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UK's May isolated ahead of Brexit talks as key aides quit

The loss left the Conservatives eight MPs short of a majority in parliament, plunging negotiations into uncertainty. The Prime Minister took a gamble by c...

Congressman shot during baseball practice; Walker 'shaken but OK'

Senator Paul tells Fox News that he "believes that without the Capitol Police this would have been a massacre". Michael L. Brown wouldn't identify them or...

White House says Trump has 'no intention' of firing special counsel Mueller

Sessions, testifying under oath before the Senate Intelligence Committee yesterday, denied ever having any conversations with Russians about Russian electio...

Comey says Trump's lying, Trump says Comey's lying

Asked by a reporter if he had told Mr Comey to drop the investigation into former national security adviser Flynn, Mr Trump said: "I didn't say that". "I woul...

Dramatic images show devastating London tower block blaze

Flames licked up the sides of the block in the north Kensington area as 200 firefighters, backed up by 40 fire engines, fought the blaze for hours. She sai...

Russian Federation protests: Opposition leader Alexei Navalny sentenced

Monday's protests were a follow up to the March 26 rallies in which tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in cities and towns across Russian Fe...

Kurdish-led SDF enters Raqqa city

Coalition warplanes have been bombing Raqqa intensively in preparation for the assault. Turkey views the Kurdish YPG militia within the Syrian Democratic Fo...

Shots fired at GOP baseball practice; Majority Whip among injured

Five people were transported medically from the scene in Alexandria, the city's police chief, Michael Brown told reporters. "Scalise was on second base, and w...

Massive Fire Engulfs 27-Storey London Building Trapping Hundreds Of Residents Inside

He said it was likely to be some time before police could identify the victims, adding that it was too early to speculate on the cause of the fire. Commission...

People feared trapped as fire engulfs tower block

She described it as an "unprecedented incident", something she had not seen in her 29 years of service. Pictures from the scene showed flames engulfing the bl...

General election: No 10 was 'toxic' says former May aide

The aides, Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy, May's co-chiefs of staff, resigned after reports that senior Conservative ministers in the prime minister's Cabinet had ...

Flag Day: Proper Way To Fly The Flag

Before 1777, the British colonies in North America had a flag like today's, but without stars. The Continental Congress chose to pass the first Flag Act on June...

Sessions to face sharp questions from Senate panel on Russian Federation contacts

Sessions said he trusted Comey to do his job well, and that's why he didn't get involved when Comey expressed concern about the president interfering in the FBI...

Meth candy valued at $1 million seized in Texas

When they arrived they apprehended two people at the scene and discovered a large quantity of drugs inside their vehicle, the Houston Chronicle reported . ...

Andy Murray beats Juan Martin del Potro, but Kyle Edmund loses

Whoever won that set had momentum. "Whoever won that first set would have the momentum as it would have been very hard to come back in these heavy, slow conditi...

Trump promises "first-class" infrastructure system for US

ABC News has found that one of the deals finalized during Trump's trip two weeks ago - a claimed $110 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia - only secured $25 bil...

Golden State Warriors speaks up about alleged decision to snub Donald Trump

Considering the way the Warriors' locker room is wired, with their leaders always setting the tone on this like-minded team, that's more than enough to eventu...

UK earnings after inflation shrink at fastest pace since 2014

That marked the biggest real-terms drop since the three months to September 2014, potentially adding to speculation that the government might loosen its grip on...

Donald Trump Slams 'Very Cowardly' Comey for 'Totally Illegal' Leak

President Donald Trump's counsel has just two weeks to hand over, if they exist at all, recorded " tapes " of conversations Trump had with fired Federal Bur...

Comey Testimony Hysterics Perfectly Summed Up in 5 Hilarious Cartoons

The president rebutted that exchange, saying it made "no sense" because "I hardly know the man". Trump abruptly fired Comey as director of the Federal Bureau ...

Learn, practice etiquette on Flag Day

The origins of Flag Day were officially credited on June 14, 2004, by Congress House Resolution 662, stating that Flag Day originated in Ozaukee County, Wis...

UK PM May said wants broader consensus on Brexit plan: lawmaker

Speaking from Paris, where she was meeting French President Emmanuel Macron , Mrs May continued: "We stand at a critical time with those Brexit negotiati...

Barron Trump's 'The Expert' T-shirt Sells Out at J. Crew

On arrival, 11-year-old son of the President was dressed in a grey J Crew t-shirt with the inscription " Expert " on the chest. "Looking forward to the memori...

Trump gives Pentagon authority to determine troop levels in Afghanistan

US Defence Secretary James Mattis told a congressional panel late on Monday that the Trump administration's Afghan policy would also look at impact of the r...

Firefighters In London Battle Massive High-Rise Fire

Since the early hours of Wednesday morning, St Clements Church has been taking in "acutely distressed" residents. London Mayor Sadiq Khan said many question...

Gingrich: Mueller Investigation 'Poisoned Fruit' After Comey Testimony

Comey said he did not know whether the circumstances of his firing, and Trump's overall behavior toward him, would be considered obstruction of justice. Earlier...

Heat continues, chances increasing for storms

Calm wind becoming south around 5 miles per hour. We are starting off overcast and will likely see mostly cloudy skies throughout the day . Winds WSW at 10 to ...

Trump offers to speak under oath after Comey testimony

Comey also disputed the reasons given by the White House for why he was sacked last month and said Trump repeatedly requested his loyalty. Trump said to r...

Trump 'prepared to testify' over exchanges with Comey

Trump made the remarks while responding to questions on Comey's explosive testimony in which he accused the president of trying to stop a probe into the a...

Residents being evacuated from burning building

Grenfell Tower in Latimer Road, White City, is now "lurching" to one side after a "very, very severe fire" broke out in the early hours of Wednesday morning, w...

UK's May apologises to own MPs for election 'mess'

It comes after Mrs May told Tory MPs: "I'm the person who got us into this mess and I'm the one who will get us out of it ". In a joint press meeting wit...

Qatar pulls all its troops from Djibouti-Eritrea border

Qatar was the country that brokered a peace agreement signed in 2010 between Djibouti and Eritrea in an attempt to resolve the decades-old border conflict a...

Highlights from testimony of Attorney General Jeff Sessions

Those calls have escalated since fired FBI Director James Comey cryptically told lawmakers on Thursday that the bureau had expected Sessions to recuse hims...

I'm here as long as you want me, May says

Reacting to the meeting, Tory MP Julian Knight said the prime minister had been "humble and steadfast and certain that we have to get on with the job of govern...

Brownback says tax hike bad long-term for Kansas

Voters soured a year ago on the governor's cuts, ousting two dozen of his allies from the Legislature and giving more power to Democrats and moderate Republic...