U.S. envoy to U.N. Haley says relationship with Trump is ‘perfect U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Wednesday that her relationship with President Donald Trump was “perfect” and that he did not need to be worried about Haley and Vice President Mike Pence running against him […]
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Former U.S. Olympians tell Congress more reforms needed in gymnastics U.S. gymnastics needs more reforms to wipe out sexual abuse after a scandal involving an ex-team doctor convicted of molesting female athletes, former Olympic athletes told a Senate panel on Wednesday. Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Jordyn Wieber told lawmakers evaluating […]
Missouri governor may have committed felony related to fund raising: state AG Missouri’s attorney general said on Tuesday his office has uncovered evidence of criminal electronic theft by Missouri Governor Eric Greitens, a fellow Republican already charged with invasion of privacy stemming from an unrelated sex scandal. Attorney General Josh […]
Travel Ban Case Is Shadowed by One of Supreme Court’s Darkest Moments I’m calling, very simply, for a shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,” Donald J. Trump said on Dec. 8, 2015. It was early in his presidential campaign, and he was saying that sort of thing all the […]
Pompeo to signal tough line on Moscow in Cabinet nomination hearing CIA Director Mike Pompeo will signal a harder line toward Moscow during his confirmation hearing on Thursday to become U.S. President Donald Trump’s new secretary of state, according to excerpts of his testimony. “Russia continues to act aggressively, enabled […]
Pressure grows for Missouri Governor Greitens to step down Missouri Governor Eric Greitens on Thursday faced another day of bipartisan pressure to resign or face impeachment after the release of a report finding that he abused and tried to blackmail a woman with whom he was having an affair. The […]
‘Momentum is on our side,’ Oklahoma teachers union leader declares with strike in ninth day Oklahoma teachers carried their walkout over school funding and higher pay into a ninth day on Tuesday as the Republican party governor signed school revenue bills that fell short of their demands. Lawmakers in the […]
Factbox: Does attorney-client privilege apply to Trump lawyer raid? U.S. President Donald Trump has assailed the Monday raid by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents on the New York offices and home of his personal lawyer Michael Cohen, complaining on Twitter on Tuesday that “attorney-client privilege is dead!” Federal prosecutors in […]
Mark Zuckerberg’s Testimony to Congress: A Sneak Peek Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, will make his much-anticipated appearance before members of Congress starting Tuesday afternoon. In two days of hearings, he will face tough questions on how and why the company failed to protect the delicate data of many millions […]
F.B.I. Raids Office of Trump’s Longtime Lawyer Michael Cohen Trump Calls It ‘Disgraceful’ The F.B.I. raided the Rockefeller Center office and Park Avenue hotel room of President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, on Monday morning, seizing business records, emails and documents related to several topics, including a payment […]
