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Democrats question Kavanaugh's credibility and temperament

September 27, 2018. Kavanaugh has emphatically denied all accusations of sexual misconduct. The White House sent out a statement from Dudley, a former Natio...

New York Times says Trump helped parents shield millions from taxes

President Trump participated in dubious tax schemes during the 1990s, including instances of outright fraud, that greatly increased the fortune he received from...

Loonie soars in wake of trade deal

Trump threatened to go ahead with a bilateral deal with Mexico, but Mexican officials strongly advocated for Canada's inclusion. Canada agreed late Sunday...

Trump believes Kavanaugh will be confirmed, depends on Federal Bureau of Investigation

Kavanaugh's nomination process, and the desperate and craven maneuvers to keep Garland from ever getting one, should finally kill off any notion that the Suprem...

Harvard Says Kavanaugh Won’t Be Teaching His 2019 Supreme Court Class

However, the allegations that have emerged about Kavanaugh's sexual behavior, during the turbulent process of his own confirmation to the Supreme Court, have ca...

Nafta: US and Canada reach new trade deal

The US had imposed a deadline of midnight on Sunday for differences to be settled. Ratifying the deal is likely to stretch into 2019 because once Trump and ...

Referendum fails to hit turnout threshold in Macedonia

A vast majority of voters at the referendum on Sunday supported the deal reached between Athens and Skopje in June . ( EurActiv ) - Two days before a c...

Donald Trump insults reporter saying she’s ‘not thinking’, White House edits transcipt

The US president called on ABC News' Cecilia Vega to ask a question. "She's, like, in a state of shock", he added. Vega stood up and said, "I'm not think...

Trump Administration Halts Visas for Unmarried Same-Sex Partners of Diplomats

According to a report in Foreign Policy magazine on Monday, the policy affected same-sex partners of diplomats and staffers working at the United Nations glo...

Melania Trump arrives in Ghana

Mrs Trump was met on arrival by Ghana's First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo. The mother of a 12-year-old son, child welfare is an important issue for Trump, who laun...

White House Authorizes FBI to Interview Anyone Necessary in Kavanaugh Probe

John Cornyn ominously wondered why any Democrat would want the nomination, since Senate Republicans would essentially beat them until they broke. "I think ...

United States says Chinese destroyer came dangerously close to U.S. ship

After the Chinese ship came within 45 yards (41 metres) of Decatur's bow it moved to prevent a collision, the report said. The USS Decatur was sailing past ...

Turkey's Erdogan Says the United States has Taken the Wrong Path

The new mosque is run by the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB) - the largest umbrella organization of mosques in Germany . Interpretations ...

Republicans' prosecutor says Brett Kavanaugh's accuser has weak case

Arguably the biggest moment of Mr. Flake's more than 16-year career in Congress came Friday when he called for the Kavanaugh nomination to be delayed a week t...

DPRK, South Koera begin landmine removal as part of military peace agreement

The Joint Security Area is the only place along the demilitarized zone , or DMZ, where troops from the two Koreas face each other. U.S. Secretary of State Mi...

Death toll in Indonesia continues to rise after quake, tsunami

Indonesian volunteers dug mass graves for more than 1,000 bodies on Monday after a quake and tsunami devastated swathes of Sulawesi, as authorities - struggli...

Brett Kavanaugh Instigated Bar Fight After UB40 Concert, Police Report Reveals

That's the tale told in the September, 1985 New Haven , Conn. police report unearthed Monday by The New York Times and confirmed by other media outlets. Tr...

FBI Reopens Probe into Kavanaugh After Demand by Republican Sen. Flake

But Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee appear unconvinced. Facing New Hampshire voters at Saint Anselm College, Flake repeatedly condemned t...

The US-China Trade War Has No Winners-Yet

Late last month, the U.S. reached an agreement with Mexico and turned to bringing Canada into the fold, all with Trump threatening to exclude Canada and mov...

Indonesia natural disaster: Death toll skyrockets, mass prison breaks

An aerial view shows bridge damaged by an quake and tsunami in Palu , Central Sulawesi. "We want these activities to have as little disruption as possible", ...

Trump at Rally: Democrats Willing to Do Anything to ‘Destroy’ Kavanaugh

But Coons said he believes we will "be in a different place" after the pause because "lots of survivors around the country will feel that Dr. Ford's story was...

United States shuts consulate in Basra

The decision to temporarily close the U.S. consulate in Basra comes after an attack on a military parade in Iran last weekend that the Islamic Republic blam...

The Kavanaugh Debacle Shows How "Never-Trump" Republicans Are Frauds

U.S. Circuit Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh presented a scorching defense of his record and his character after Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee sprung...

13-year-old boy attacked by shark near San Diego

According to NBC San Diego , the boy suffered "serious injuries" to his ear and shoulder and was immediately flown to Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego . ...

Yale students gripped by Brett Kavanaugh hearing

In the Yale lounge, students laughed and clapped at Ford's assured reply to a question on how she was sure that it was Kavanaugh who assaulted her: "The way t...

Major quake prompts tsunami warning off Indonesia

The quake followed another with a magnitude of 6.1 that occurred at the same place three hours earlier . "When the (tsunami) threat arose yesterday, people w...

'Wouldn't Bother Me' If FBI Talked With All Kavanaugh Accusers

The White House insisted it was not "micromanaging" the new one-week review of Kavanaugh's background but some Democratic lawmakers claimed the White House wa...

Democrats Should be 'ASHAMED' of Kavanaugh Hearings

Kavanaugh alternated from anger to tears during fiery testimony. His critics ripped him for being "angry". "Are you a gang rapist?" he asked Kavanaugh. He al...

Boris Johnson hit with barrage of criticism from top Tories

With no agreement on the divorce and continued wrangling over Britain's future relationship with the European Union , the probability of a so-called "no deal ...

Kavanaugh hearing runs red hot with partisan anger

Republicans quickly scheduled a recommendation vote for Friday morning in the Senate Judiciary Committee, where they hold an 11-10 majority. "I want to know ...

Indonesian tsunami: 832 confirmed dead, affected area bigger than initially thought

Pinoy safe The only Filipino in Palu when the quake and tsunami struck, an inmate, is safe , the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. Desperate su...

Russian Federation to Deploy Radio-Electronic Warfare Systems in Syria

Russian Federation is trying [to use this incident] to demonstrate its primacy in Syria and to position itself more advantageously in anticipation of a bargai...

Trump Tweet Could Undo FBI Limitations from White House Counsel

Kavanaugh also testified before the committee on the same day after Ford. He had just announced he would vote for Kavanaugh, and two women cornered him to tell...

Brett Kavanaugh: FBI contacts second woman

Deborah Ramirez accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct while they were in college and she had been seeking an FBI investigation . Ramirez has told The New Yo...

Airline Now Says 1 Missing After Pacific Lagoon Plane Crash

At 10:10am local time the plane crashed short of the runway into the lagoon in heavy rain and reduced visability the airline said in a statement. It is believ...