Philippines Takes Big Step Back Towards Death Penalty
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's campaign to bring back the death penalty for drug-related crimes has cleared a major hurdle, with ...
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Trump Praised For More Measured Speech, But Congress Wants Details
Donald Trump reassured Americans with a well-received, more presidential address before Congress on his vision for the country's "renewal," but ...
Trump’s Interior Dept. Pick Wins Senate Confirmation
The U. S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed President Donald Trump's pick to head the Interior Department as the White House ...
Democrats Set To Pick Leader In New Trump Era
US Democrats, licking their wounds from last year's election debacle, will pick a new leader Saturday to take the fight ...
Wrestling Magnate Confirmed To Head US Small Business Admin
The US Senate on Tuesday easily confirmed billionaire professional wrestling tycoon Linda McMahon to head the Small Business Administration, filling ...
Former President George H.W. Bush, Wife Barbara Hospitalized
Former President George H. W. Bush was admitted to an intensive care unit on Wednesday, and his wife, Barbara, was ...
Trump Team Defends Health Pick Tom Price Over Ethics Charge
U. S. President-elect Donald Trump's transition team defended his nominee for health and human services (HHS) secretary, Tom Price, from ...
Martin Luther King’s Daughter
Martin Luther King's daughter said on Monday that "God can triumph over Trump," but the slain civil rights leader's son ...
US House of Representatives Passes Bill In First Step To Repeal Obamacare
The House of Representatives have voted to pass a plan to begin demolishing Obamacare, despite mounting qualms among Republicans. The ...
Jeff Sessions, New US Attorney General, Faces Rough Ride
President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be the new attorney general is poised to get a rough ride when he appears ...
US Spy Chief Promises Putin Motive
The US intelligence chief has promised to explain why Russia allegedly meddled in the US presidential election. Director of National ...
US Spy Chief Promises ‘Putin Hack’ Motive
A top US intelligence official says the reason why Russia allegedly meddled in the US election will be revealed in ...
‘Don’t Rescue’ Republicans On ‘Trumpcare’
President Barack Obama delivered a mandate to Democrats on Wednesday: "Don't rescue" Republicans on Obamacare. Less than three weeks out ...
Comey Under Fire Again Over Clinton Emails
James Comey is back under fire. The FBI director is facing renewed criticism after a judge ordered unsealed the warrant ...
Donald Trump Debunks Transition Confusion
US President-elect Donald Trump has defended his handling of the transition to the White House, amid reports of disarray in ...
Trump Denies Transition Disarray
US President-elect Donald Trump has defended his handling of the transition to the White House, amid reports of disarray in ...
Donald Trump Denies Transition Disarray After Sackings
US President-elect Donald Trump has defended his handling of the transition to the White House, amid reports of disarray in ...
Trump Team Already Filled With Washington Insiders
To shape his administration, President-elect Donald Trump is drawing squarely from the "swamp" he has pledged to drain. Trump's transition ...
Donald Trump’s Victory Promises To Upend the International Order
President elect Donald Trump's victory has got the world talking Donald J. Trump’s stunning election victory on Tuesday night rippled ...
Donald Trump Under Perspective
The 1920’s was an extraordinary period for Germans. It was a period of extreme economic hardship, occasioned, not by a ...