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Trump open to engagement with North Korea under right conditions

China for its part has been infuriated by the US deployment of an advanced Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system in South Korea, sayin...

Senate committee wants Comey to testify

But the comments attributed to Trump by Comey are deeply disturbing and the president's past prevarications make it hard for Americans to take his denials at fa...

Trump says he's 'very close' to naming a new FBI director

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Pence releases financial info, Trump plans to

Being sensible and sober, I thought that was nothing more than wishful thinking. And as hard and controversial as a 25th Amendment remedy would be, there are wa...

Venezuela opposition leader blocked from traveling to UN

Among those hit with sanctions was Maikel Moreno, a Maduro ally who became president of the 32-judge court in February . Venezuela saw frequent anti-governme...

Statue of General Lee coming down in New Orleans on Friday

Lee in the heart of the city. They'll be sitting in an unlocked storage yard, next to piles of scrap - at least for now. Last week, a statue of Confederate Pr...

Senate panel chairman: Flynn won't honor subpoena

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr and Vice Chairman Mark Warner are determining how to proceed after Flynn has not agreed to comply with their...

Japan cabinet approves bill allowing emperor's abdication

Now, Japan's government needs to approve the one-off bill which, if passed, will allow Emperor to abdicate . If approved, this will be the first abdication o...

Driver Crashes into Pedestrians in Times Square

Before striking pedestrians, the auto was " out of control ", an emergency management official said , as cited by CNN. In August 2015, New York City Mayor B...

The 4 ways Trump's presidency could end early

Then , on Tuesday, news accounts said Trump personally appealed to former FBI Director James Comey to abandon the bureau's investigation into former Nationa...

Congressman Al Green calls for impeachment of President Trump

For those who do not know, impeachment does not mean that the President would be found guilty. McClatchy reported that most Democrats have so far ta...

Australia budget 2017: Treasurer promises fairness and growth

Mr Morrison finally drew a line through $13 million of "zombie measures" from the 2014 budget that have failed to pass through parliament, but in doing so neede...

New Orleans removes Beauregard statue

In a news release obtained by The Associated Press, the city said the statues were "erected decades after the Civil War to celebrate the 'Cult of the Lost Cause...

Washington Denounces Erdogan's Security Brutality against Protesters

The Turkish Embassy in the US blamed the violence on the protesters, who included Kurds, a minority group with tensions with the Turkish government. "Groups a...

Trump denies telling Comey to back off Flynn investigation

But I can always speak for myself and the Russians, zero. "Not with me, not with representatives of Russia's special services". "I'm fine with whatever people...

Donald Trump hits back over Russian information sharing

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Trump Administration Upholds Iran Sanctions Waiver, Keeping Nuclear Deal Alive

Ghasemi said Iran would retaliate by adding nine U.S. individuals and companies to its own sanctions list, accusing them of "clear violations of human rights"...

Toby Keith Is Joining Trump In Saudi Arabia For A Men-Only Concert

While in Saudi Arabia, Trump is scheduled to give a speech in support of moderate Islam. General Wesley Clark, the former Supreme Allied Commander of North ...

Iran's re-engagement with the world at stake in Friday presidential vote

Eshaq Jahangiri, senior vice president under Rouhani, dropped out , leaving just four candidates in the race. The election will be held on Friday, May 19, in...

Trump will not announce Israel embassy move on trip

In its policy paper , ICEJ touted the upcoming Jerusalem day as the flawless time for Trump to move the us embassy. That, in turn, could eliminate a key so...

Speeding auto kills 1, injures 20 in New York City's Times Square

Police then handcuffed him. The apartment building where Rojas lives was cordoned off by police Thursday. CBS reported police saying the man in custody was ...

Former Congresswoman Corrine Brown found guilty on 18 of 22 charges

Following about 11 hours of deliberations after the jury was reconfigured Wednesday morning, Judge Timothy Corrigan announced that the jury had reached verdicts...

US aircraft strikes pro-Assad forces in Syria

The strike destroyed four to five vehicles, including several construction vehicles and at least one tank, and appeared to have killed those inside, the officia...

Senators: Rosenstein knew of Comey firing before memo

Mr Rosenstein has done the right thing", Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on the Senate floor. Rosenstein was originally invited by the two Senate le...

Protesters briefly block a Tulsa road

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Tennessee teacher indicted on sex, obstruction charges

Cummins was extradited back to Tennessee on May 9; he faces both the federal charges against him and state charges for aggravated kidnapping and sexual miscondu...

Appointment of special counsel divides country

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Will seek Kejriwal's ouster if charges are proved: Hazare

On Monday, Mishra filed a complaint regarding what is known as the water tanker scam with the ACB, saying Kejriwal delayed action in the case. "Government offic...

Who are the lawyers and judges debating Trump travel ban?

The court did not immediately issue a ruling. Trump's travel ban - key sections of which have been frozen by two courts - tried to temporarily shut down the U...

Protesters clash with police outside Greek parliament

Greece's Parliament approved late Thursday a raft of fresh austerity measures and economic reforms that the country must implement in the next four years to un...

US Senate panel still negotiating with Flynn over documents: congressional aides

Earlier today, Burr told reporters on Capitol Hill: "Gen. Flynn's lawyers said that he would not honor the subpoena and that's not a surprise to the committee...

Fox News founder dies at 77

The cause of death is unknown. Ailes, an OH native, began his television career in the early 1960s as a producer at The Mike Douglas Show in Cleveland, and ...

Trump urges graduates to learn 'lesson from his outsider status'

When Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. endorsed Trump during the presidential campaign previous year, he described the Republican as someone who "c...

ACLU Files to Get Comey's Memo on Trump Conversation

Before he was sacked after just 24 days on the job, former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn rejected a military plan seven months in the making to retake...

Lieberman under consideration for Federal Bureau of Investigation post

In addition to Lieberman, the president will meet with former Oklahoma governor Frank A. Keating , who worked previously as a US attorney and as the No. Lieber...