top-news Focus Washington - Page 232 of 237 from

News Ticker

[ September 29, 2023 ] Iranian Navy Repeatedly Aimed Laser at American Military Helicopter Politics
[ September 29, 2023 ] Zelensky, Navalny Among Favorites for Nobel Peace Prize NGO
[ September 28, 2023 ] Disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic to Cease to Exist on January 1 Politics
[ September 28, 2023 ] Poland Might Seek Extradition of Ukrainian Nazi Veteran that Embarrassed Canada Politics
[ September 27, 2023 ] UN Women’s Bahous Asks UN to Declare ‘Gender Apartheid’ in Afghanistan NGO

North Korea Potentially Able to Hit Most of U.S.

August 1, 2017 Focus Washington

North Korea’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch makes it appear possible the nation could hit a majority of the United States, Reuters reports. The news outlet cited two U.S. officials’assessment of Pyongyang’s capability, while two […]

GOP House Member Calls for Special Counsel’s Resignation

August 1, 2017 Focus Washington

House Judiciary Committee member Representative Trent Franks is calling on Special Counsel Robert Mueller to resign, The Hill reports. Franks claims Mueller is violating a law governing the special counsel that prohibits him from serving […]

Trump Removes Scaramucci from Communications Director Post

August 1, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump on Monday removed Anthony Scaramucci as communications director, ending a tumultuous tenure in the West Wing that lasted just 10 days. Scaramucci lost his job on the same day that Homeland Security […]

Putin Expels 755 U.S. Diplomats

July 31, 2017 Focus Washington

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered 755 U.S. diplomatic mission staff to leave the country in a Sunday interview with a Russian television station. The diplomats must leave the country by September 1, The New York […]

Democrats to Offer ObamaCare Improvements

July 31, 2017 Focus Washington

House Democrats are poised to advance a flood of proposals designed to address the problems dogging former President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law, a move that puts pressure on Republican and Democratic leaders alike, The […]

Trump Disappointed with China over North Korea

July 31, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump slammed China Saturday for doing “nothing for us with North Korea in light of Pyongyang’s latest missile test, vowing that “we will no longer allow this to continue”, Newsmax reported. North Korea […]

Kelly Starts New White House Post amid High Hopes from Republicans

July 31, 2017 Focus Washington

President Trump’s friends and foes seemed to welcome his appointment of new White House chief of staff John Kelly on Sunday, as many predicted that Kelly would bring “discipline” and “order” to his new post, […]

Hackers Accidentally Create Network Busting Malware

July 31, 2017 Focus Washington

Newly detailed malware can knock networks offline with devastating efficiency, although the effected networks might not be the ones intended by the malware creators. The malware was presented by the security firm Arbor Networks on […]

Priebus Calls Russia Collaboration Story a ‘Joke’

July 29, 2017 Focus Washington

Reince Priebus on Friday called the idea that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia during the election a “joke” during an interview leaving his post as White House chief of staff. “The collusion story is […]

Trump to Sign Russia Sanctions Bill

July 29, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump plans to sign legislation slapping new sanctions on Moscow, the White House announced late Friday, The Hill reports. “President Donald J. Trump read early drafts of the bill and negotiated regarding critical […]

Trump Ousts Priebus, Kelly to Become New Chief of Staff

July 29, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed Reince Priebus as his chief of staff and replaced him with retired four-star Marine Corps General and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, The Hill reports. Priebus has borne the […]

U.S. Orders Venezuela Embassy Families Out, Crisis Worsens

July 28, 2017 Focus Washington

The U.S. government ordered family members of employees at its embassy in Venezuela to leave on Thursday as a political crisis deepened ahead of a controversial vote critics contend will end democracy in the oil-rich […]

House Approves Funds for Trump’s Border Wall

July 28, 2017 Focus Washington

The House approved a national security-themed spending package on Thursday that includes $1.6 billion to start building President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall, The Hill reports. The $827 billion package passed largely along party lines, […]

McCain Kills GOP’s ObamaCare Repeal Plan

July 28, 2017 Focus Washington

Senator John McCain killed the last-resort Senate Republican healthcare bill in a surprise vote early Friday morning, voting against a pared-down proposal that Republican leaders released only hours earlier, The Hill reports. Voting shortly after […]

Trump Slams Lawmakers for Voting Down ‘Skinny’ ObamaCare Repeal

July 28, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump early Friday morning blasted lawmakers for failing to pass the Senate GOP’s “skinny” ObamaCare repeal bill, doubling down on his past call to “let ObamaCare implode”, The Hill reports. “Three Republicans and […]

Senate Votes Against ObamaCare Repeal Bill

July 28, 2017 Focus Washington

The Senate voted down a scaled-back ObamaCare repeal bill on Friday in a shocking vote that marks a major defeat for Republican leaders and the seven-year effort to repeal the health law. The Senate voted […]

Trump Vows to Ban Transgender People from Military

July 27, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that “transgender individuals” will not be allowed to serve in the military “in any capacity” blaming “disruption” and “tremendous medical costs”, The Hill reports. Trump made the announcement after House […]

Scaramucci to Contact FBI, Justice Department over Leaked Financial Disclosure

July 27, 2017 Focus Washington

White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci said Wednesday night that he plans to contact the FBI and Justice Department regarding a leak of his financial disclosure, The Hill reports. “In light of the leak of […]

CBO Survives Two House Amendments Targeting Funding

July 27, 2017 Focus Washington

The House rejected two amendments to a spending bill late Wednesday night that would have cut funds to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the non-partisan office in charge of estimating the budgetary effects of legislation, […]

Trump Mulls Recess Appointment If Sessions Quits

July 27, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump has talked about the possibility of installing a new Attorney General through a recess appointment if Jeff Sessions leaves the job, the Washington Post reports. But Trump also has been warned not […]

Tillerson Says that He Is ‘Not Going Anywhere’

July 27, 2017 Focus Washington

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday he is not resigning from his post, despite news reports that suggest otherwise. “I’m not going anywhere”, Tillerson said after meeting with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin […]

CIA Chief Pompeo Gives Operatives More Power to Gather Intel

July 27, 2017 Focus Washington

CIA Director Mike Pompeo told The Washington Free Beacon his agency is peeling away some of the bureaucratic layers that stand between its operatives and analysts and CIA leadership, Newsmax reports. “In nearly every one […]

North Korea Warns U.S. of ‘Nuclear Hammer’ Strike

July 26, 2017 Focus Washington

A North Korean official on Tuesday warned the country might just strike the United States with a “nuclear hammer” after CIA Director Mike Pompeo hinted the U.S. might support “regime change” in the isolated nation, […]

Sessions to Reportedly Unveil Several Probes of Leaks

July 26, 2017 Focus Washington

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is set to unveil within days a number of criminal leak investigations, The Washington Post reports. The probes will be centered around news reports that have contained sensitive material about intelligence, […]

House Passes Russia Sanctions Legislation

July 26, 2017 Focus Washington

The GOP-controlled House easily passed bipartisan legislation on Tuesday to limit the Trump administration’s ability to lift sanctions on Russia, The Hill reports. Three Republicans – Representatives Justin Amash, John Duncan Jr., and Thomas Massie […]

Trump Won’t Say If He Plans to Fire Attorney General Sessions

July 26, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump on Tuesday refused to say if he would fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions, but again offered sharp criticism of the nation’s top law enforcement official, The Hill reports. During a press conference […]

Newly Declassified Memos Show Extent of Improper Obama-era NSA Spying

July 26, 2017 Focus Washington

The National Security Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation violated specific civil liberty protections during the Obama years by improperly searching and disseminating raw intelligence on Americans or failing to promptly delete unauthorized intercepts, according […]

Senate Rejects Proposal to Repeal and Replace ObamaCare

July 26, 2017 Focus Washington

The Senate rejected a key proposal repealing and replacing ObamaCare on Tuesday night, as senators start a days-long debate on healthcare, The Hill reports. Senators voted 43-57 on a procedural hurdle for the measure that […]

Chinese Fighter Jets Perform ‘Unsafe’ U.S. Plane Intercept

July 25, 2017 Focus Washington

Two Chinese fighter jets intercepted a U.S. Navy plane Sunday, with one of the jets flying in a manner the U.S. deemed “unsafe”. The U.S. Navy reconnaissance plane was flying in international airspace in a […]

Mattis Slams Pentagon’s Decision to Waste $28mn on Afghan Uniforms

July 25, 2017 Focus Washington

Defense Secretary James Mattis has criticized Pentagon officials for wasting as much as $28 million by making a questionable choice of forest camouflage-patterned uniforms for Afghan National Army soldiers, Newsmax reports. The uniform pattern was […]

© 2018 Focus Washington