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Senate expected to confirm Steven Mnuchin as treasury secretary Monday night

Steven Mnuchin was confirmed by the US Senate on Monday night as the new Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Mnuchin can demonstrate that the President is serious ...

Potentially Catastrophic': Tens of Thousands Evacuated Amid Dam Spillway Failure

The order included activating assistance from California's National Guard. Engineers don't know what caused the cave-in, but Chris Orrock, a spokesman for the s...

Oroville Dam spillway could fail: Evacuation orders issued downstream

Thousands of people are being evacuated from their homes in California amid warnings part of the tallest dam in the United States is in danger of collapse. Th...

Trump promises quick action after court ruling on travel ban

While he vowed to keep fighting for the original order in court, he indicated that he would not wait for the process to play out to take action. In upholding ...

Trump speaks with China's Xi, agrees to uphold 'One China' policy

Although Trump has called a dozen heads of state and Xi has reached out to Trump three times, including two congratulatory messages, the two are yet to talk ove...

New England Assistant to Interview for Alabama OC Job

Almost a week ago, Steve Sarkisian created the opening by abruptly bolting from that post to take the same job with the NFL's Atlanta Falcons. Saban has giv...

Betsy DeVos: Support public schools

The debate about DeVos has been unprecedented for someone heading up a department that represents a minuscule portion of the federal budget. But no one is sugge...

Cornell Joins 16 Universities in Amicus Brief Rebuking Executive Order Travel Ban

Each university has "a global mission", and "derives immeasurable benefit" from contributions of worldwide faculty and students, the brief said. The brief w...

Trump security advisor Flynn pressured over Russian Federation calls

Some have suggested Mr Trump will not fire Mr Flynn as he would not want to have to admit defeat. She accused Flynn of lying to the American public about his co...

Administration seeks to postpone district court proceedings on travel ban

While the White House boasted that he was fulfilling a campaign promise to toughen vetting procedures for people coming from countries with terror ties, the ord...

USA government closer to clawing $100M from Lance Armstrong

The former seven-time Tour De France victor made a bid to block the lawsuit which has today been overturned by a judge. The Postal Service paid $32.3 million ...

Hannity Backs Up Miller, Goes After Scarborough On Twitter

Miller appeared on numerous talk shows on Sunday to defend Trump's travel ban and criticize the court that ruled against it. Scarborough, who has had a freakish...

United States sanctions Venezuelan vice president on drug trafficking

El Aissami is the highest-ranking government official to be targeted by the Treasury Department as a drug kingpin. The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign...

Thirteen hurt as lorry hits Dillinger Escape Plan tour bus

There was also a pregnant woman on the bus at the time of the crash, but she was luckily not hurt. The truck reportedly hit the bus from behind, destroying the ...

Man Poses for Facebook Photo With Protector of US Nuke Codes

Guess what Trump was doing when a call came in informing him of North Korea's intermediate-range ballistic missile launch Saturday. The Prime Minister Abe of ...

Winnipeg Shelter for Refugees at Capacity as 21 More Arrive

RCMP have a 1 p.m. news conference planned for this afternoon to provide an update on this matter. Three adults and a child from Syria crossed the United Stat...

North Korea fires ballistic missile to test US President Trump's response: Seoul

The missile flew about 500 kilometres before falling into the sea, the South's defence ministry said . "Today's missile launch.is aimed at drawing global att...

Pro-Life Price and Sessions Confirmed to Trump Cabinet

Following Warren's silencing, other male senators read from the Coretta Scott King letter and even entered it into the record of the confirmation proceeding...

Hamas names hard-liner Yahya Sinwar as Gaza Strip leader

Hani Habeeb, a Gaza political analyst, said Sinwar's victory sent a message of defiance to Israel and was also likely to complicate efforts further to conclude ...

Trump team assesses legal options on travel ban

Trump on Thursday lashed out at a federal appeals court's "disgraceful decision" upholding an injunction against his executive order on immigration . The Depa...

Image of 'hatred of our times' wins World Press Photo

Judges of the 60th annual awards praised the courage of Özbilici, a photographer for the Associated Press in Turkey. The jury gave prizes in eight categories ...

Police kill burglary suspect in Louisville, Kentucky

Muhammad Ali Blvd. The family of a homeless mentally ill Kentucky man who police gunned down multiple times at an abandoned home Saturday is demanding answers...

Bengaluru: Florists, gift shops all set for Valentine's Day

Love is in the air and local businesses have been preparing to take advantage of it, as area shoppers looked to find flowers, cards and treats for their signifi...

Nigel Farage says Jean-Claude Juncker's Brexit remarks show Brussels 'worried'

Speaking to Deutschlandfunk Radio, he said: 'The other European Union 27 [nations] don't know it yet, but the Brits know very well how they can tackle this. '...

Mar-a-Lago Man Poses With Aide Carrying Nuclear Codes

The Times reports that the remaining staffers see the job as apolitical, so they've been troubled by their new bosses' behavior, from bringing Trump mugs in...

Former New York Prison Worker Who Helped Inmates Escape Is Denied Parole

A full transcript of Mitchell's parole hearing is expected to be available in coming weeks. She received an additional one-year for facilitating criminal activi...

UP Polls: We are not forming any new party, says Shivpal Yadav

Addressing a rally in Lakhimpur Kheri, the last day of campaigning for the second phase of UP Assembly polls, Modi said accused the Samajwadi Party (SP), BSP an...

UK Labour Party Secretly Looking for Candidate to Replace Corbyn

Angela Rayner and Rebecca Long-Bailey, who are being tipped to run as leadership candidates, have also reportedly been assessed for popularity. "I think we have...

Iraqi air force strikes IS commanders, fate of leader unclear

The statement says Iraqi air force F-16 jets struck the meeting of top IS commanders on February 11, but does not make clear whether Baghdadi was present. Baghd...

Trump's patio situation room after NK missile launch raises security questions

Unsurprisingly, President Trump is reportedly generating plenty of chaos himself. "It was fascinating to watch the flurry of activity at dinner when the news ca...

USA man accidentally texts ex-boss for a hitman

A report via KIRO-TV tells of the husband having made a pact with the hitman to share in the spoils of his spouse's $1 million life insurance plan. "I'll spli...

Trump Gives Trudeau Assurance on Trade Relationship With Canada

Oh, and he's also been called Prime Minister Trunbull. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, however, has criticized Trudeau for not being more strident. "We know our eco...

Russian intel: ISIS planning further destruction of Syria's ancient Palmyra site

The ancient city of Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was one of the most important centers of the Roman Empire. The Russian ministry said that some 200 ...

Queens mom, 75, mauled to death by mastiff

Louise Herminda, 75, had planned to return the dog, a mastiff, Monday because it was too aggressive. Just before 1 a.m. on Monday police responded to a 911 ca...

Evacuee describes chaos as thousands ordered to flee away from Oroville Dam

DWR reiterated Sunday that "Oroville Dam itself is sound", explaining that the dam built in the late 1960s is actually "a separate structure" from the emergen...

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