Beto O’Rourke backs slavery reparations in South Carolina campaign stop
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke kicked off a campaign swing through South Carolina on Friday by pledging support for reparations for descendants of slaves...
Mnuchin on solid ground in withholding Trump tax returns: Justice Department
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin did not violate the law by refusing to provide President Donald Trump’s tax returns to Congress because the confidentiality of...
Shanahan says oil tanker attacks, an ‘international situation’
U.S. Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan said on Friday that this week’s attacks on two oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, is ‘an...
Democratic contenders Biden, Sanders to face off in Miami debates
U.S. Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden will appear on the same stage with Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg and six other rivals during the...
U.S. court rules against Trump administration in immigrant teen abortion case
A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that the U.S. government cannot deny access to abortions for unaccompanied immigrant minors in federal custody, delivering a...
U.S. farm state senators unveil bill to overhaul biofuel waiver program
Two Midwest senators said on Friday they have introduced a bill to reform the Environmental Protection Agency’s opaque biofuel waiver program, which the corn industry...
Trump says will not fire White House adviser Conway
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he would not fire White House adviser Kellyanne Conway, despite the conclusion by a U.S. government watchdog that...
Trump: Ex-lawyer McGahn ‘may have been confused’ in Russia probe
Former White House lawyer Don McGahn “may have been confused” during his testimony as part of U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, President Donald...
Trump reverses course, says ‘of course’ he would report foreign interference
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday reversed course over whether he would report any foreign interference in a political campaign to U.S. law enforcement, telling...
U.S. farm state senators introduce bill to overhaul biofuel waiver program
Two Midwest senators said Friday they had introduced a bill to reform the Environmental Protection Agency’s biofuel waiver program, which the corn industry says helps...