People

United Nations chief hopes US-Taliban talks yield Afghan-led peace process

MORE NEWS THIS CATEGORIES

Congressmen Credit Capitol Police for Preventing 'Massacre'

Who were the Capitol Police officers in Wednesday's attack? Lawmakers this time were the targets. The Democratic baseball team invited the Republican team to t...

Trump to tout apprenticeships as way to fill jobs gap

The White House now refers all questions about the Russian Federation investigation to Trump's personal lawyer, Marc Kasowitz. He said he never met with, ...

Goalscorer Jon Walters relishing Republic of Ireland opportunity

Walters duly restored parity, and there was controversy in the 87th minute as the hosts thought they had won it. His view appeared to be shared by manager Mar...

A morning's baseball drill becomes an assault on Republicans

Five people were shot Wednesday morning , including Majority Whip Steve Scalise, shattering a sense of security on Capitol Hill. By all accounts, James T. "...

Andrea Constand gives first public testimony against Bill Cosby

If anyone had the notion that Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial would be anything but traumatic, reports of what went down in the courtroom today should dis...

President Trump pleased with Sessions testimony

He also provided resistance that may offer a boost to a crisis-weary White House that has been unable to shrug off the dark cloud over the Russian Federation ...

California reps 'horrified' by baseball practice shooting

Capitol Police officers at the scene of the shooting, two of whom were injured. DeSantis told The Daytona Beach News-Journal a man approached the auto and ask...

Senate panel meets with special counsel in Russia probe

If DT fires Robert Mueller , we officially pass Watergate & Trump becomes most corrupt POTUS of greatest scandal in USA history. A spokesman for Mueller ...

Suspect In Shooting Identified As Member of Anti-Republican Group

Bernie Sanders , according to the senator, who condemned the attack. "Let me be as clear as I can be". While Trump delivered balanced and statesmanlike rema...

Congressional baseball practice shooting: What we know about the victims

The shooter, identified as 66-year-old James Hodgkinson of Belleville, Ill., was shot by law enforcement and later died of his injuries. At least six people...

Jury re-watches 2 key videos in police shooting of motorist

St. Anthony Police Department officer Jeronimo Yanez , who was charged with second-degree manslaughter, was covered nationally and led to weeks of protests i...

Michigan congressmen at baseball field during shooting

I was standing at home plate and he (the gunman) was in the third base line. We were inside the backstop, and if we didn't have that cover by a courageous perso...

Kamala Harris Wiki: Age, Husband, Parents, Net Worth, Education & Facts to Know

The hearing on Tuesday was Round Two for Harris . Beauregard doesn't answer questions like that.' Nobody called him hysterical. Sessions also told Harri...

GOP baseball shooting: Scalise still in critical condition; Trump visits

Susan Griffiths, a spokeswoman at the George Washington University Hospital, said two people from the shooting were being treated at the hospital, both in c...

Dem Senator Tells Jeff Sessions That He's 'Impeding' the Investigation

Sen. Heinrich then demanded Sessions tell him what these "long standing DOJ rules" Sessions alluded to, that ban him from answering questions "without invoking ...

Trump makes call for unity after lawmaker shot

A gunman opened fire at a baseball field where Republican members of Congress were practicing Wednesday morning. The leaders of both parties have made a dec...

5 key takeaways from Attorney General Jeff Sessions' testimony

Comey. I think Sessions did well. Amid the political firestorm that followed Comey's dismissal, the Justice Department last month appointed a special counse...

Coast Guard investigating 'dirty bomb' threat claim at Charleston port

The threat is for the vessel more than the public, authorities reportedly said . Follow CNBC International on Twitter and Facebook . The the port's Wa...

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise in critical condition, hospital says

Here's how witnesses - from members of Congress to a passerby - describe the attack, in conversations with Morning Edition and with NPR's Jessica Taylor, who ...

Afghan capital attack death toll reaches 90; wounded 400

A spokesman for the Afghan Taliban , Zabihullah Mujahid, flatly denied responsibility for the May 31 attack and said the group condemned any untargeted att...

WashPo: Special counsel Mueller investigating Trump for possible obstruction of justice

They include Dan Coats , the director of national intelligence, Mike Rogers, director of the National Security Agency, and his former deputy director, Richard ...

Jeff Sessions denies secret meeting with Russians

Sessions' appearance before the intelligence committee is an indication of just how much the Russian Federation investigation has shaded his tenure. Deputy ...

Virginia establishment favorite easily wins Democratic primary

Stewart had made his devout support for Trump a focus of his campaign, while Gillespie had distanced himself from the president and his policies. The Historic...

Senators Accuse Sessions Of 'Stonewalling' On Russia Inquiry

Sessions , then a senator from Alabama, was brought on to the Trump campaign as the chairman of its foreign policy team in 2016. "The suggestion that I particip...

Special counsel reviewing whether Trump obstructed justice

The Post's report cited unnamed officials, who claimed that "the obstruction of justice investigation into the president began days after Comey was sacked on...

At US Senate hearing, Jeff Sessions denies meeting with Russian officials

Rosenstein said he has. But those attitudes rapidly melted away in a heated hearing by the Senate Intelligence Committee , instigated by a man who was a co...

Led airstrike kills 3 policemen in Afghanistan

The Afghan conflict is the longest in American history, with US-led North Atlantic Treaty Organisation troops at war there since 2001, after the ousting of the ...

'Brexit talks to start as scheduled despite losing parliamentary majority'

I worry about the fact that "the British Government fails to take into account that the citizens in Northern Ireland under the Good Friday Agreement, have a...

Rand Paul: Scalise's presence at congressional baseball practice most likely prevented 'massacre'

Today, we are especially grateful to our law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line to keep us safe. "And I think as the whole world saw, Mr. Paul...

Members of Congress United in Prayer and Fear After Shooting

Two Capitol Police officers sustained relatively minor injuries. Congressman Rodney Davis told CNN he was up for bat at the time , and Scalise was in the f...

Kevin Durant Did What He Came To Do

They did it while absorbing some of LeBron James's best punches, and as awe-inspiring as a 16-1 romp through the playoffs might be, this outcome was never r...

Scalise 'badly injured' in shooting but will recover, Trump says

According to his Facebook page, Hodgkinson was a fervent supporter of Sanders, the feisty independent who battled Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidentia...

Donald Trump has 'no intention' to fire Mueller

Those who have agreed to be interviewed by Mueller's investigators, the Post reported , include Dan Coats , director of national intelligence; Mike Rogers, h...

After Senseless Tragedy at Weis Markets, A Vigil For Victims

Thursday. Stair also shot propane tanks in the store, "presumably to ignite them", Mitchell said. Police said Stair was inside the supermarket on 600 Hunter...

Tensions rise as Bill Cosby jury struggles to reach verdict

Jurors didn't begin to hear the testimony until three hours after they originally sent out the note - due to the ill-timed delivery of their dinner of stromboli...