Alabama governor apologizes over blackface episode from student days
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey acknowledged on Thursday she wore blackface during a college skit in the 1960s and she apologized for the episode, becoming the...
Liberal U.S. House Democrat urges Trump impeachment decision by year-end
A leading progressive voice in the U.S. House of Representatives called on Thursday for intensifying the probe into President Donald Trump’s behavior in office with...
Ten U.S. Democratic 2020 candidates to debate on one night
Democrats will hold a single debate for 10 U.S. presidential contenders next month, leaving out 10 other candidates who did not meet the party’s more...
Nominee to head U.S. export controls bureau withdraws: Commerce Department
President Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee the U.S. Commerce Department bureau that controls exports of sensitive technology to foreign companies, like China’s Huawei Technologies, has...
Factbox: U.S. oil and gas regulatory rollbacks under Trump
The Trump administration has moved broadly to relax Obama-era rules put in place to regulate methane and other greenhouse gas emissions, offshore drilling safety, fuel...
Trump EPA proposes scrapping methane limits at oil and gas operations
The Trump administration on Thursday proposed rescinding Obama-era limits on oil and gas industry emissions of methane, one of the main pollutants scientists link to...
Dorian: Gulf Coast League ends season, Rays watchful
The Gulf Coast League canceled the final two games of the season and the league playoffs because of the impending arrival of Hurricane Dorian....
Trump administration barring tours of migrant detention centers, Democrats say
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday said the Trump administration is blocking investigators from touring immigrant detention facilities nationwide after recent visits...
U.S. officials defend new citizenship rules for some military families
U.S. immigration officials on Thursday defended a new policy that ends automatic citizenship for some children born to U.S. citizens stationed abroad as government employees...
Trump promises ethanol-related ‘giant package’ to please farmers
President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration is planning a “giant package” related to ethanol that would please U.S. farmers angry that many more...