Armenia’s opposition leader named prime minister, and his supporters erupt in cheers After weeks of rallies and unrest, Armenia’s bloodless revolution secured victory Tuesday when parliament selected protest leader Nikol Pashinyan as prime minister, making a dramatic break with the ruling elite in the former Soviet country. Upon hearing the […]
Kim-Xi summit sends signal to Trump of China’s key role Beijing wants this week’s surprise China-North Korea summit to send the message to Washington that China remains crucial to a Korean Peninsula solution before the North’s Kim Jong Un holds a historic meeting with President Donald Trump, analysts say. Chinese […]
Trump axes the Iran deal and creates a new crisis The inevitable happened. On Tuesday, President Trump announced his administration’s intent to exit the nuclear deal with Iran, following through on a key campaign promise while shrugging off the desperate entreaties of European allies. In his remarks, Trump panned the […]
USS Fitzgerald Officer of the Deck Pleads Guilty Lieutenant junior grade Sarah Coppock, the officer of the deck at the time of the USS Fitzgerald’s collision with the ACX Crystal last June, has pled guilty to charges of dereliction of duty. In a court-martial hearing at the Washington Navy Yard, […]
Reputed gang member charged in Friday shooting of ATF agent; brother also arrested on drug charges Reputed gang member Ernesto Godinez slipped out of his Back of the Yards home in the predawn darkness Friday and cut through a gangway about a block away from where undercover federal agents were […]
Republican senator apologizes for comments about John McCain Sen. Orrin Hatch apologized Tuesday for his comments criticizing Sen. John McCain’s reported request that President Donald Trump not attend his eventual funeral. “I felt badly. I had spoken out of turn,” the Utah Republican told reporters in the Capitol. “I felt […]
Gowdy threatens to subpoena DOJ official for census testimony Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, on Tuesday floated a subpoena for a Justice Department official who did not show up for a hearing on the 2020 census. Lawmakers had hoped to grill […]
Mormons to drop Scouting as part of new global initiative The LDS Church is ending its relationship with the Boy Scouts of America. The expiration date for the remarkably robust, 105-year alliance is Dec. 31, 2019, according to a joint statement released Tuesday night by BSA and The Church of […]
Trump’s attorney Michael Cohen was hired by U.S. affiliate of Russian company President Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen was hired last year by the U.S.-based affiliate of a Russian business magnate who attended Trump’s inauguration and was recently sanctioned by the U.S. government, the company said Tuesday. The New York […]
Hawaii volcano eruption brings new evacuation order Two new vents from the erupting Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island prompted officials on Tuesday afternoon to order the immediate evacuation of residents remaining in Lanipuna Gardens. All 1,700 residents of Leilani Estates, as well as the smaller Lanipuna, had previously been […]
