Trump defends cabinet member Acosta embroiled in Epstein sex-abuse case
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, who is under pressure from Democrats to resign over his handling of a...
Biden and wife made more than $15 million in last two years
Former Vice President Joe Biden and his wife earned more than $15 million in the years since Joe Biden left government, according to tax records...
What’s the big deal about adding a citizenship question to U.S. Census?
U.S. President Donald Trump is making a last-ditch push to add a citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. Census, despite a Supreme Court ruling against...
Senate leader McConnell says no chance of U.S. default on debt
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declined on Tuesday to predict when the U.S. Congress would act to approve a new U.S. debt ceiling, but said...
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....
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...
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...