U.S. President Donald Trump is poised to roll back ambitious Obama-era vehicle mileage standards and raise the ceiling on damaging fossil fuel emissions for years to come, gutting one of the United States' biggest efforts against climate change. The Trump administration is expected to release ...
With the U.S. presidential campaign heating up, the White House continues to look backward, comparing President Donald Trump's economic record to his predecessor, Barack Obama. The Trump administration released the Economic Report of the President on Thursday, which in nearly every metric claims a vast ...
U.S. military claimed 'success' in hacking Islamic State online propaganda efforts, documents show
The U.S. military claims to have "successfully" disrupted the online propaganda efforts of the Islamic State in a hacking operation dating back at least to 2016, according to declassified national security documents released Tuesday. The heavily redacted, previously top secret documents said the U.S. Cyber ...
Cuba-U.S. relations backslide five years after landmark thaw
Five years ago this week, Washington and Havana surprised the world when they agreed to reopen diplomatic ties severed in 1961, but relations have since slid downhill as if on a fresh layer of Cold War ice. United States President Donald Trump has regularly assailed ...
Paul Volcker, the towering former Federal Reserve chairman who tamed U.S. inflation in the 1980s and decades later inspired tough Wall Street reforms in the wake of the global financial crisis, died Monday at the age of 92, according to his daughter, Janice Zima. Volcker, ...
Trump says Rudy Giuliani to report on 'plenty' of findings from Ukraine
President Donald Trump said that his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, plans to prepare a report for the U.S. Justice Department and Congress about allegations of misconduct the former New York mayor says he uncovered during a recent trip to Ukraine. Trump said Giuliani, a central ...
In a crowded Democratic race, who is Obama's political heir?
Some vying for the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination are loud and proud about their friendship with him. Others claim ideological kinship. And still others are taking distance from his record to stand out. But one thing is for sure: Barack Obama is not saying anything ...
Under tight security, Indonesian president inaugurated for second term
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo was sworn in for a second term Sunday as helicopters flew overhead and troops kept watch in the capital, Jakarta — days after Islamist militants tried to assassinate his top security minister. Foreign heads of state, lawmakers and political rivals looked ...
Ex-CIA chief John Brennan questions U.S. stability under Trump and the 'putty' GOP ranks he controls
Former CIA director John Brennan raised questions Sunday about the stability of the United States under President Donald Trump, accusing him of corrupting the country's laws and institutions. Brennan, who served under former President Barack Obama and has been one of Trump's fiercest critics, warned ...
Afghans vote in presidential election despite attacks by insurgents on polling stations
Afghans voted in presidential elections amid tight security Saturday even as insurgents attacked polling centers in a series of blasts and clashes across the country that left at least two people dead. The first-round vote marks the culmination of a bloody election campaign that, despite ...
