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Can the president attack another country without Congress?

Syrian state TV reported a US missile attack on a number of military targets and called the attack an "aggression". Turkey views the US missile strike against...

Russian Federation metro bombing: Six detained after St Petersburg blast

Russian authorities have identified the main suspect in the bombing as 22-year-old Akbarzhon Jalilov, a Kyrgyz-born Russian citizen with links to radical Islami...

Tests on Syria victims show chemical weapons used in attack, says Turkey

Asked whether the Trump administration would lead a coalition to remove Assad, Tillerson replied, "Those steps are underway". Tillerson then urged Russia , S...

Gas attack in Syria: US threatens to take unilateral action

At the time, businessman Donald Trump tweeted his displeasure with the red line decision, but also added he didn't think the USA should attack Syria . On...

Baltimore residents to comment on plan to overhaul police

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Putin says will be 'glad' to meet Trump when scandals over

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, that American accusations that Russia interfered in last year's USA elections are "lies" used for domestic Am...

Seattle mayor announces lawsuit over Trump sanctuary cities order

There is no legal definition of a sanctuary city , and there is no indication that the Trump administration formally views Seattle or any other city as a san...

Pinellas County women push for equal wages

In the spring of 2016, a Norwalk, Conn. resident named Denise Isherwood invoked Connecticut's new pay secrecy law to sue her Stamford employer Gerald Metals, ar...

ME television meteorologist missing since Saturday

The flier says the last time he had contact with his family was Saturday night. Hemingway said Johnston is considered a missing person but there has been no ind...

Turkish autopsies confirm chemical weapons used in Syria attack that killed scores

At the time, businessman Donald Trump tweeted his displeasure with the red line decision, but also added he didn't think the USA should attack Syria. "When ...

White House: 'several more' measures ahead to kill Obama regulations

Which means that, if Trump wants to permanently cut rates, he needs to close enough loopholes - or create enough new taxes - to make his rate-cut revenue neut...

Mike Flynn Isn't Getting Immunity From Prosecution - At Least Not Yet

Flynn has been interviewed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which has been investigating allegations of contacts previous year between Trump campaign off...

Fight over motive as ex-NFL star's murder trial ends

At the end of the shortened day, former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez hugs his defense attorneys, including George Leontire, in Suffolk Superio...

N.Korea fires ballistic missile, United States says clock has now run out

A North Korean flag, center, is displayed during 2017 IIHF Ice. Trump's national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, agreed in a phone call with his South Korean...

House intel committee chair steps away from Russia probe

These grievances regarded Nunes' choice to brief President Donald Trump about the intelligence interception of dialogs, during the election, between a campaign ...

South Africa's Zuma survives latest ouster attempt

The South African Communist Party and the country's biggest trade union, Cosatu, both historic allies of the ANC, have called on Zuma to step down following the...

Top Intelligence committee Dem: Too early to draw conclusions on Russian Federation probe

It was not until earlier this month that Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, disclosed new doc...

Over 500 wounded in Syria attack, 27 children killed

Still, a chemical weapons attack of this magnitude carries significant risk. Senior US officials had also recently suggested it was no longer a priority that ...

Xi arrives in US for first meeting with Trump

Representative Jim McGovern of MA. This is the first time the two leaders meet, after a U.S. election that featured frequent barbs at China´s "rape" of the U....

Bellicose North Korea gives aid donors the jitters

North Korea had wanted the body of the man killed at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Feb 13 but Malaysia had refused to release it to them pending inv...

Senate Goes 'Nuclear' to Push in Trump Supreme Court Pick

A final vote on Gorsuch is expected for Friday. After the rule change was approved, the Senate voted again to stop the Democratic filibuster. The confront...

Journeyman Hoffman tames windy Augusta as Johnson pulls out

Six players were in the clubhouse on 71, including five-time major champion Phil Mickelson and the English trio of Justin Rose, Andy Sullivan and Matthew Fitzpa...

London Stock Exchange CEO accompanying British PM May in Saudi Arabia

It comes as Theresa May is due to meet the King Salman in Riyadh during her visit to boost links. United Kingdom and Saudi foreign and trade ministers will ...

Tillerson Gives North Korea the Silent Treatment

This follows other statements from the likes of Rex Tillerson, the US Secretary of State, who declared that American "strategic patience has ended" during his...

Bennet tells fellow Democrats they filibuster on Gorsuch at their own risk

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who chairs the Senate Judiciary committee, took issue with that characterization. On the third day of Gorsuch's confirmation h...

Senate heads to Gorsuch confirmation vote Friday

Under those new rules, which the 52-member Republican majority can ratify despite bitter objections from the Democrats, another vote will be held which would al...

Summit Between China's Xi Jinping And President Trump Comes Amid Tensions

Last week, he predicted in a tweet that his meeting with Mr Xi would be "very difficult". But the run of recent changes suggests the Administration is tracking ...

Iraqi government: IS downs army helicopter over Mosul

ISIL said seven of its militants carried out the attack. The assailants blew themselves up when they ran out of ammunition, it said. The death toll rose durin...

9.8M Viewers Watched French Presidential Debate - Agency

After two hours of debate among the 11 presidential candidates on unemployment, immigration and relations with Europe, two far-left candidates took the gloves o...

Dustin Johnson Withdraws From The Masters

I was able to do that and I got some good numbers coming down the stretch". Lowry's colourful round of 72 featured five birdies and five bogies, with dropped ...

Public to weigh in on consent decree Thursday

The request to cancel the hearing "at the eleventh hour would be to unduly burden and inconvenience the Court, the other parties, and, most importantly, the pub...

Freedom Caucus' Jordan: Tweets and blame 'don't change facts'

Under Paul's proposal, insurance companies would be allowed to sell plans across state lines. Also on the table, Meadows said , was the idea that insurers co...

Lucic's hat trick leads Oilers past Sharks 4-2

The 23-year-old is second among National Hockey League forwards in ice time per game (20:38), but also has a team-worst minus-12 rating. The Oilers have two g...

Schiff: Trump trying to shift attention from Russian Federation probe

Nunes, who was a member of Trump's transition team, say the documents indicated Trump or his associates might have been "incidentally" swept up in surveillance ...

Trump aide keeps up Twitter attacks on Freedom Caucus' Amash

White House budget chief Mick Mulvaney was also in the golf outing to discuss the issue. President Donald Trump has tweeted threats of opposing their re-elect...