Biden seeks to keep edge as 2020 Democrats flood Iowa
Former Vice President Joe Biden said he was not taking his front-runner status for granted as he returned to Iowa on Thursday, ahead of a...
In Guatemala, Pelosi says migrant treatment ‘shameful’, worries about Trump deal
House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi criticized U.S. treatment of migrants during a visit to Guatemala, and raised doubts about whether the Central American country...
Trump names counterterrorism chief as acting director of national intelligence
President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Joseph Maguire, the current chief of the National Counterterrorism Center, will become the acting director of national intelligence....
Former FBI official Andrew McCabe sues 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...
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...