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What Failure On Obamacare Repeal Means For Tax Reform

Rasmussen , which has consistently had some of the strongest numbers for Trump, has him at 45/54 today. This hour On Point, what now for healthcare and Trump? T...

South Korea holds memorial for 9 missing ferry victims

The wreck was brought to the surface last week in a complex salvage operation, almost three years after it went down with the death of more than 300 people, and...

Multiple Rounds Of Severe Storms In US Forecast

SPRING HAS SPRUNG: How will the season play out for Americans? The weather service said a smaller risk of hail and isolated wind damage extends as far sout...

JC Penney keeps QC stores, closing others nearby

The mass closure represents a cleaving of more than 14 percent of J.C. Penney storefronts in more than 40 states across the country, and is expected to save...

Not interested in becoming President: Mohan Bhagwat

Clarifying on his rumoured Presidential ambition, Bhagwat said that as a member of the Sangh Parivar, he is devoted to his organisation and the society. The Pre...

UP CM Yogi Adityanath: More of a statesman than a rabble-rouser

Their slaughter is barred by law in most Indian states, including Uttar Pradesh. Butchers and shopkeepers say that they have been targeted unfairly by police an...

Spiders Could Literally Eat All of Us and Take Over the World

The study, which was written by European scientists Martin Nyffeler and Klaus Birkhofer, observed that there are 45,000 individual species of spiders that have ...

Donald Trump signs executive order to nullify Barack Obama's climate change measures

The sweeping executive order - which the president signed with great fanfare in the Environmental Protection Agency's Map Room - also seeks to lift a moratorium...

ISIS bomb, not USA airstrike, killed 200 civilians in Mosul — Iraq military

The top US general commanding the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria said that the USA -led coalition was probably responsible for a blast that k...

PA: No plan to change the Arab Peace Initiative

The leaders are set to discuss the wars in Syria, Iraq, Libya and Yemen, the fight against the Islamic State terror group and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, ...

Germany rejects Trump's claim it owes North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 'vast sums'

Merkel rejected Trump's suggestion that individual European countries should negotiate free trade deals with the United States, rather than under existing EU-US...

In Trump's White House drama, Priebus is favorite target

But while House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi recently took formal steps to work on improvements to the law that Republicans have derisively called Obamacare for...

Deportation protest halts flights out of Stansted Airport

Commercial flights resumed late on Tuesday night after comprehensive checks of the compound had been conducted. A spokesman for Stansted Airport said: "At app...

Fillon's wife placed under formal investigation in fake job scandal

The former investment banker is favorite to win the presidential race, with polls showing him on track to defeat far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the second ro...

Trump's son-in-law Kushner agrees to speak to Senate panel about Russian Federation

Vnesheconombank (v-NESH"-ay-CON'-ohm-bank) or VEB said in Monday's statement carried by state RIA Novosti news agency that it met with Kushner previous year as ...

Former Egyptian Leader Mubarak Released

On Friday, El Deeb said that the former leader's "health is good", and that he would continue to receive medical treatment at his home. Mr Mubarak had been ...

Presidential candidate Francois Fillon's wife charged over parliamentary jobs

This story has not been edited by Firstpost staff and is generated by auto-feed. His family members were paid more than 1 million euros ($1.1 million) over a nu...

Merkel cheers poll win as 'Schulz effect' fizzles

Mr. Schultz, who campaigned vigorously in this local election, received 29.6 percent of all votes, down from 30.4 percent in the previous election. Schulz was...

French presidential debate lifts euro to six-week highs

Front National leader Marine Le Pen will receive 25 percent of the votes. He pushed his austerity-based economic programme, while warning that Le Pen's plan t...

Spicer: Trump Is 'Absolutely' Serious About Working With Democrats on Health Care

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, who represents Florida's 1st congressional district, has been a supporter of President Trump but in an interview with local radio "Pensa...

Argentina beaten by Bolivia hours after Messi banned

In the absence of their talisman, Edgardo Bauza's team lost 2-0 in La Paz , leaving them fifth in CONMEBOL qualifying and facing the prospect of needing to w...

American Killed in London Remembered by Friends

Three others died in Wednesday's attack, for which the Islamic State has claimed responsibility: A woman in her 40s identified as Aysha Frade, a police office...

Zuma skips funeral of S.Africa anti-apartheid icon

Later in life, Kathrada would recall his friend Mandela's "abundant reserves" of love, patience and tolerance during their long years in prison on Robben Island...

Scottish parliament backs second independence referendum

After the vote, Ms Sturgeon said the referendum would be first and foremost, about giving the people of Scotland a choice on this country's future. Only hours...

President Trump's New Travel Ban Block By The Courts

The episode was just one of numerous examples of Trump and his advisers pushing incendiary language and unfounded claims, even in the face of opposition from fe...

Arab leaders set to oppose Trump ME policy shifts

If the Arab states, he added, restated their commitment to the Arab Peace Initiative, it would go against the impression Trump gave in a news conference last mo...

March Madness Predictions: Will Kansas cover against Purdue? 3/23/17

I liked the Boilermakers offense and Swanigan's ability to take over games on the glass. "It's going to be a good challenge for us". In the other Midwest se...

Finance minister back in S. Africa on Zuma's orders

Gordhan went to the ANC's Luthuli House headquarters in downtown Johannesburg after his arrival, eNCA channel said. Gordhan's battle with the Gupta family was...

Sessions to "Claw Back" Funds from Sanctuary Cities

Officials for the city and county of San Diego maintain they cooperate with federal immigration authorities, but they have shown up on some lists as sanctuary...

Putin critic Navalny jailed after protests across Russian Federation

In a statement released by Britain's Foreign Office, a spokesperson said: "The UK is concerned by the detention on 26 March of hundreds of Russian citizens ...

Gorsuch faces uphill climb for Senate confirmation: Democratic leader

Perhaps one of the Democrats' most effective exchange during the confirmation hearings came in a line of questioning from Sen. Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen...

Trump says he expects a health care deal soon

The GOP failure to reach across the aisle - reflecting the belief that they did not need Democratic votes to pass this legislation and that they could get the m...

Third life sentence requested for 'Carlos the Jackal'

His lawyers had urged the special Paris court to acquit him but the panel of five judges found him guilty after four hours of deliberation and handed down the...

Park to be questioned over corruption scandal

A spokesman for the Blue House, the presidential residence, said the dogs had recently given birth to seven puppies, which are considered too young to be separa...

Sen. Reed Calls On Rep. Nunes To Recuse Himself From Russia Investigation

Trump will attend a G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7-8, the White House says after Trump spoke by phone to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. CBS News ...