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U.S. President Donald Trump will face with his former White House chief strategist, Stephen Bannon in Alabama, The Hill Reports. Bannon and other Trump loyalists are furiously pushing for Roy Moore, the conservative that will oppose […]

UN Chief Condemns North Korea Threat, Prods U.S. on Climate Deal

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned North Korea’s recent nuclear test as a “serious threat” to the world peace and urged all countries to increase efforts to enforce Security Council sanctions imposed on Kim Jong […]

Hurricane Maria Regains Category 5 Status

Hurricane Maria has once again become a Category 5 storm, the National Hurricane Center announced early on Tuesday, The Hill reports. The storm was first upgraded to a Category 5 on Monday evening, but then it was […]

Senate Republicans Consider Trillion-Dollar-Plus Tax Cut for Budget

Senate Republicans are thinking of drafting a budget that would allow up to $1.5 trillion in tax cuts over the next decade, The Wall Street Journal reports based on people familiar with the discussions. If […]

President Trump to Push Nationalist Policy at UN

President Donald Trump’s debut speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday will portray a foreign policy full of nationalism and sovereignty and secured by “America First” principles, according to a senior White House official, The […]

Trump’s Lawyer to Appear before Senate Investigators

President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer and confidant, Michael Cohen, will appear before Senate investigators Tuesday, as part of the ongoing investigation of the Russian meddling in the presidential election in 2016, where he is facing […]

Hillary Clinton Won’t Rule Out Questioning Trump’s Legitimacy, Pending Russia Probe

Hillary Clinton stated that she won’t dismiss questioning the legitimacy of President Donald Trump depending on what the official inquiries reveal about Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign, Chicago Tribune reports. However, she said she cannot think […]

Non-partisan Group to Inform Americans on Russia Security Threat

A new non-partisan group was created to aim to inform Americans about the security threat that Russia is posing with the ongoing meddling in U.S. affairs. The Committee to Investigate Russia intends to “help Americans recognize […]

Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees

Trump administration officials, that were pressured by the White House to draft a report for reducing the number of refugees allowed into the United States next year, have rejected a Department of Health and Human […]

Former Trump Campaign Chair Paul Manafort Wiretapped by U.S. Investigators, Report Says

Former Donald Trump head of campaign Paul Manafort was wiretapped by the U.S. government investigators before and after the 2016 presidential election, Fox News informs based on a report by CNN. The wiretapping was authorized […]

Tillerson: U.S. May Close Havana Embassy

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday that the U.S. was considering closing its embassy in Havana, Cuba, CNN reported. “We have it under evaluation,” Tillerson said on CBS’s Face the Nation. A group of […]

Trump Takes Agenda of Change to United Nations

U.S. President Donald Trump’s debut at the United Nations General Assembly where world leaders gather annually was set to begin with a U.S.-hosted event on overhauls at the world body, The Wall Street Journal reports. Trump, U.N. […]

Trump Lawyers Clash over Cooperating with Mueller’s Probe

The legal team of the U.S. President Trump Donald Trump is clashing over how much to cooperate with the special counsel who investigates Russian meddling in 2016 election, The New York Times reports. A NY […]

Trump Administration to Brief Officials on Emissions Goals

The top economic adviser of the U.S. President Donald Trump is set to draft the administration’s proposals in order to reduce the greenhouse-gas emissions while assuring that its position on the Paris climate deal has […]

Tillerson Says U.S. Is Weighing Closure of Embassy in Havana

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the U.S. is reviewing a closure of its embassy in Cuba due to “health attacks” on American diplomats there that have caused hearing loss, concussions, and other symptoms, […]

Donald Trump: U.S. Options on North Korea ‘Effective and Overwhelming’

U.S. President Donald Trump stated that he is confident the United States’ options toward North Korea are “effective and overwhelming,” The Hill reports. “America and our allies will never be intimidated. We will defend our […]

Michael Flynn Establishes Legal Defense Fund amid “Enormous” Legal Bills

Relatives of Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, one of the key subjects of multiple investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 elections, made a rare public statement Monday to call attention to the “tremendous financial burden” the […]

ObamaCare Premiums to Rise 15 Percent

Average premiums for health insurance packages purchased individually will jump around 15 percent next year, due to marketplace concerns over whether President Donald Trump blocks federal subsidies to insurers, said Newsmax citing a nonpartisan Congress […]

White House Fear Colleagues Wired for Mueller

White House officials have reportedly expressed concern that some colleagues may be wired for special counsel Robert Mueller, The Hill reports. The probe has caused escalating tensions between White House Counsel Don McGahn and Ty […]

Donald Trump, Nikki Haley to Share Stage at UN Gathering

President Donald Trump will share the United Nations stage with his envoy Nikki Haley, who has proven to be a high-profile member of his administration, often said to overshadow Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. “For […]

Facebook Has Told Mueller More About Russian Ad Spending, Source Says

Facebook Inc. provided special counsel Robert Mueller with additional details on the political ad spending from a Russian group that tried to sow discord online ahead of last year’s U.S. presidential election, Bloomberg reports. The social […]

Trump’s Tweets About London Bombing Anger British Leaders

U.S. President Donald Trump has used the terrorist attack in London on Friday to promote his hard-line policies, and in the process, he blamed British police that they had information about the alleged terrorists and still failed […]

Trump Tries to Dismiss Congressional Emoluments Clause Lawsuit

President Donald Trump has moved to dismiss a lawsuit filed by more than 200 Democratic lawmakers alleging that the president has violated a constitutional prohibition on taking gifts from foreign governments, The Hill reports. Government […]

London Attack: Arrest Made as Terror Threat Raised to ‘Critical’

Police arrested an 18-year-old man Saturday morning in the port area of Dover in connection with an attack a day earlier on a train at a London Underground station, London’s Metropolitan Police said. It was […]

U.S., International Community Scramble for Response to North Korea’s Nuclear Ambitions

The international community and the U.S. scrambling for a plan to stop leader Kim Jong-un’s seeming unrelenting march to becoming a nuclear power, The Hill reads. The last test launch, the second to fly over […]

CIA Director Pull out of Harvard Appearance over Chelsea Manning Fellow Invite

CIA Director Mike Pompeo abruptly pulled out of a planned appearance at Harvard University Thursday after the school announced they had invited convicted leaker Chelsea Manning to serve as a visiting fellow. But before the […]

Tropical Jose Storm May Bring Nor’easter Conditions to New York, Boston

As Floridians return home in the wake of deadly Hurricane Irma, Tropical Storm Jose may become a hurricane later today, potentially bringing Nor’easter like conditions to New York and Boston next week, ABC News reports. […]

Mnuchin’s Request for Government Jet for Honeymoon Denied

Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s request to use a government jet for his European honeymoon earlier this summer raised eyebrows and led to an internal review, according to a Newsmax report, citing ABC News 6. Following Mnuchin’s […]

White House: Trump Nominates Sessions’ Aide as Assistant AG

In a statement issued Friday, the White House informed that President Donald Trump has nominated the top aide to Attorney General Jeff Sessions to serve as Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice’s Civil […]

U.S. Retail Sales Suffer Major Drop in August

U.S. retail sales dropped unexpectedly last month, possibly due to the Hurricane Harvey impact, on the purchase of motor vehicles, which suggests a moderate consumer spending in the third quarter. The Commerce Department informed on […]