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McConnell Sets Up Procedural Vote on Trump's Supreme Court Pick Gorsuch

The Judiciary Committee narrowly backed the 49-year-old appellate court judge on Monday , but Democrats secured the 41 votes to try to block the choice on ...

Peskov Says Putin, Trump Have Similar Approach to International Relations

As US senators ramped up claims that Putin ordered a systematic subversion of the US election, he denounced such "lies". Russian President Vladimir Putin (1...

96 lawyers urge Maine senators to oppose Gorsuch nomination

If McConnell gets his way and lowers the threshold for Supreme Court justice confirmation votes from 60 to 51 votes, that will likely mean even more ideological...

Scottish independence referendum: PM receives letter from Nicola Sturgeon

But Jackson Carlaw MSP, the deputy leader of the Scottish Conservatives, said Sturgeon's proposal was both "unwanted and unworkable" until voters north of t...

Nunes won't reveal sources to Intel Committee members

The majority leader's comments came after news broke that Mr. Nunes had abruptly canceled a series of House intelligence committee meetings on Russian Federatio...

McConnell tees up Thursday Supreme Court showdown

The Framers would be turning in the their graves if they saw that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellMitch McConnellDem senator pledges to "hold the floor"...

Ishant finally picked by Kings XI for IPL-10

Ishant was picked up Preity Zinta-owned Kings XI Punjab at the eleventh hour in the squad to sharpen its bowling attack. He has obviously helped me a lot from t...

72 dead in suspected Syria chemical attack: new toll

At least 72 people, among them 20 children, were killed in the strike, and dozens more were left gasping for air, convulsing, and foaming at the mouth, doctors ...

Facebook loses search warrant challenge in New York court

The warrants ordered the company to provide information from hundreds of user accounts in connection with a fraud investigation. The case dates back to 2013 w...

CNN hires White House correspondent April Ryan as political analyst

On Feb 10, they alone reported , that trust language was changed to allow Trump to draw or make money from any of his 400 businesses without disclosing it to...

6 arrested over extremist recruitment in Russia

The authorities said that those detained had been recruiting people to join groups including the Islamic State "to carry out terrorist crimes" and join "illegal...

The Internet is not happy with Pepsi's 'protest' ad

Many on social media compared the ad unfavourably with the actions of protester Leshia Evans during a demonstration in IN last July. It's hard not to compare ...

Tony Romo to take analyst job at CBS Sports

Tony Romo was officially announced as the new lead analyst for CBS Sports on Tuesday and admitted to reporters that the decision to leave football for televisi...

UK Minister Voices Support for Gibraltar in Madrid Talks

As that happened, the official spokesman of Theresa May said that it was important for Lord Howard to establish the resolve of Britain in defending the sovere...

Democrat gives marathon speech against Gorsuch

The Senate judiciary committee on Monday voted 11-9 along party lines to send Gorsuch's nomination to the full Senate for debate. In fact, a Senate rule...

The Fight for Equal Pay: Ohio Considers Wage-Gap Reporting Bill

In other words, to bring home what men earn in 12 months, women have to work for more than 15 months - or until April 4. Created in 1996 by the National Commi...

Israel approves new West Bank settlement

The cabinet on Thursday also announced the approval of tenders for some 2,000 new settlement homes in the West Bank - housing units whose planned construction, ...

Explosions in St. Petersburg Metro Kills 10, Wounds Over 50

Seven died at the scene, one man died in an ambulance auto on the way to hospital", Russian Minister of Health Veronika Skvortsova told journalists earlier. T...

EU legislators tell UK on Brexit: no parallel talks

The parliament - which has an effective veto on the deal reached after two years of negotiations - insisted Britain must meet all its financial obligations and ...

Civil rights groups alarmed over retreat on police reforms

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced this week that he's ordering a review of all "consent decrees", the reform agreements the Justice Department has forged...

Air Force: Pilot safe after F-16 crashes in Maryland

The aircraft is believed to be an F-16, NBC News' Tom Costello reported . Temple Hills Road and Tippett Road at Accokeek Road are closed at this time. Milita...

'Pink Star' diamond fetches record $71.2m at auction

Clocking in at 59.60 carats, the Pink Star was the largest polished diamond ever to go on the auction block. The Pink Star is the largest flawless fancy vivid...

North Korea fires projectile into Sea of Japan: S. Korea

As per the CNN , Trump quoted saying that if Beijing won't help solve the matter, then "we will" do it alone. Trump told the Financial Times the U.S.is...

White House releases financial disclosures for senior officials

Kushner's disclosure also showed that he took on tens of millions of dollars of bank debt with several worldwide institutions whose interests could conflict w...

Kim Jong-nam deal: Relief but many unanswered questions

North Korea's retrieval of the body of the assassinated half brother of leader Kim Jong-un is aimed at destroying evidence of the regime's involvement in the br...

United Nations confirms that war crimes have not halted in Syria

And the idea of even an indirect alliance with a Syrian government that is gassing its own people will be a hard sell with a US public appalled by the reams of ...

North Korea may have tested new technology in latest missile

Topping the agenda of the U.S. North Korea fired a ball. North Korea has conducted five nuclear tests, including two previous year, and has warned it was read...

Northern Ireland: thousands attend Martin McGuinness funeral

However, explaining her decision, she said: "Having worked with Martin McGuinness for nearly a decade, I want to pay my respects to his family on the occasion o...

Syrian chemical attack crime against humanity, says Italy

Footage from the scene showed civilians, many of them children, choking and foaming at the mouth. This is not chlorine gas. "People are terrified, they don't ...

United Nations chief says suspected chemical attack shows 'war crimes' in Syria

Following the gas attack on a town in Syria's northern Idib province that killed at least 11 civilians - majority children - President Trump issued a statement...

St Petersburg attack death toll hits 14 as suspect named

The train's driver "made a right decision not to stop the train and took it to the next station so that passengers could evacuate and the injured could be helpe...

Israeli security cabinet approves first new settlement in 20 years

Israel's settler movement has expected Trump to be more supportive of their goals to expand their communities in the West Bank after eight years of restrictions...

Trump has strong words after Syria attack - but what next?

Many others in the attack were left with respiratory problems and faced symptoms like vomiting, fainting and foaming at the mouth, the Syrian Observatory for Hu...

French candidate Fillon: Govt manipulating presidential race

With only a few weeks to go until the French election, polls are showing that far-right leader Marine Le Pen is unlikely to become the next president. Fillon al...

US military confirms N. Korea fired missile into Sea of Japan

Pyongyang fired a ballistic missile on Wednesday into its eastern waters, South Korea's military said, ahead of a summit between US and Chinese leaders set to d...