Shanahan fist bumps his way out of the Pentagon
Patrick Shanahan’s last day at the Pentagon is marked with a ‘clap-out’ on the river entrance steps after the acting U.S. defense secretary stepped down...
House Democrats propose reinstating aid to Central America
U.S. Democrats in the House of Representatives on Friday proposed reinstating hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras that...
U.S. Democratic candidate Warren calls for ban on private prisons
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Friday called for the elimination of privately run prisons and detention centers at the federal and state level,...
Trump’s half-cocked and loaded tweet draws barrage of reaction
U.S. President Donald Trump, whose Twitter malaprops often set off a deluge of social media criticism, was targeted on Friday for a linguistic misfire involving...
Wisconsin high court upholds curb on powers of Democratic governor
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday upheld a last-ditch Republican move late last year to curb the powers of incoming Democratic Governor Tony Evers, ruling...
U.S. Senate Democrats ask for details on antitrust probes into tech firms
Seven U.S. Senate Democrats asked the Trump administration on Friday to disclose details of possible Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department antitrust investigations into Amazon.com...
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi says she is glad Trump called off Iran strikes
U.S. House of Representatives’ Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday she was glad that President Donald Trump called off planned military strikes on Iranian targets,...
Wisconsin high court upholds legislature’s lame-duck curb of Democratic governor
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday upheld a last-ditch Republican move late last year to curb the powers of incoming Democratic Governor Tony Evers, ruling...
Conservative U.S. justices draw criticism by overruling precedent again
For the second time in six weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Friday overruled a decades-old legal precedent set by the court, this...
U.S. House panel subpoenas Trump associate Sater after no-show
A U.S. House panel issued a subpoena for testimony to Felix Sater after the Russian-born former business associate of President Donald Trump failed to appear...
