people living in safe, peaceful neighborhoods “don’t want to have people coming in and forcing low-income housing down their throats.” “The suburban voter, the suburban housewife, women and men living in the suburbs, they want security and they want safety,” Trump said at a White House event to mark the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote. Republican Trump, who trails Democratic rival Joe Biden in opinion polls ahead of the November presidential elections, has sought to …

Virginia state senator, NAACP leaders charged with felony 'injury' to Confederate statueThe arrest of Virginia's Senate president pro tempore is raising suspicions from the state's top Democrats.Louise Lucas, the legislature's top ranking Democrat, who represents Portsmouth, was charged with felony "injury to a monument" and conspiracy Monday, as were the city's NAACP president and vice president, a school board member, and four others. The charges stemmed from a June protest where protesters tore down a statue of a Confederate soldier, though it's unclear if Lucas played a role in taking it down, per local station WAVY.The timing of the arrest raised questions from Virginia House Rep. Lee Carter (D), given that …

Biden enters convention with a moderately shrinking lead over Trump, polls findPresumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden enters his virtual nominating convention ahead of President Trump, but the race has tightened either a little bit or a lot in three polls released Sunday and Monday morning. The most dramatic shift was in CNN's poll, which had Biden leading Trump by just 4 percentage points among registered voters, 50 percent to 46 percent, down from a 14-point lead in June. In 15 battleground states, CNN and SSRS found, Biden is ahead by just 1 point, 49 percent to 48 percent.Biden maintained a wider lead in a Washington Post/ABC News poll released Monday …