Trump says ‘angry majority’ supports him against impeachment drive
President Donald Trump said on Friday he believed an “angry majority” of American voters will support him against an impeachment inquiry as he sought to...
U.S. energy chief Perry refuses to testify in Trump impeachment inquiry
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, a member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet who has played a pivotal role in the Ukraine controversy, will refuse to...
Trump says Homeland Security official Chad Wolf will be new acting DHS secretary
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Chad Wolf, a little-known policy staffer at the Department of Homeland Security, will be the department’s new...
Democrat O’Rourke drops out of 2020 presidential race
Democrat Beto O’Rourke dropped out of the crowded 2020 U.S. presidential race on Friday, saying it had become clear his campaign did not have the...
Warren’s big healthcare plan relies on big assumptions
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren’s plan for universal healthcare rests on an assumption she can radically change an industry the size of Germany’s entire economy...
Democrats’ decision to televise Trump impeachment hearings could prove politically perilous
Democrats in the U.S. Congress took a major step toward impeaching President Donald Trump this week when they agreed on the rules for publicly televised...
Democrat Warren: Medicare for All would not raise U.S. middle-class taxes ‘one penny’
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Friday proposed a $20.5 trillion Medicare for All plan that she said would not require raising middle-class taxes...
ISIS evolved globally despite Syria defeat: State Dept
The global presence of Islamic State continued to advance in 2018 through networks and affiliates, the State Department counterterrorism coordinator Nathan Sales said on Friday,...
As impeachment enters new phase, Trump touts ‘transcript’
U.S. President Donald Trump said he might read aloud a White House summary of a controversial phone call he held with the leader of Ukraine....
Warren releases plan to pay for Medicare for All
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren said on Friday the Medicare for All system she backs would cost the U.S. government an extra $20.5 trillion over 10...