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May 20, 2018
Last week the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department released more than 1,200 pages of witness statements and interviews conducted by law enforcement with survivors of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
In the course of the investigation, police gathered individual stories —...
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May 20, 2018
Plans to open the Obama Presidential Center on Chicago's South Side have cleared a major hurdle, but a recent approval from city planners is just the beginning of a long process before construction gets underway.
This week, the Obama Foundation will go before the zoning board for more approvals....
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May 19, 2018
Students and teachers returning to Santa Fe High School on Saturday to claim belongings left behind during the evacuation had to be escorted by police: The school was still a crime scene, cordoned off with yellow police tape.
They were joined by Cassandra Garza, a sophomore. She didn't bring a...
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May 19, 2018
As he heard the gunshots approaching down the hall Friday morning, Santa Fe High School student Abel San Miguel, 15, hid with a few classmates in the art class storage closet.
He wasn't sure if he was going to survive. Through the door, he could see the barrel of a shotgun. Then the shooter began...
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May 19, 2018
As he heard the gunshots approaching down the hall Friday morning, Santa Fe High School student Abel San Miguel, 15, hid with a handful of classmates in the art class storage closet.
He wasn't sure if he was going to survive. Through the door, he could see the barrel of a shotgun. Then the shooter...
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May 19, 2018
A student who authorities said confessed to killing 10 people at a Houston-area high school was being held in isolation Saturday as the community continued to mourn.
Two bombs that junior Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 17, allegedly brought to Santa Fe High School on Friday were "intended to be IEDs," improvised...
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May 18, 2018
In a pine-shaded field behind Santa Fe's town bank, about 1,000 people gathered Thursday evening to pray for those killed and wounded at the high school that morning. The superintendent spoke, followed by the mayor, the governor and a senator.
The assembled shared stories, and tears, describing...
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May 18, 2018
The White House has finally found someone to take on the stress of overseeing President Trump's fossil fuel-friendly environmental agenda in the heart of hostile territory: California and nearby states.
But there's one glaring problem.
The guy who will lead the Environmental Protection Agency's...
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May 18, 2018
In a major political setback, House Republicans failed on Friday to pass an $867-billion farm bill that aimed to impose strict new work requirements for food stamp recipients.
Conservatives refused to support the measure unless House leaders agreed to hold a vote immediately on a separate immigration...
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May 18, 2018
President Trump on Friday named a government bureaucrat to be secretary of the troubled Veterans Affairs Department after his first, unconventional pick — his White House physician out of "central casting" — withdrew amid allegations of wrongdoing. The new nominee, Robert Wilkie, has been acting...
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May 18, 2018
Chinese officials are hoping to mollify President Trump's oft-stated displeasure with America's huge trade imbalance with China by pledging to import billions more of made-in-U.S.A. products.
Whether Beijing's promised shopping spree and other concessions, made during talks this week in Washington,...
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May 18, 2018
The Trump administration moved Friday to place new restrictions on access to abortion, as the Health and Human Services Department prepared new regulations that would effectively bar organizations that receive federal family planning money from providing abortions or counseling mothers about the...
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May 18, 2018
A man shouting about Donald Trump entered the president's south Florida golf resort early Friday, draped a flag over a lobby counter and exchanged fire with police before being arrested, police said.
One officer was injured, officials said.
Police were notified of an "active shooter" in the Trump-owned...
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May 18, 2018
A man shouting about President Trump entered Trump's South Florida golf resort early Friday, draped an American flag over a lobby counter and exchanged gunfire with police before being arrested, authorities said.
One officer was injured, officials said.
Police were notified of an "active shooter"...
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May 18, 2018
Whether by insight or coincidence, North Korea's leadership chose the week of the one-year anniversary of Robert S. Mueller III's appointment as special counsel to probe how eager President Trump is to make a nuclear deal.
The answer: Very eager.
Trump has made clear in his tweets and remarks that...
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May 18, 2018
Healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente plans to invest $200 million in community efforts across the country to reduce homelessness, joining a growing list of health systems that are moving to address the housing crisis afflicting many large cities.The commitment — which Kaiser is announcing Friday...
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May 18, 2018
The crowded courtroom reeked of stale sweat, and 92 immigrants filled all five benches, leaving standing room only for visitors and court personnel."It's packed in there," said one of a dozen guards and deputy marshals stationed at the courtroom this week. "This is what it's going to be like from...
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May 18, 2018
One year into the Russia investigation, special counsel Robert S. Mueller III works away, mostly silent. Yet President Trump and his allies have been anything but, and they've had some success in undermining public confidence in the sprawling inquiry.Though the investigation has reached deeper...
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May 17, 2018
An explosive eruption at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano early Thursday created an enormous ash plume that prompted the closure of schools and forced residents to remain indoors as a light ash rained over the surrounding area on the eastern edge of the island.
The ash plume rose as high as 30,000 feet...
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May 17, 2018
The White House may have finally found someone to take on the stress of overseeing President Trump's fossil fuel-friendly environmental agenda in the heart of hostile territory: California and nearby states.
But there's one glaring problem.
The guy officials have queued up to lead the Environmental...
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May 17, 2018
An explosive eruption at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano early Thursday created an enormous ash plume that prompted the closure of schools and forced residents to remain indoors as a light ash rained over the surrounding area on the eastern edge of the island.
The ash plume rose as high as 30,000 feet...
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May 17, 2018
A New York appeals court denied President Trump's request to suspend a defamation suit against him Thursday, clearing the way for an exhaustive probe of how he handled accusations of sexual misconduct during the 2016 campaign.
The ruling allows Summer Zervos, a former contestant on "The Apprentice,"...
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May 17, 2018
President Trump disavowed a controversial remark made by his national security advisor, John Bolton, as he appeared increasingly eager Thursday to preserve a historic one-on-one meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un scheduled for next month.
Bolton had spooked North Koreans recently by suggesting...
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May 17, 2018
Despite a flurry of negotiations in recent weeks, hopes are fading fast that a revamped North American Free Trade Agreement will be completed and approved by lawmakers this year.
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Thursday that there are only a couple of weeks left to reach a deal in time to meet...
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May 17, 2018
During a tense Senate confirmation hearing last week, Gina Haspel rattled off a list of national security challenges she could face as the first woman to lead the CIA — Russian aggression, Iranian ambitions in the Middle East, China's increasing global reach, destructive cyberattacks and deadly...
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May 17, 2018
During a tense Senate confirmation hearing last week, Gina Haspel rattled off a list of national security challenges she could face as the first woman to lead the CIA — Russian aggression, Iranian ambitions in the Middle East, China's increasing global reach, destructive cyberattacks and deadly...
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May 17, 2018
An explosive eruption occurred at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano Thursday, officials said, and authorities warned that an ash plume is expected to cover the surrounding area.
The ash plume rose as high as 30,000 feet and is drifting to northeast over the Big Island of Hawaii, and could reach its largest...
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May 17, 2018
Michael Avenatti, the attorney for porn actress Stormy Daniels, broke his promise to make a $2-million payment that was due Monday under the settlement of his firm's bankruptcy, a new lawsuit alleges.
To resolve the bankruptcy, Avenatti promised in December to pay $4.85 million to Jason Frank,...
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May 17, 2018
An explosive eruption has occurred at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, officials said, and authorities warned that an ash plume is expected to cover the surrounding area.
"The wind will carry the plume toward the southeast," Hawaii County officials said in a text message and email. "You should shelter...
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May 17, 2018
Asked recently whether she would push Rep. Tony Cárdenas of California to resign over allegations in a lawsuit that he molested a teenager in 2007, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi shrugged.
That seems to sum up Washington's collective response so far to the latest #MeToo sexual misconduct crisis...
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May 17, 2018
Asked recently whether she would push Rep. Tony Cárdenas of California to resign over allegations in a lawsuit that he molested a teenager in 2007, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi shrugged.
That seems to sum up Washington's collective response so far to the latest #MeToo sexual misconduct crisis...
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May 17, 2018
The Trump administration has gone further than any previous U.S. government in expressing full-throated support for Israel in the recent clashes that left dozens of Palestinians dead, isolating itself internationally and further relinquishing its role as a Middle East peace broker.
Administration...
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May 16, 2018
At first, they thought it was part of the show. Some looked up for the fireworks. But within moments, however, a horrible feeling began to sink in as the screams filled the air.
They wondered whether they were going to die.
Las Vegas police released more than 1,200 pages of witness interviews and...
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May 16, 2018
President Trump smiled broadly last week when a reporter asked whether he deserved a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to get North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to give up nuclear arms.
"Everyone thinks so, but I would never say it," the president said, adding, "The prize I want is victory for the...
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May 16, 2018
President Trump recommended an obstruction of justice investigation into Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf for impeding a federal roundup and criticized Mexico for doing "nothing" to help on its border with the United States as he expressed his sentiments about illegal immigration to a like-minded group...
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May 16, 2018
In Missouri, Republican Gov. Eric Greitens faces almost too many threats to count: A mistress accusing Greitens of sexual blackmail. An ex-husband who leaked her story to the media. A newspaper publisher who funneled cash to the ex-husband's lawyer. A mysterious Republican financier who wants to...
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May 16, 2018
President Trump recommended an obstruction of justice investigation into Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf for impeding a federal roundup and criticized Mexico for doing "nothing" to help on its border with the United States as he expressed his sentiments about illegal immigration to a like-minded group...
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May 16, 2018
At first, they thought it was part of the show. Some looked up for the fireworks. But within moments, however, a horrible feeling began to sink in as the screams filled the air.
They wondered whether they were going to die.
Las Vegas police released more than 1,200 pages of witness interviews and...
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May 16, 2018
Las Vegas police released more than 1,200 pages of witness interviews and officer reports Wednesday that detail the harrowing moments after a mass shooting that killed 58 in October.
The documents were the second wave of items released by police after the Nevada Supreme Court ordered the department...
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May 16, 2018
The Senate on Wednesday narrowly advanced a Democratic-led attempt to retain net neutrality regulations, the first step in a long shot bid to keep the online traffic rules on the federal books before their repeal takes effect in June.
The effort, which has built momentum in recent weeks, also is...
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May 16, 2018
The Senate on Wednesday is expected to narrowly approve a Democratic-led attempt to reinstate net neutrality regulations, the first step toward putting the online traffic rules back on the federal books.
The measure would void a decision last December by the Republican majority of the Federal Communications...
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May 16, 2018
President Trump plans to throw more barbs at California on Wednesday afternoon, joined this time at the White House by like-minded officials brought from the state he loves to lambaste as lawless and "out of control."
The topic is immigration and California's resistance to the Trump administration's...
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May 15, 2018
After weeks of warming relations, North Korea on Tuesday abruptly postponed scheduled talks with South Korea to protest U.S.-South Korean military exercises, but the Trump administration downplayed the development, saying it was continuing to plan for next month's summit with North Korean leader...
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May 15, 2018
The annual confab for progressives Tuesday might have been mistaken for a daylong seminar to teach rich liberal donors about a middle America that is increasingly incomprehensible to them.
But it was much more than that. It was the beginning of a long audition — for party leaders and for 2020 presidential...
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May 15, 2018
For years during the long U.S. occupation of Iraq, Muqtada Sadr was an intractable foe, blamed by the Pentagon for hundreds of deaths of American service members, as well as atrocities against Iraqi civilians.
But his surprise lead in Iraq's parliamentary election may force American officials into...
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May 15, 2018
After a threat by the world's richest man that he might reconsider investing in Seattle, a divided city council came together this week and unanimously approved a new tax on high-grossing corporations — but at about half the amount originally proposed.
Both sides — the city, personified by socialist...
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May 15, 2018
Gina Haspel, President Trump's nominee to run the CIA, is on track to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate after key Democrats announced their support on Tuesday.
Her nomination has been deeply controversial because she once ran a secret prison in Thailand where detainees were waterboarded after the...
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May 15, 2018
The Supreme Court decision upholding states' rights to offer sports betting was backed mostly by conservative justices, but it may also give a boost to California and other liberal states that are defying the Trump administration's drive for stricter immigration enforcement.
At issue on both fronts...
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May 15, 2018
Two Federal Reserve nominees on Tuesday slammed Wells Fargo & Co., for its consumer abuses and indicated that they would have to see significant improvements before voting to lift a cap on the San Francisco bank's growth.
"Just based upon the news accounts, which of course is all I have to go on,...
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May 15, 2018
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens declared victory as prosecutors abruptly dropped a felony invasion-of-privacy charge alleging he had taken a revealing photo of a woman with whom he has acknowledged having an affair.
The St. Louis circuit attorney's office said it still plans to pursue the case, either...
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May 15, 2018
Every time black dust blows through the windswept Moapa River Indian Reservation about an hour's drive from Las Vegas, residents grow more unnerved.
This tribal community of just 225 has seen more than its share of sickness. Tribal council member Vickie Simmons watched her brother, a former coal...
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May 14, 2018
Callie Greer, a community organizer from Selma, Ala., on Monday stepped on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol, a strip of sackcloth fastened around her upper left arm to signal she was willing to go to jail.
Greer lost her daughter Venus, who could not afford health insurance, to breast cancer in 2013....
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May 14, 2018
Suddenly, all bets are on regarding the future of American sports gambling.
A surge in betting caused by the Supreme Court's lifting of a federal ban on sports wagering is expected to trigger new gaming opportunities and burnish existing sports books in Las Vegas casinos — but also spawn a battle...
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May 14, 2018
President Trump's stunning change in stance toward a Chinese telecom-equipment maker that his administration recently sanctioned drew widespread rebuke Monday, even as it seemed to increase the likelihood that the U.S. and China could soon pull back from the brink of a trade war.
China's top economic...
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May 14, 2018
President Trump's stunning change in stance toward a Chinese telecom-equipment maker that his administration recently sanctioned drew widespread rebuke Monday, even as it seemed to increase the likelihood that the U.S. and China could soon pull back from the brink of a trade war.
China's top economic...
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May 14, 2018
Carolina Alas, a fast-food worker from Richmond, Calif., does not meet official definitions of poverty.
The 48-year-old immigrant from El Salvador has a full-time job working 40 hours a week, cooking hamburgers at a Jack in the Box. But Alas, a U.S. citizen, struggles to pay her $700 rent, phone...
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May 14, 2018
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for an explosion in legalized sports betting across the nation.
The justices, by a 5-4 vote, Monday struck down a key part of a federal law that has prevented New Jersey and other states from offering legal wagering on sports at their race tracks and casinos.
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May 14, 2018
President Trump's son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner has enjoyed the gilded highs of White House life — attending Trump's first official state dinner last month, conducting secret diplomacy in the Middle East and counseling the president on fast-paced foreign trips.
Kushner also has endured...
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May 14, 2018
Since the fatal shooting of 17 people at a South Florida high school, five states — Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Rhode Island and Vermont — have passed laws that allow authorities to temporarily take away guns from a person who has shown a pattern of violence.
While most legislative proposals to...
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May 13, 2018
Kilauea's continued eruptions — possibly a long windup to a major explosion at the summit — forced more evacuations Sunday as yet another fissure opened and spattered lava along the volcano's eastern flank .
The Hawaii County Civil Defense sent out the evacuation alert for residents west of Highway...
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May 13, 2018
The U.S. is prepared to quickly lift sanctions on North Korea and promise its leader, Kim Jong Un, that it would not seek to oust him from power, senior officials said Sunday, sketching out the terms of a possible deal if Kim agrees to give up his nuclear weapons.
"We will have to provide security...
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May 13, 2018
What it's like to live in the shadow of the Kilauea volcano as it is oozing lava and threatening to explode.
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May 13, 2018
The foundation that supports the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Illinois indicated that prestigious memorabilia tied to the home-state 16th president could be sold to help pay back a loan taken out to buy a trove of items more than a decade ago.
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May 13, 2018
They will not receive cards or hugs this Mother's Day from the children they lost at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine's Day. Instead, they will make do with words, flowers and photos from the past.
Lori Alhadeff has preserved the bouquet and vase that her 14-year-old daughter,...
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May 11, 2018
The world's auto companies are fast learning how risky it can be to seek a favor from President Trump.
They asked the president to nudge California and the rest of the country toward looser fuel economy rules. What they got instead was a veritable declaration of war against the state, threatening...
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May 11, 2018
After repeatedly promising to rein in skyrocketing prescription drug prices, President Trump Friday released a multipronged "blueprint" he said would deliver relief to patients "very soon."
But the president stopped well short of backing any major new effort to use the federal government's power...
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May 11, 2018
For thousands of undocumented young men and women, a judge's order in January amounted to a reprieve — a chance to renew their legal protections after President Trump's decision last year to kill the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
But many DACA recipients have been slow to reach...
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May 11, 2018
Long before Eric Schneiderman stepped down as New York state attorney general amid allegations he had abused four women, Donald Trump hinted of trouble in the life of the lawman who was a thorn in his side for years.
"Is he a crook?" Trump tweeted in 2013. "Wait and see."
At that point, Schneiderman...
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May 11, 2018
President Trump, who since taking office has repeatedly promised to take action to rein in skyrocketing prescription drug prices, will unveil a "blueprint" for government action at a White House speech this afternoon.
But administration officials said the president will not back a new effort to...
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May 11, 2018
A lot is on the line for California on Friday in the White House, where top auto company executives will be meeting with President Trump.
They will be talking about the administration's plan to revoke the state's longstanding authority to enforce its own, tough rules on tailpipe emissions. The...
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May 11, 2018
On Monday, thousands of low-wage workers, clergy and activists will gather at the U.S. Capitol and more than 30 statehouses across the country to kick off the Poor People's Campaign, a radical civil disobedience movement that aims to push the issue of poverty to the top of the national political...
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May 10, 2018
Three weeks before the 2016 election, New York lawyer Michael Cohen filed paperwork in Delaware, known as a welcoming host for shell companies, to create the blandly named entity Essential Consultants LLC.
At the time, Donald Trump was stumbling toward what the political world assumed would be...
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May 10, 2018
With bright lights illuminating the middle-of-the-night darkness on the tarmac and a gigantic U.S. flag as a backdrop, President Trump strode toward waiting cameras with three Americans newly freed from prison in North Korea. He gushed that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "really was excellent"...
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May 10, 2018
U.S. special operations troops in Africa have been restricted from undertaking missions that might involve direct combat, one of several steps announced Thursday to prevent future casualties after an October ambush in Niger killed four American soldiers.
U.S. forces have not conducted any operations...
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May 10, 2018
Yale University said campus officers "followed procedures" this week when a white student called police after she discovered a black student sleeping in a residence hall common area.
In an email to students Wednesday evening, Kimberly Goff-Crews, vice president of student life at Yale, said police...
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May 10, 2018
Yale University said campus officers "followed procedures" this week when a white student called police after she discovered a black student sleeping in a residence hall common area.
In an email to students Wednesday evening, Kimberly Goff-Crews, vice president of student life at Yale, said police...
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May 10, 2018
A lot has swirled around President Trump the past week: his former lawyer's bank account, his current lawyer's indiscretions, the White House's quiet admission that his much-vaunted infrastructure plan is dead for the year.
But the president has drowned out much of that with high-profile news on...
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May 10, 2018
Three Americans who were detained in North Korea for more than a year were greeted by President Donald Trump beneath a giant American flag after they returned to the mainland U.S. early Thursday.
Despite a middle-of-the-night landing, first lady Melania Trump and a host of senior administration...
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May 10, 2018
Three Americans who were detained in North Korea for more than a year were greeted by President Donald Trump beneath a giant American flag after they returned to the mainland U.S. early Thursday.
Despite a middle-of-the-night landing, first lady Melania Trump and a host of senior administration...
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May 09, 2018
In a contentious confirmation hearing that reopened the painful debate over CIA abuse of terrorism suspects, Gina Haspel pledged Wednesday she would not revive the use of secret prisons and harsh interrogations if she is confirmed to lead the nation's premier intelligence agency.
The Senate Intelligence...
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May 09, 2018
In a contentious confirmation hearing that reopened the painful debate over CIA abuse of terrorism suspects, Gina Haspel pledged Wednesday she would not revive the use of secret prisons and harsh interrogations if she is confirmed to lead the nation's premier intelligence agency.
The Senate Intelligence...
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May 09, 2018
President Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen accused Stormy Daniels' attorney Wednesday of improperly acquiring Cohen's bank records and releasing false information about his finances in an attempt to discredit him.
Lawyers for Cohen asked a federal judge to order Michael Avenatti to explain...
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May 09, 2018
The U.S. Geological Survey has warned that the summit of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano could experience explosions in coming weeks and send large quantities of ash into the air.
Evacuations or significant damage is not expected because the summit is far from populated areas — and 25 miles away from...
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May 09, 2018
This week New York Atty. Gen. Eric Schneiderman joined a list of prominent Empire State politicians who in recent years have resigned amid allegations of inappropriate and possibly criminal conduct toward women.
Like former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner and former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, Schneiderman was...
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May 09, 2018
A century-long relationship will soon come to an end.
The Mormon Church and the Boy Scouts of America announced they will sever ties next year, the latest move in what's been a slow separation between the two groups as their ideological differences have widened.
In a joint statement released late...
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May 09, 2018
The Trump administration says scrapping a nuclear agreement with Iran strengthens its hand in negotiations with North Korea, signaling that President Trump will accept only a "real deal" that eliminates Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal.
But Trump's exit from the Iran deal may in fact make reaching its...
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May 09, 2018
One after another, 15 Democratic senators — nearly a third of their caucus — stepped to a microphone on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to call for tough rules to protect net neutrality.The turnout, which included Senate Democratic leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), showed they believe that they could...
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May 09, 2018
Under fire for her still-murky role in the CIA's imprisonment and torture of terrorism suspects after the 9/11 attacks, Gina Haspel pledged Wednesday that she would not allow the spy agency to restart the troubled program if she is confirmed as director.
"I want to be clear," Haspel told the Senate...
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May 09, 2018
A bipartisan group of House members led by California's Jeff Denham filed a petition Wednesday to force a vote on four immigration bills over the objections of Republican leadership.
It's rare for a Republican lawmaker to attempt to force a vote against the wishes of a House speaker from his own...
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May 09, 2018
A bipartisan group of House members led by California's Jeff Denham filed a petition Wednesday to force a vote on four immigration bills over the objections of Republican leadership.
It's rare for a Republican lawmaker to attempt to force a vote against the wishes of a House speaker from his own...
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May 09, 2018
After a life in the shadows, Gina Haspel, President Trump's nominee to run the CIA, will face the bright lights of a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday that is expected to hinge on questions about her role in post-Sept. 11 interrogations with waterboarding and other abuses.
Haspel, who spent...
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May 08, 2018
The shell company used by President Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen to pay off porn actress Stormy Daniels received about $500,000 last year from a business linked to a Russian billionaire who is close to President Vladimir Putin.
Cohen's company, Essential Consultants LLC, received the money from...
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May 08, 2018
Republican voters in West Virginia opted Tuesday for a safer nominee for U.S. Senate over a combustible one, picking state Atty. Gen. Patrick Morrisey to face Sen. Joe Manchin III, one of the Democratic incumbents most threatened in November.
Don Blankenship, a wealthy felon who ran racially charged...
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May 08, 2018
Scott Dozier wants to die. The state of Nevada wants to kill him.
Which left Dozier's attorney arguing before the Nevada Supreme Court on Tuesday not about whether he would be executed but how.
David Anthony, a federal public defender, told the seven justices that the state's proposed addition...
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May 08, 2018
The shell company used by President Trump's attorney Michael Cohen to pay off Stormy Daniels received about $500,000 last year from a business linked to a Russian billionaire who is close to President Vladimir Putin, according to the porn star's lawyer.
Cohen's company, Essential Consultants LLC,...
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May 08, 2018
He once stood at the center of an international political scandal, becoming a household name for destroying government documents and lying to members of Congress.
That was more than three decades ago.
Now, Oliver North, a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps, has a new job: president...
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May 08, 2018
The shell company used by President Trump's attorney Michael Cohen to pay off Stormy Daniels received about $500,000 last year from a business led by a Russian billionaire who is close to President Vladimir Putin, according to the porn star's lawyer.
Cohen's company, Essential Consultants LLC,...
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May 08, 2018
For American consumers, the effect of President Trump's announcement Tuesday that the U.S. would pull out of the Iran nuclear deal was already apparent at their local service stations days ago.
Gas prices nationally have climbed about 11% since March, to an average of $2.85 a gallon last week,...
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May 08, 2018
Voters in West Virginia headed to the polls Tuesday to determine whether Republicans will once again nominate a general election candidate who could cost them an otherwise winnable U.S. Senate seat.
Don Blankenship, a wealthy felon who ran racially charged ads aimed at Senate Republican leader...
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May 08, 2018
As President Trump withdrew from one nuclear disarmament deal on Tuesday, his secretary of State was making a surprise trip to North Korea in pursuit of another.
Mike Pompeo made his second unannounced visit to the long-isolated nation in just over a month to complete plans for a summit between...
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