United States officials say that U.S.-backed forces have captured Islamic State fighters tied to a January suicide bombing in Syria that killed four Americans, generating concrete leads about the deadliest attack to date there against U.S. personnel.
More than 8 million people are under flood warnings in the Midwest and the Mississippi River Valley, and the deadly flooding that has deluged parts of Nebraska has created islands where dry land should be. Meteorologists are warning
Officials said that hours after the shooting on a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht on Monday, which killed three people, a suspect was arrested. Police have identified the man as Gökmen Tanis, 37, who was
On Sunday morning, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand formally launched her presidential bid. Gillibrand, who launched an exploratory committee earlier this year as a precursor, joins more than a dozen other Democrats who have already formally entered the
On Thursday, the House voted unanimously for a resolution calling for any final report in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation to be made public, a symbolic action designed to pressure Attorney General William Barr into releasing
On Thursday, the Senate voted to block President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency intended to allow funding of a border wall. A dozen GOP senators went against the White House, with Trump saying he would veto
On Wednesday, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced to a total of seven and a half years in prison, after a federal judge rejected his appeal for no additional time. Within minutes of the sentencing,
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump said his administration issued an order to ground the Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes involved in two recent catastrophic crashes. “Those planes are grounded effective immediately,” Trump told reporters at the
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the US is withdrawing all remaining diplomatic personnel from its embassy in Caracas, citing the “deteriorating situation in Venezuela.” This follows a decision made in January, in which the
