Boeing takes $4.9 billion charge related to 737 MAX
Boeing said on Thursday it would take an after-tax charge of $4.9 billion in the second quarter related to estimated disruptions from the grounding of...
Democrats slam USDA’s relocation of economists as blow to scientific research
Democratic senators on Thursday slammed the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plan to relocate hundreds of its economists and other researchers from Washington to the Midwest,...
Trump says looking closely at Amazon’s bid on $10 billion Pentagon contract
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration was looking closely at Amazon.com’s bid on a $10 billion cloud contract with the Defense Department...
U.S. ‘immediately destroyed’ Iranian drone: Trump
President Donald Trump said the USS Boxer destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday after the aircraft threatened the ship by...
Two horses killed in training collision at Del Mar
Two horses died when they collided at California’s Del Mar racetrack on Thursday....
Senate expected to confirm Trump’s second Secretary of Defense next week
The U.S. Senate is due to vote next week to confirm Mark Esper as President Donald Trump’s second Secretary of Defense, ending the longest period...
Trump disavows ‘send her back’ rally chant, many Republicans alarmed
President Donald Trump tried to distance himself on Thursday from supporters’ chants of “send her back” at a rally where he blasted Somalia-born U.S. Representative...
Trump’s rally ‘was despicable’: Biden
At a campaign stop in Los Angeles, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, vying for the White House in 2020, condemned Wednesday night’s North Carolina...
AOC grills acting DHS chief over offensive Facebook group
U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez grilled acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan about his knowledge and subsequent handling of a private Facebook group where border agents posted...
Court rejects bid to suspend part of Canadian province’s religious symbols ban
A court in the Canadian province of Quebec on Thursday rejected a bid to suspend parts of a new provincial law that bans public sector...