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Thune to Senate: What's taking so long on Gorsuch?

Manchin, perhaps the most conservative Democrat in the U.S. Senate, said his job as a senator is not to vote on whether he likes a nominee or his or her polit...

Cyclone Debbie: Queensland cleans up as storm moves inland

There have been two flood-related deaths in NSW: one near Murwillumbah - which was one of the worst-hit towns - and another in the Hunter region. Cyclone Debb...

European Union to present draft guidelines for UK's departure from bloc

EU Council President Donald Tusk will give draft negotiating guidelines to the remaining EU members on Friday, and the states will meet April 29 to finalize the...

South Korea: Arrested Former President Park Geun-Hye

Prosecutors have yet to specify the formal charges against her, but have previously said she is suspected of bribery, abuse of authority, coercion, and leaking ...

Daylight Saving ends this weekend; Clocks Fall Back 1 hour

In Australia, it is observed in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory - and not observed in Queensland, the...

Most disapprove of Trump, except on economy

U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan speaks during a news conference on the American Health Care Act on Capitol Hill in Washington , U.S. March 7, 2017. More than 30 p...

GOP Admits Years of Obamacare Repeal Talks Were a Sham

For seven years they promised to repeal and replace Obamacare, but the bill now hangs in limbo as they move on to other issues like a tax overhaul. Meadows, a...

NORC Poll: Majority of Americans favor Russia probe

A new Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds the highest level of favorability toward the ACA in more than 60 tracking polls that it has run since 2010: 48 percent...

Pregnant Woman Fatally Shot In Head In South Shore

Dillon Jackson, 20, was found dead outside the restaurant. The woman, who was sitting in the front passenger's seat, suffered a gunshot wound to the head, and t...

AP Calculates North Carolina's 'Bathroom Bill' Will Cost More Than $3.7 Billion

Also at stake is Wake Forest Tennis Center's opportunity to host the 2018 NCAA Division I men's and women's national championships. The AP's analysis was co...

Everything you need to know about the trade deficit

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and National Trade Council Director Peter Navarro were also present at the Friday announcement. The first executive order com...

Trump Latest Approval Rating: Most Americans Disapprove, Except For Economy

Ryan and the Trump administration suffered a humiliating setback in the House last week when they canceled, at the last minute, a vote on their replacement plan...

Meat sellers protest against Adityanath's crackdown on slaughterhouses

Their slaughter is barred by law in most Indian states, including Uttar Pradesh. "There should be a solution to this", said another meat seller. In case, they n...

AIPAC Policy Conference Adapts to the World of Trump

In her address to AIPAC, Ambassador Haley promised that she would not allow a repeat of a resolution like the one passed by the UN Security Council in December ...

Blumenthal to oppose Gorsuch, agrees to a Senate filibuster

So far only two - Manchin and Sen. "The people of OH deserve Supreme Court justices who will defend the rights of working families over Wall Street and corpor...

UK police release final man questioned in terror attack

A 30-year-old man detained on 26 March in Birmingham on suspicion of preparation of terrorist attacks was released on Saturday, Scotland Yard said. British me...

Adam Schiff Gets To See Secret Trump Probe Documents

Democrats were going insane. Schiff continued in his comments to share his suspicions that White House officials may have been attempting to "launder" infor...

European Parliament says Brexit is reversible

The EU has proclaimed its unity on Brexit, even as it reels from Britain's intention to become the first member state to leave in the bloc's 60-year history. Th...

Veteran anti-apartheid leader Ahmed Kathrada dies at 87

He spent a total 26 years in prison. He was released from prison in 1989, and after South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994, President Mandela persu...

Rebels launch fresh assault on east Damascus: monitor

Failaq al-Rahman rebels are fighting alongside fighters from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and a hardline al-Qaeda-linked alliance called Tahrir al-Sham. The repor...

Meningitis outbreak in Nigeria kills 282 people

According to statistics from the federal health ministry, 2524 people have been affected across the states, 131 samples confirmed in the laboratory with majorit...

Trump's son-in-law retains scores of real estate holdings

The White House has released financial disclosure forms for more than 100 of its senior administration officials - a mix of people far wealthier, and therefor...

White House pressures sacked lawyer Sally Yates against testifying against them

Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the committee, in addition to many other prominent Democrats, has called for Nunes to step aside. "But at the end of the da...

Trump health plan punishes the poor

You can subscribe to Newsweek's Foreign Service on Acast , SoundCloud and on iTunes . President Trump issued an ultimatum to House Republicans Thursday ...

To Some, North Carolina's 'Bathroom Bill' Repeal Isn't A Repeal At All

The new bill assures state and local agencies in North Carolina no longer can regulate bathroom and locker room use, ending the ban on transgender people from u...

Tillerson plans to skip North Atlantic Treaty Organisation meeting, visit Russian Federation

Toner said . Senior Republicans have said the cuts to diplomacy and foreign aid proposed by the White House would not pass Congress. US officials said this w...

Clinton Pays Moving Tribute at McGuinness Funeral

The neighbourhood came to a standstill as the politician's coffin, draped in the Irish Tricolour, was carried to St Columba's, led by a lone piper. "He persev...

Trump signs 2 executive orders aimed at trade abuse

Trump's aides insist the timing is coincidental, but the administration is touting the moves as evidence of it taking an aggressive but analytical approach to c...

Mike Pence's unusual male-only dining rule raise eyebrows

The second lady of the United States is a major influence on her husband of over 30 years and has stood by his side through his failed attempts at running for ...

Sean Spicer Is Donald Trump's Twitter Translator At White House Press Briefing

Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 24, 2017. "We're committed to working with the House and Senate committees to get to the bottom of what happened here". A day...

Priest-turned-politician-turned-state leader raises concerns in Uttar Pradesh

After taking oath Adityanath warned the State police that local police officers would be made accountable if illegal meat shops and slaughter houses are found t...

Kim Jong-Nam's body returned to North Korea as suspects released

Malaysian police investigating what United States and South Korean officials say it was an assassination carried out by North Korean agents took statements from...

Dempsey, Pulisic star again as United States ties 1-1 at Panama

Both are traits necessary to qualify out of this region. Securing another four points from these matches would complete the USMNT turnaround. Goalkeeper T...

Sanctuary Cities Stand Firm, Despite Threats To Funding

King County last week was identified by the Department of Homeland Security as a jurisdiction that had declined requests by federal immigration authorities to...

Russian Federation engaged in 'information warfare' in USA, senator says

Earlier Thursday, the Senate Intelligence Committee was holding its first public hearings on alleged Russian interference in the election to hurt Democratic ca...