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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday that the United States should “calm down” referring to the limited trade deal that the two nations achieved. “We are willing to resolve the contradictions and differences […]

Kentucky Gives Voting Rights to Some 140,000 Former Felons

Kentucky’s newly elected Democratic governor, Andy Beshear, signed an executive order on Thursday restoring the vote and the right to hold public office to more than 140,000 residents who have completed sentences for nonviolent felonies, […]

British PM Johnson Wins Large Majority in UK Election

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson won a resounding election victory on Friday that will allow him to end three years of political paralysis and take Great Britain out of the European Union by January 31, Reuters […]

Senior Congress Negotiators, White House Set Potential Deal on Fiscal 2020 Funding

Senior negotiators in the U.S. Congress on Thursday reached a tentative deal with the White House on a series of bills to fund federal agencies through September 30, 2020, which would avert partial government shutdowns next […]

House Committee Delays Impeachment Vote to Friday

Democrats delayed an impeachment vote by a U.S. House Committee just before midnight, incensing Republicans and setting up a Friday showdown over President Donald Trump’s future, Reuters reports. The committee had been expected to approve […]

Weinstein Lawyer Says 98% of Creditors Agree to Settle

Ninety-eight percent of The Weinstein Co.’s creditors are joining a tentative settlement that plaintiffs say includes $25 million for over two dozen actresses and former employees who claim Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed them, a lawyer […]

Republicans Enraged over Impeachment Hearing Pause

Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Jerry Nadler interrupted the Committee’s debate on the impeachment articles prior to the last votes, which are to take place on Friday morning, prompting howls of protest from Republicans […]

House Committee Nears Vote on Impeachment Articles against Trump

U.S. lawmakers moved closer on Thursday to impeaching Republican President Donald Trump, as members of a House of Representatives committee debated formal charges that are likely to be sent to the full House for a […]

Washington, Beijing Reach ‘Deal in Principle’ on Trade

The White House has reached a “deal in principle” with Beijing to resolve the 17-month U.S.-China trade war, a source briefed on the trade talks told Reuters. The White House was expected to make an […]

Pence’s Office Refuses to Declassify Call with Zelensky

Mike Pence’s counsel declined to share further information on the vice president’s call with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, a letter obtained by The Hill showed. Adam Schiff, Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee urged Pence last […]

New Jersey Shooting Could Have Been Anti-Semitic Attack

Fears that a deadly shooting at a Jewish market in Jersey City was an anti-Semitic attack mounted on Wednesday as authorities recounted how a man and woman deliberately pulled up to the place in a […]

UK Voters Decide on Who They Want to Resolve Brexit Crisis

British voters were deciding Thursday who they want to resolve the stalemate over Brexit in a parliamentary election seen as one of the most important since the end of World War II, The Associated Press […]

Saudi Aramco Tops $2 Trillion Valuation

Saudi Aramco achieved the $2 trillion valuation sought by Saudi leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Thursday as the newly-listed state-owned oil company’s shares rose sharply on their second day of trading, Reuters writes. […]

Senate Committee Approves Turkey Sanctions Bill

A U.S. Senate committee backed legislation on Wednesday to impose sanctions on Turkey after its offensive in Syria and purchase of a Russian S-400 missile system, the latest move in the chamber to push Republican […]

Lawmakers Begin Debating Impeachment Articles against Trump

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives moved closer on Wednesday to impeaching President Donald Trump as a key House committee began debating formal articles of impeachment that are expected to be brought to the […]

U.S.-China Trade Deal Expected Before December 15

The U.S. and China will probably announce some form of trade deal ahead of Sunday — when additional tariffs on Chinese goods are due to kick in — and that’s going to boost financial markets, analysts say […]

Trump Supporters Frustrated with House Dems Impeachment Articles

Trump supporters at the President’s rally in Hershey claimed they were frustrated with House Democrats after officials revealed impeachment articles against Trump that day, The Hill reported. In a segment, NBC News released on Tuesday night, reporter Monica […]

Taliban Breach Walls at Bagram Airfield Days After Peace Talks Restart

Several Taliban militants breached the walls of Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, following a targeted attack which the Pentagon said was a suicide bomb, Newsweek has learned. The attack comes as talks resumed this weekend between the […]

Buttigieg Says Layoffs in Health Insurance Company Are Not His Fault

Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg argued that his consultation and talks with a health insurance company had nothing to do with the layoffs in the company after he left. “I doubt it,” Buttigieg said in an […]

Saudi Aramco Shares Jump 10% on Stock Market Debut

Saudi Aramco shares opened up 10% on their Riyadh stock market debut on Wednesday, closing in on the $2 trillion valuation long sought by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Reuters informs. The shares opened […]

Democrats’ Impeachment Articles Claim Trump ‘Betrayed’ U.S.

House Democrats announced two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, declaring he “betrayed the nation” with his actions toward Ukraine as they pushed toward historic proceedings that are certain to help define […]

Elections Could Not be Tighter, British PM Johnson Says

Britain’s electoral contest could not be tighter, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday, a day before the vote, Reuters informed. “This could not be more critical, it could not be tighter. I’m just saying […]

Federal Judge Blocks $3.6bn Transfer to Mexican Border Wall

A federal judge on Tuesday issued a permanent injunction barring President Donald Trump’s attempt to transfer $3.6 billion in military construction funds to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, Reuters reports. Judge David Briones, […]

Turkey Reopens Churches, Mosques in Northern Syria

The Turkish Defense Ministry released a video Tuesday showing reopening of mosques and churches in Syria’s northern towns of Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ayn, Anadolu Agency reported. After repairing damage done by YPG/PKK terrorists who […]

Attorney General Barr Hopes Big Tech Probes Could be Completed in 2020

Attorney General William Barr said on Tuesday that he hoped to have Justice Department investigations of the big tech platforms – Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple – completed in 2020, Reuters informs. The four tech […]

Lavrov Calls on Washington to Publish Bilateral Communications Over 2016 Election

Russian Foreign Minister Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday said Moscow wanted to publish a cache of communications with Washington that he said cleared Russia of allegations it interfered in the 2016 U.S. election, but […]

Afghanistan’s Karzai Claims U.S. Cash Fed Corruption

Afghanistan’s former president argued Tuesday that Washington helped fuel corruption in his nation by spending hundreds of millions of dollars over the past two decades without accountability, AP writes. In an interview with The Associated […]

House Dems, White House Announce New North American Trade Deal

House Democrats and the White House announced a deal on a modified North American trade pact, handing President Donald Trump a major Capitol Hill win Tuesday on the same day that impeachment charges were announced […]

Multiple Killed in New Jersey Shooting

A police officer and multiple others were killed in a shooting in Jersey City Tuesday that authorities say is not believed to have been a terrorism attack, The Associated Press reported. One officer was pronounced […]

Ex-FBI Head Demands Apology from Trump

Ex-FBI General counsel said that President Donald Trump owes him as well as others at the FBI an apology, following a watchdog report by the Justice Department which is disproving Trump’s blast that his campaign was […]