Ross Perot, former presidential candidate, dead at 89
Ross Perot, the self-made Texas billionaire who rattled U.S. politics with two independent presidential runs, died on Tuesday at the age of 89. Linda So...
Trump backs Labor chief Acosta, says will look into matter amid Epstein case
U.S. President Donald Trump backed Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta on Tuesday but said he would look into how Acosta handled financier Jeffrey Epstein’s case during...
Embattled Labor Secretary Acosta says Epstein crimes ‘horrific’
U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, under pressure from Democrats to resign over his handling of a decade-old sex abuse case against financier Jeffrey Epstein, on...
Trump’s blocking of Twitter critics unconstitutional: U.S. appeals court
U.S. President Donald Trump violated the Constitution by blocking people whose views he disliked from his Twitter account, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday....
Coal union invites Democratic presidential hopefuls to their ‘turf’
The head of the main U.S. mine workers’ union has invited all of the Democratic presidential candidates to visit its “turf” to demonstrate that the...
Obamacare’s future in play as U.S. appeals court weighs its constitutionality
The future of Obamacare could be at stake on Tuesday when a group of Democratic-led states and the House of Representatives urge a federal appeals...
Factbox: Two Republicans, 25 Democrats vie for U.S. presidential nomination
The largest Democratic field in the modern U.S. political era is competing for the party’s 2020 presidential nomination, with another Democrat entering the race on...
U.S. reverses plans to call Flynn as witness in upcoming Virginia trial
U.S. prosecutors have canceled plans to call President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn as witness in an Virginia trial involving Flynn’s former...
Billionaire Steyer joins crowded 2020 presidential race
U.S. billionaire Tom Steyer says he will seek the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)....
Democrats call for labor chief to resign over Epstein deal
U.S. Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday called for Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta to resign amid renewed concerns over the way the former federal prosecutor handled a...