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Trump apologizes to Brett Kavanaugh and declares him 'proven innocent'
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in — again, for the cameras, this time — Monday night at a White House ceremony, but not before President Donald Trump slammed Kavanaugh's opponents for a "campaign of personal destruction." In a ceremony that could have been ...
Melania Trump walks through Ghana's 'Door of No Return' and tours slave dungeons
Melania Trump walked out the infamous "Door of No Return" at a onetime slave-trade outpost Wednesday and gazed over the crashing ocean waves that carried millions of Africans to lives of servitude. She later called her visit "a solemn reminder of a time in ...
Obama backs over 200 Democrats ahead of midterms, with focus on diversity and goals
Former President Barack Obama is expanding his influence ahead of November's midterm elections. On Monday, he released a second slate of endorsements for Democrats running for offices ranging from local to national, bringing the total to more than 300. Among the most prominent candidates to ...
Galvanized by court rulings protecting grizzly bears and gray wolves, congressional Republicans on Wednesday launched a push for sweeping changes to the Endangered Species Act despite strong objections from Democrats and wildlife advocates who called the effort a "wildlife extinction package." Republicans began with a ...
Obama takes swipe at Trump's attitude on environment, notes commitment 'not forthcoming'
Former U.S. President Barack Obama took a swipe at President Donald Trump's attitude to the environment Wednesday, saying the world needs "political and social commitment" to achieve sustainability. "Unfortunately we have a U.S administration that deals differently around these issues," he said to laughter from ...
For a second straight year the U.S. will slash the number of refugees it will accept, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, insisting amid criticism from human rights groups that the country is still committed to providing sanctuary to people fleeing the world's danger ...
A federal judge has ruled that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' move to ease protections for former students of for-profit colleges should be reversed, handing a victory to those who said they were defrauded by their schools. But U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss put his ruling ...
Nearly two years out of the White House, former President Barack Obama is facing another political test. To the delight of many Democrats, he's stepped back into the fray that former presidents often try to avoid, campaigning for Democratic candidates ahead of the midterms and ...
Former U.S. President Barack Obama considered a pre-emptive strike on North Korea after it conducted its fifth nuclear test in September 2016, just days after lobbing three medium-range ballistic missiles 1,000 kilometers into Japan's exclusive economic zone, according to a book by Watergate journalist ...
As midterm polls approach, Trump insists booming U.S. economy is not Obama's
In his fiery speeches and Twitter blitzes, President Donald Trump has forcefully claimed ownership of the American economy's vigorous health while denigrating the legacy of Barack Obama, the president in office during most of the last decade's expansion. Following Friday's blockbuster August jobs report, and ...
Philippines' Duterte apologizes for calling Obama a 'son of a whore'
Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte has apologized to former U.S. President Barack Obama for calling him a "son of a whore" in 2016, a comment that sparked a new low in their nations' long alliance. Duterte lobbed the insult in response to steady criticism from the ...
Two presidents honor McCain at funeral as Trump heads to golf club
Two former U.S. presidents from opposing parties united Saturday to honor the late Sen. John McCain, in a momentous funeral that championed his aspirations of political comity but also rebuked the tribalism and division trafficked by Donald Trump. As millions tuned in to the nationally ...
