Trump comforts storm-ravaged Carolinas with hot dogs, hugs
Eager to show heart in a moment of crisis, President Donald Trump handed out hot dogs, hugs and comforting words in the Carolinas on Wednesday as he surveyed the wreckage left by Hurricane Florence.
Hearing sets up dramatic showdown between Kavanaugh, accuser
Republicans on Monday abruptly called Brett Kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual assault decades ago to testify publicly next week, grudgingly setting up a dramatic showdown they hoped would prevent the allegation from sinking his nomination to the Supreme Court.
Trump turns back to Maria, falsely says Dems inflated toll
As Hurricane Florence bore down on the U.S. on Thursday, President Donald Trump angrily churned up the devastating storm of a year earlier, disputing the official death count from Hurricane Maria and falsely accusing Democrats of inflating the Puerto Rican toll to make him "look as bad as possible."
Calling teen vaping 'epidemic,' officials weigh flavor ban
U.S. health officials are sounding the alarm about teenage use of e-cigarettes, calling the problem an "epidemic" and ordering manufacturers to reverse the trend or risk having their flavored vaping products pulled from the market.
Security adviser Bolton: International court 'dead' to U.S.
Shortly after the State Department announcement about closing the Palestinian Liberation Organization office, President Donald Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, launched a broadside against The Hague-based International Criminal Court, declaring the ICC "already dead" to the U.S.
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#NotInvisible: Why are Native American women vanishing?
The searchers rummage through the abandoned trailer, flipping over a battered couch, unfurling a stained sheet, looking for clues. It's blistering hot and a grizzly bear lurking in the brush unleashes a menacing growl. But they can't stop.
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Klobuchar joins Senate Democrats in pushing back on Kavanaugh
She cited an article he wrote for the Minnesota Law Review to question his views on presidential power.
Starr memoir recounts Lewinsky role in Clinton investigation
Ken Starr, the former independent counsel whose investigation led to President Bill Clinton's impeachment, writes in his upcoming book that if Monica Lewinsky had cooperated with his probe from the beginning, "the country would not have been dragged through an eight-month ordeal."
AP sources: Lawyer was told Russia had 'Trump over a barrel'
A senior Justice Department lawyer says a former British spy told him at a breakfast meeting two years ago that Russian intelligence believed it had Donald Trump "over a barrel," according to multiple people familiar with the encounter.
McCain salute: One of nation's 'bravest souls' in war, peace
Congressional leaders saluted John McCain Friday as a model of service in war and peace and "one of the bravest souls our nation has ever produced," in a memorial ceremony at the heart of the political battlefield where he fought for more than three decades.
US and Mexico tentatively set to replace NAFTA with new deal
Snubbing Canada, the Trump administration reached a preliminary deal Monday with Mexico to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement — a move that raised legal questions and threatened to disrupt the operations of companies that do business across the three-country trade bloc.
Jeff Sessions pushes back at criticism from President Trump
Attorney General Jeff Sessions punched back hard at President Donald Trump's latest sneering criticism as their long-running rift exploded into a public smackdown.
Cohen pleads guilty, implicates Trump in hush-money scheme
Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer, pleaded guilty Tuesday to campaign-finance violations and other charges, saying Trump directed him to arrange the payment of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels and a former Playboy model to fend off damage to his White House bid.
US plan for coal power deregulation could cause more deaths
The Trump administration on Tuesday moved to prop up the declining coal industry with an overhaul of Obama-era pollution rules, acknowledging that the increased emissions from aging coal-fired plants could kill hundreds more people annually and cost the country billions of dollars.
Trump ready to ease rules on coal-fired power plants
The Trump administration is set to roll back the centerpiece of President Barack Obama's efforts to slow global warming, the Clean Power Plan that restricts greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants.
Cowboy turned lawmaker hopes to be South Dakota governor
Billie Sutton planned to be a world champion saddle bronc rider, but a rodeo accident that claimed his burgeoning career and his ability to walk led instead to a political rise that could make Sutton the first Democrat elected South Dakota governor in over four decades.
Trump blames DC, as military parade plans unravel over costs
The cancellation of President Donald Trump's Veterans Day parade came swiftly when senior White House and Pentagon leaders saw the estimated $92 million price tag play out in public, setting off a chaotic volley of tweets and accusations between the president and the mayor of the nation's capital.
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Former US security leaders blast Trump for yanking clearance
Former U.S. security officials issued scathing rebukes to President Donald Trump on Thursday, admonishing him for yanking a top former spy chief's security clearance in what they cast as an act of political vengeance. Trump said he'd had to do "something" about the "rigged" federal probe of Russian election interference.
Recording: Omarosa was offered $15,000 a month to be 'positive'
Omarosa Manigault Newman on Thursday released another secret audio recording that she says proves President Donald Trump wanted to silence her after firing her from the White House.
Manafort jury ends first day of deliberations with questions
The jury in the fraud trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort ended its first day of deliberations with a series of questions to the judge, including a request to "redefine" reasonable doubt.
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