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Trump: If FBI spied on my campaign, that would be 'bigger than Watergate!'
President Donald Trump lent credence Thursday to reports that FBI informants had infiltrated his presidential campaign, saying that "if so, this is bigger than Watergate!" Trump made the comment on the anniversary of Robert Mueller's appointment as special counsel to head the Justice Department investigation ...
Ex-Nevada Sen. Harry Reid has cancerous tumor removed from pancreas
Former Nevada Sen. Harry Reid is recovering after undergoing surgery Monday to remove a cancerous tumor from his pancreas. The 78-year-old Reid will undergo chemotherapy. Reid's family says he is in good spirits and resting with his family. They say doctors caught the tumor early during ...
Republican senators override Democrat objections to confirm Trump-picked federal judge in Wisconsin
The political battle over President Donald Trump's judicial nominees escalated on Thursday when the Senate took the rare step of confirming the nomination of a Wisconsin attorney to serve as a federal judge despite the objections of one of his home-state senators. The Senate voted ...
Sen. John McCain, 81, and battling brain cancer, has made clear he does not want President Donald Trump to attend his funeral, U.S. media reported Saturday. McCain, a Vietnam war vet and respected senator from Arizona who has had a turbulent relationship with Trump, instead ...
The Trump administration is launching an initiative on Thursday to crack down on sexual harassment of women by landlords and encourage victims to come forward for help from the U.S. Justice Department and Department of Housing and Urban Development. The two departments will create a ...
Trumps, Obamas and Theresa May get no invitation to wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
U.S. President Donald Trump, former President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Theresa May have not been invited to the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on May 19, royal and British government sources said on Tuesday. Harry, grandson of Queen Elizabeth II and ...
The Trump administration rolled back Obama-era pollution and fuel efficiency rules for cars and light trucks Monday, saying they were too stringent. The decision by President Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency means the emission standards for vehicles in the 2022-2025 model years will be revised, ...
North's isolation offers little leverage for denuclearization talks, Obama tells Tokyo audience
Dropping by Tokyo on his Asia tour, former U.S. President Barack Obama describes the hurdles to denuclearizing North Korea and recounts his historic visit to Hiroshima.
Abe will meet former U.S. President Obama on Sunday, Japanese government says
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet with former U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday over lunch in Tokyo, the Japanese government said Thursday. "There is no special meaning" in the meeting, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said in a news conference, stressing it is aimed ...
U.S. top court rejects Arizona bid to bar 'Dreamers' from getting driver's licenses
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday required Arizona to continue to issue driver's licenses to the so-called Dreamer immigrants and refused to hear the state's challenge to an Obama-era program that protects hundreds of thousands of young adults brought into the country illegally as ...
Obama to launch Asia-Pacific tour Monday that concludes on March 25 in Japan
On the last leg of the four-nation Asia-Oceania tour, former U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Japan, where he will attend an international conference.
A new U.S. advisory board created to help rewrite federal rules for importing the heads and hides of African elephants, lions and rhinos is stacked with trophy hunters, including some members with direct ties to President Donald Trump and his family. A review by The ...
