Unlike after Harvey and Irma, Trump camp rules out Jones Act waiver for Maria-ravaged Puerto Rico
The Trump administration on Tuesday denied a request to waive shipping restrictions to help get fuel and supplies to storm-ravaged Puerto Rico, saying it would do nothing to address the island's main impediment to shipping: damaged ports. The Jones Act limits shipping between coasts to ...
Senator seen effectively dooming Obamacare repeal bill despite GOP move to woo holdouts
The last-gasp Republican drive to tear down President Barack Obama's health care law essentially died Monday as Maine Sen. Susan Collins joined a small but decisive cluster of GOP senators in opposing the push. The Maine moderate said in a statement that the legislation would ...
U.S. Navy budget cuts, 100-hour workweeks draw scrutiny in Congress amid recent deadly collisions
As grieving family members watched, top U.S. Navy leaders and lawmakers on Tuesday said frequent extended deployments, delayed maintenance and nearly a decade of budget constraints have strained the service, possibly contributing to two ship collisions that killed 17 sailors. The navy's top officer said ...
Mattis, on heels of Trump's impromptu 'fire and fury' threat, issues stark warning to Pyongyang
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis issued a stark warning to North Korea on Wednesday, telling Pyongyang that it should stop any actions that would lead to the "end of its regime and the destruction of its people." Mattis' words, some of the strongest he has ...
McCain, expected to save health bill, became its executioner
John McCain seemed poised to be the savior of the GOP health bill when he returned to the Capitol despite a diagnosis of brain cancer. He turned out to be the executioner. The longtime Arizona senator stunned pretty much everyone Friday by turning on his party ...
Putin vows to retaliate as U.S. Senate slaps new sanctions on Russia, puts bill on Trump's desk
The U.S. Senate voted nearly unanimously on Thursday to slap new sanctions on Russia despite President Donald Trump's objections to the legislation, which has angered Russian President Vladimir Putin, who threatened to retaliate. The Senate backed the measure, which also imposes sanctions on Iran and ...
Arizona Sen. McCain is diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer
Arizona Sen. John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee with a well-known maverick streak that often vexes his GOP colleagues, has been diagnosed with a brain tumor, his office said in a statement Wednesday. The 80-year-old lawmaker has glioblastoma, an aggressive cancer, according to doctors ...
Eight to 10 Republican U.S. senators have serious concerns about Republican health care legislation to roll back Obamacare, moderate Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who opposes the bill, said on Sunday. The Senate, which is delaying its consideration of the bill while Arizona Republican Sen. John ...
U.S. senators visit Afghanistan, demand coherent strategy against Taliban from Trump
A bipartisan delegation of U.S. senators visiting Afghanistan on Tuesday called for a new strategy from the Trump administration to turn the tide against an increasingly strong Taliban insurgency and end the longest war in U.S. history. The delegation led by Sen. John McCain was ...
A public funeral service is planned Thursday at a high school attended by a 22-year-old college student who was held for nearly a year and a half in North Korea and died shortly after he was airlifted home to Ohio in a coma. Meanwhile, a ...
McCain urges allies Australia, Japan to pursue TPP talks, calls U.S. exit 'serious mistake'
A leading U.S. Republican senator on Tuesday urged allies Australia and Japan to continue to move forward with the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, despite the U.S. withdrawal, "I know Australia is now talking with Japan and others about moving forward with TPP despite America's ...
Budget fight looms as Trump allots $54 billion more for defense, guts foreign aid, domestic programs
U.S. President Donald Trump is proposing a huge $54 billion surge in military spending for new aircraft, ships and weapons systems in his first federal budget while slashing big chunks from domestic programs and foreign aid to make the government "do more with less." The ...
