McConnell rejects mayors’ demand for Senate action on gun bills, after shootings
Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday rejected a plea from more than 200 mayors to call the Senate back early to consider new gun...
Trump ‘encourages’ white supremacy: Biden
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden at the Iowa State Fair on Thursday said whether President Donald Trump “is or is not a ‘white supremacist’, he...
State spox grilled over A$AP Rocky’s liberation
State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus was asked on Thursday why top U.S. hostage negotiator Robert O’Brien was sent to Sweden during rapper A$AP Rocky’s assault...
Former top FBI official McCabe sues agency over firing
Former top FBI official Andrew McCabe, who was dismissed from the agency following a tumultuous relationship with President Donald Trump, filed a lawsuit on Thursday...
NRA criticizes presidential candidates after mass shootings
The National Rifle Association accused U.S. presidential candidates on Thursday of trying to politicize the deadly mass shootings in Ohio and Texas, warning against enhanced...
After U.S. mass shootings, mayors demand Senate call special session on gun bills
Mayors of the two cities that endured mass shootings last weekend were joined by more than 200 of their counterparts on Thursday in demanding that...
House Speaker Pelosi in Central America as Trump seeks asylum deals
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a congressional delegation to Central America on Thursday as the Trump administration presses countries there to stop...
Puerto Rico’s new governor says she intends to remain in office
The revolving door at the governor’s office in Puerto Rico may finally stop with Wanda Vazquez, the newly sworn-in chief executive of the bankrupt U.S....
Venezuela’s Maduro defiant in face of US sanctions
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro insisted Wednesday that his country will win in the face of fresh sanctions imposed by the Trump Administration. Rough Cut (no...
Biden says Trump fans ‘flames of white supremacy’ as Democrats attack racism
Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden on Wednesday accused Republican President Donald Trump of fueling the white supremacy beliefs blamed for several U.S. mass shootings, as...