House votes to curb Trump's power to strike Iran without Congress OK
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to limit President Donald Trump's authority to strike Iran, a mostly symbolic move Democrats say defends Congress's constitutional powers but Republicans say endangers national security. The resolution was adopted on a 224-194 vote, as tensions in the Middle ...
U.S. shared nuclear power info with Saudi Arabia after Jamal Khashoggi slaying, senator says
The Trump administration granted two authorizations to U.S. companies to share sensitive nuclear power information with Saudi Arabia shortly after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October, a U.S. senator who saw the approvals said on Tuesday. The timing of the approvals is likely ...
GOP Rep. Mark Sanford loses South Carolina primary after Trump urges his ouster for disloyalty
U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford, a vocal critic of President Donald Trump, lost a Republican congressional primary in South Carolina after Trump urged voters to punish Sanford's disloyalty by tossing him from office. A few hours before polls closed on Tuesday, Trump tweeted that Sanford was ...
These veep guys sure don't feel like leaders
Tuesday's debate between the two vice presidential nominees won't alter the course of the election, but it did drop hints about the future of the Democratic and Republican parties.
Clinton running mate backs pre-emptive strike on North Korea in event of impending attack on U.S.
Democratic U.S. vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine said Tuesday that he would back pre-emptive strikes against North Korea if the isolated nation showed signs of launching a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the United States. Kaine made the comments in response to a question during ...
Pence takes harder line than Trump on Russia at contentious vice presidential debate
U.S. Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "small and bullying leader" on Tuesday and condemned his actions in Syria, taking a harder line than Donald Trump at a contentious debate with Democratic rival Tim Kaine. Pence's denunciation of Putin ...
Kaine blames Clinton's classified email errors on 'improper labeling'
Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine on Sunday defended Hillary Clinton against criticism over her handling of classified information as secretary of state, saying she was unaware of the sensitivity of some information she exchanged over email because it had been "improperly labeled." In July, ...
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will release her 2015 tax returns and her running mate, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine and his wife, Anne Holton, will release the last 10 years of their tax returns within days, according to a source close to Clinton. The ...
Clinton's pick of Kaine for running mate signals pivot to center for election
Hillary Clinton named Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as her running mate for the Democratic presidential ticket, a widely anticipated choice that may say more about how she wants to govern than how she plans to win in November. Clinton made the announcement Friday in a ...
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia has emerged as the online betting favorite to be presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's running mate, while Bernie Sanders' chances have slipped, online predictions market PredictIt said. Kaine topped a list of potential vice president candidates with about ...
