California Extends Tough Climate Policy Measures To 2030
California legislators late Monday approved extending the state's tough measures to fight climate change to 2030, a major victory for ...
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US Health Care Reform Collapses As Two More Republicans Say No
Two more US Republican senators announced their opposition Monday to their party's efforts to revamp Obamacare, derailing the controversial legislation ...
Republican Health Care Reform Up In Air As McCain Recovers
The future of the Republican effort to squash Obamacare hung in the balance Monday with Senator John McCain, whose vote ...
Sessions Said He Hadn’t Had Contact With Foreign Government In 7 YEARS
Attorney General Jeff Sessions failed to report meetings last year with Russia's US ambassador on his security clearance application, according ...
New Republican Health Bill Teeters, With Support In Doubt
Republican leaders unveiled a revamped health care bill Thursday aimed at salvaging President Donald Trump's top legislative priority, but the ...
US Attorney General Failed To Report Russia Meetings On Security Form
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions failed to report meetings last year with Russia's US ambassador on his security clearance application, ...
US Republicans Roll Dice Once More On Health Care
Top US Senate Republican Mitch McConnell will try to pull a political rabbit out of his hat Thursday when he ...
Trump FBI Nominee Rejects Torture
President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday he rejected the use of torture in ...
US Senate Delays Summer Break Amid Health Care Impasse
The US Senate will delay its summer break by two weeks to focus on breaking an impasse over health care ...
Trump To Nominate Financier To Role of Banking Regulator
US President Donald Trump intends to nominate Randal Quarles, a former Treasury Department official, to a role as the country's ...
Mauritania Opposition Vows To Boycott President’s Referendum
Several Mauritanian opposition parties said Monday that they had formed a coalition to boycott a referendum set for August 5 ...
Sitting Allowances For Kenya’s Lawmakers Abolished
Members of the Kenyan Parliament who will be elected to the 12th Parliament will not benefit from the Sh5,000 allowance ...
Get Health Care Reform Done Before Vacation
President Donald Trump prodded US lawmakers Monday to pass an unpopular health care reform bill before Congress goes on its ...
Trump Son ‘met Kremlin-Linked Lawyer’ During Election Campaign
US President Donald Trump said Sunday he wanted to work "constructively" with Russia despite confronting Vladimir Putin over alleged election ...
Cambodian Ruling MPs Move To Isolate Opposition Figurehead
Cambodian ruling party MPs on Monday voted to effectively sever ties between the beleaguered opposition and its figurehead, as Prime ...
Decades of Trying, But Health Reform Remains Elusive In US
The United States, entangled in conflict overseas and struggling economically, was at a fraught moment when the president called for ...
France Unveils Brexit Plan To Lure Bankers From London
The French are planning to lower taxes on high earners, scrap a levy on financial transactions and build three international ...
Trump Bullish On ‘blazing’ Economy But Whose Recovery Is It?
As he rubs shoulders with leaders of the world's other major economies, Donald Trump is in a bullish mood about ...
Top Mali Court Orders Changes To Controversial Referendum
Mali's constitutional court Wednesday dealt another blow to embattled President Ibrahima Boubacar Keita over a controversial referendum, saying changes his ...
McCain Calls For Pakistani ‘cooperation’ Against Extremists
US Senator John McCain visited Kabul Tuesday and warned neighbouring Pakistan that Washington was counting on its support to eliminate ...