2 days agoTrump warns of ‘severe punishment’ if Saudi Arabia behind writer’s disappearancePresident Trump is warning that there will be “severe punishment” if Saudi Arabia is found to be responsible for the disappearance of a columnist inside a Saudi consulate -- as some in Congress call for the U.S. to sanction those responsible.
2 days agoMacron popularity plummets at home as he pushes globalism on world stageFrench President Emmanuel Macron has presented himself as the international leader defending multilateralism and globalism against the rising forces of nationalism -- but at home he is facing a bleaker political outlook and plummeting poll numbers.
2 days agoTrump meets with freed American pastor Andrew Brunson in Oval OfficePresident Trump will meet with freed American pastor Andrew Brunson in the Oval Office Saturday afternoon -- and said that there was “no deal” made with Turkey for Brunson’s release.
3 days agoPa. gubernatorial candidate says he'll 'stomp' Gov. Wolf's face, then walks back remarksGOP gubernatorial candidate Scott Wagner, in a campaign video released Friday, warned Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf that he will “stomp all over your face with golf spikes” -- amid a national debate on civility and political rhetoric.
3 days agoHaley slams UN for electing more human rights abusers to Human Rights CouncilOutgoing U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley criticized the U.N. Friday after its General Assembly elected new members to the controversial Human Rights Council -- including countries with poor human rights records.
3 days agoTrump snubs Feinstein, Harris to nominate conservative judges to liberal 9th CircuitPresident Trump is plowing ahead to fill three vacancies on the liberal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, brushing aside Democratic resistance to nominate conservative judges.
5 days agoRyan Zinke under consideration to succeed Haley as UN ambassador, sources sayInterior Secretary Ryan Zinke is one of the names being considered to succeed outgoing U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, according to two senior Trump administration officials.
5 days agoKavanaugh coping mechanisms: 5 wild Dem schemes to counter Trump's SCOTUS winAfter failing to block the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, Democrats and allies in the media are shifting course to float a range of ideas -- some far-fetched -- to curb the rightward shift of the court.
6 days agoNikki Haley resigns as UN ambassador, stays mum on next moveNikki Haley abruptly announced her resignation Tuesday as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, catching staff and lawmakers by surprise and leaving Washington guessing about the next move for one of the administration's most prominent figures.
6 days agoHillary Clinton snipes at Theresa May’s Tories: ‘A long way from the party of Churchill and Thatcher’Hillary Clinton on Tuesday took a swipe at U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party for its decision to oppose the European Union’s censure of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's right-wing government.
