Former President George H.W. Bush Dies at 94
Former US President George H.W. Bush has died at age 94 in Houston, according to his spokesperson, CNN informs. Born into privilege and a tradition of service, Bush was a son of a senator, celebrated […]
Former US President George H.W. Bush has died at age 94 in Houston, according to his spokesperson, CNN informs. Born into privilege and a tradition of service, Bush was a son of a senator, celebrated […]
House and Senate policy makers reached a tentative agreement on a farm bill Wednesday, advancing the critical agricultural package after months of stalled negotiations, Wall Street Journal reported. Sen. Pat Roberts (R., Kan.), chairman of […]
A 20-year-old man has been apprehended in connection with a Thanksgiving shooting incident that turned deadly at a shopping mall in Hoover, Alabama. The initial shooting set off a chain reaction in which a police […]
The United States has filed criminal charges against Mike Lynch over the $11 billion sale of the British software company Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard seven years ago, the Financial Times reported on Friday. The newspaper said […]
Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former longtime personal lawyer, pleaded guilty on Thursday to lying to Congress about a proposed Trump Organization skyscraper in Moscow, prompting the President to lash out at Cohen as a […]
Saudi Arabia has signed a letter of offer and acceptance with the United States for Lockheed Martin’s THAAD missile system, a significant step forward in the $15 billion deal, a State Department spokesperson confirmed to […]
President Donald Trump continued his attack on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, telling the Washington Post he’s “not even a little bit happy” with his choice to head the central bank. “So far, I’m not […]
CNN’s Jim Acosta returned to the James S. Brady room on Tuesday for a press briefing with Sarah Sanders, 20 days after the reporter was temporarily banned from the White House, Fox News informed. Sanders, […]
The Department of Defense said Tuesday afternoon that there was no active shooter at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and that reports of a shooter at the center were part of an exercise, CNN […]
Alabama police say a black man mistaken for an active shooter during a mall shooting had “heightened the sense of threat” by drawing his own firearm after shots rang out, BBC writes. Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford […]
Border Patrol agents fired tear gas to repel rock-throwing migrants who tried to storm through a border fence separating California and Mexico on Sunday, the New York Post informs. Some of the migrants, part of […]
President Donald Trump stressed on Thursday that he had given authorization to troops sent to the U.S.-Mexico border to use lethal force in order to prevent migrants from entering the country. “If they have to, […]
Hundreds of Central American migrants in Mexico massed on Thursday around a tense U.S. border crossing, where security measures held up long lines of Mexicans headed to Thanksgiving gatherings on the other side of the […]
President Donald Trump is threatening to close the U.S. border with Mexico for an undisclosed period of time if his administration determines that its southern ally has lost “control” on its side, AP/TIME reported. Trump […]
President Donald Trump on Wednesday insisted that the U.S. does, in fact, have “Obama judges,” the latest comments in the feud over the matter with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, Fox News informed. “Sorry Chief […]
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts rebuked on Wednesday President Trump’s description of a judge who ruled against Trump’s new migrant asylum policy as an “Obama judge,” Fox News informed. “We do not have Obama […]
House Oversight Committee Democrats will probe Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, over the use of private email accounts for official White House business, relaunching a 2017 investigation into whether officials in President Trump’s […]
President Donald Trump raised multiple times with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and the former chief of staff to Jeff Sessions, Matthew Whitaker, whether the Justice Department was progressing in investigating Hillary Clinton, a person […]
After visiting the areas affected by the deadly California fires, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said “environmental radicals” were to blame for the blaze that killed at least 77 people as they stop forest management practices […]
Ivanka Trump was using her personal account when sending emails for official matters of the White House, officials said. The occurrence was discovered after a review that Ms. Trump was using her private account when […]
The Arizona border will have 32 miles of existing wall replaced starting next April, Fox News informed. The $324 million project has been given the green light by federal immigration officials, U.S. Customs and Border […]
Andrew Wheeler, who has been the EPA’s acting head since the resignation of scandal-plagued Scott Pruitt, will be nominated to lead the agency, President Donald Trump said on Friday, Bloomberg informed. Trump made the remarks Friday at […]
Mercedes Schlapp, head of Strategic Communications of the White House, attempted to discard the rumors about John Kelly that he may be stepping down from his post as Chief of Staff. Allegedly, First Lady Melania […]
Russia could be left outside a global satellite network for mobile internet planned by U.S.-based company OneWeb, Russia Business Today reported. The plan to bring Internet access to remote parts of the country is opposed by […]
Washington Democrat Representative Pramila Jayapal urged lawmakers to take votes on “Medicare for All” bill following the party’s triumph in the midterms. “We are going to be pushing for it to get a hearing….to have […]
Retired General John Abizaid was nominated by President Donald Trump to be the new American ambassador to Saudi Arabia, according to a Tuesday announcement by the White House. Abizaid, the former head of U.S. Central […]
Senator Lindsey Graham stressed Tuesday that should he become chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he would investigate the FBI’s handling of both the Russia and the Clinton probe. Asked if he would look into […]
Representative Jerry Nadler, who is expected to be the next chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said Sunday that acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker would be the first witness subpoenaed to testify about his “hostility” […]
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, who are to take control of the chamber in January, intend to investigate President Donald Trump’s involvement in the payments made to adult-film star Stormy Daniels and another woman […]
As he was preparing to remove Jeff Sessions as attorney general, President Donald Trump had already begun reviewing with his lawyers the written answers to questions from special counsel Robert Mueller, CNN reported. The move […]
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