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Lawyers seek to free inmate featured in 'Making a Murderer'

Avery is now serving a life sentence (without the possibility of parole) for Halbach's murder and illegally possessing a firearm. In August, Judge Duffin r...

Tell your senators to kill secret health care bill

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell insists he wants a vote before the Fourth of July recess, leaving GOP leaders one week to win over more votes. The ...

Supreme Court to consider limits on partisan drawing of election maps

The case in the short term could affect congressional maps in about half a dozen states and legislative maps in about 10 states, before having major implicatio...

Capitol Hill police break up health care bill protest

It also would continue for at least two years to offer reimbursements to health insurance companies for subsidies that reduce out-of-pocket costs for low-income...

Trump urges Democrats to get on board with health reform

There are some differences between the House bill and the Senate bill, but overall, many people are concerned if the Affordable Care Act is repealed, becaus...

A victory for party, not Trump

Ossoff regularly attempted to deflect questions about whether he would back Pelosi in the House, saying he hadn't given it any thought. "But she certainly i...

Not 'that far off' from passing health overhaul

As Republicans scrambled Sunday to wrangle enough votes to pass health care reform legislation, USA president Donald Trump - in an unusual bid to reach ou...

India, Portugal launch startup hub in first Indian PM visit

Responding to a question about the H-1B visa program whose biggest recipient is India , the White House official said there are no plans to discuss the vis...

Russia fires missiles from Mediterranean at IS in Syria

A statement from US Central Command said the Syrian jet was "immediately shot down .in accordance with rules of engagement and in collective self-defence of ...

Trump's approval at 40%, only 16% support House's health c

According to The Hill , 75 percent supported former FBI director Robert Mueller's investigation in a Harvard-Harris survey released last month. It was conduc...

North Korea denies torturing American detainee

Let us be clear: "we are the greatest victim of this incident", the spokesperson claimed . The North Koreans had told U.S. officials that Warmbier slipped ...

Iran mocks reports that its Syria missile strike failed

At the same time Mosul, their largest city, has been all but retaken by the Iraqi Army, and Raqqa, their de-facto capital, has come under siege from the Syrian ...

President Buhari wishes Nigerians a happy Eid El Fitr celebration

The crescent committee once again hoped that it will be successful in holding the month of Ramadan and celebrations of Eid on the same day. As CBN News firs...

'No Cuts to Medicaid': Disabled Protesters Carried Away From McConnell's Office

This is America now. For their pains, they were dragged from their protest site by Capitol police officers. Those who didn't comply with the officers' warni...

Shawwal moon sighted, Eidul Fitr tomorrow

The Governor said we should continue the spirit of the Ramzan during the rest of the year and seek blessings of Allah Almighty. "This Eid we celebrate the gen...

Erdogan says Saudi-led ultimatum on Qatar 'against international law'

The bloc of Arab states that imposed the sanctions on Qatar accuse it of funding terrorism, fomenting regional unrest and drawing too close to terror stat...

Iran missile attack in IS a public demand

Analysts were saying that the Iranian missile launches were as much a message to the United States and Israel as they were to ISIS. Deir el-Zour is hom...

Iranian Resistance Reveals Iran Regime's Missile Program

The IRGC fired missiles at Islamic State targets in Syria late on Sunday in retaliation for the group's deadly attacks in Tehran . Iran described the str...

How the Health Care Bill Could Impact Consumers

Five Republican senators have announced they will not support the bill, which is created to repeal and replace Obamacare , in its current form. People wi...

Special election results herald shift in thinking | Letters

Trump himself weighed in over Twitter Thursday morning with digs at Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of NY. "I thrive on competition", she said. ...

Toll from Pakistan tanker fire climbs to 148

The tanker flipped over Sunday and the fire from the oil spill engulfed scores of residents who had rushed to collect leaking fuel. He said that hundreds of...

Trump 'considering firing special counsel'

Several conservative allies of Trump have criticized Mueller in recent days, and a friend of Trump , Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy , said on Monday evening ...

US Senate votes to impose new sanctions on Russian Federation and Iran

USA senators said on Monday they were close to an agreement on legislation imposing new sanctions on Russian Federation, including a possible provision that...

Stranded students move to plains amid Darjeeling shutdown

Except medicine shops, all other shops and markets, schools and colleges remained closed. Darjeeling continues to simmer under violent protests as the indef...

South Korea tests missile with warning to North

The North Korean regime will closely follow the meeting to gauge Seoul and Washington's future course of action concerning Pyongyang's pursuit of nuclear a...

GOP won more votes but not consistently in districts

House races and about 4,700 state House and Assembly elections previous year using a statistical method of calculating partisan advantage created to detect pote...

Turkey rejects Arab terms to Qatar, US says are 'difficult'

Then on Thursday, the Arab quartet issued a series of demands on Qatar - including closing the Al-Jazeera television network, paring back relations with Iran...

PM Modi heads to US for 'no frills' Trump meet

Trump will host Modi at the White House tomorrow afternoon and the two leaders would spend about five hours together in various settings beginning with their ...

Another boost for NDA: Panneerselvam joins Nitish in backing Kovind

THE Opposition on Wednesday suffered a big blow with JD (U) deciding to back the NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind in the President's election boosting the nu...

White House says Trump tweet meets Comey tapes records request

The interview also aired a day after the President announced he didn't have any secret recordings of conversations he had with Comey. Earlier on Thursday, Tru...

What the Health-Care Vote Means for the Midterm Elections

The President addressed reforms earlier in the week. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer says Senate passage of the Republican bill to replace former Pre...

Sushma targets Meira Kumar using old video, news report

It is not for the first time that Swaraj and Speaker have come face to face. The external affairs minister also attached a link of a report published in the E...

NDA's Presidential pick to launch his campaign from UP today

He represented the party and Uttar Pradesh in Rajya Sabha twice and was BJP spokesperson prior to his appointment as Bihar Governor in 2015. "The preside...

Saudi-led block does not want regime change in Qatar: UAE

Two contingents of Turkish troops with columns of armoured vehicles have arrived in Doha since the worst crisis among Gulf Arab states for years erupted on Ju...

Palestinian killed upon stabbing attack at Israeli soldiers

Amona was evacuated by police at the start of February after Israel's Supreme Court ordered that the outpost be dismantled because it was built on private Pales...