U.S. Presses Allies to Back a Military Strike on Syria The Trump administration worked Tuesday to rally international support for a possible military strike against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for an alleged chemical-weapons attack, drawing initial backing from France, the U.K. and Saudi Arabia, all of whom vowed a forceful […]
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Raids on Trump’s Lawyer Sought Records of Payments to Women The F.B.I. agents who raided the office of President Trump’s personal lawyer on Monday were looking for records about payments to two women who claim they had affairs with Mr. Trump as well as information related to the role of […]
White House Stands By Trump’s Voter Fraud Claim, But Offers No Evidence The White House on Monday stood by its claim that millions of votes were cast illegally in the 2016 election, despite continuing to offer no evidence to support it. President Donald Trump, who has long blamed voter fraud […]
Top officials at Backpage.com indicted after classifieds site taken offline Seven top officials of the website Backpage.com, long accused of facilitating child sex trafficking, have been arrested after a grand jury in Phoenix issued a 93-count indictment alleging conspiracy, facilitating prostitution and money laundering. The arrests come after the government […]
The biggest Black Lives Matter page on Facebook is fake For at least a year, the biggest page on Facebook purporting to be part of the Black Lives Matter movement was a scam with ties to a middle-aged white man in Australia, a review of the page and associated accounts […]
Why America’s return to $1 trillion deficits is a big problem for you The federal government is on track to have a $1 trillion deficit in 2020 — and to continue running yawning deficits for years to come, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office predicted Monday. It’s a report that should […]
Tammy Duckworth Becomes First Sitting U.S. Senator to Give Birth Senator Tammy Duckworth, a Democrat of Illinois, gave birth to a daughter, Maile Pearl Bowlsbey, on Monday, making her the first United States senator to give birth while in office, she said in a statement. Ms. Duckworth said she and […]
Conservative TV show host out at Sinclair station after David Hogg comment The conservative host of a nightly TV show on a St. Louis station owned by Sinclair Broadcasting has resigned after drawing fire regarding comments he made on Twitter against a Parkland, Fla., high school student who has become […]
Mr. Zuckerberg goes to Washington so let’s stop acting like he can’t handle it. He can. As someone who made him do so once, I can attest that the formerly sweaty CEO won’t melt under the withering klieg lights of Congress. Tomorrow, Mark Zuckerberg will put on his man pants […]
Trump attorney Cohen is being investigated for possible bank fraud, campaign finance violations Michael Cohen, the longtime attorney of President Trump, is under federal investigation for possible bank fraud, wire fraud and campaign finance violations, according to three people with knowledge of the case. FBI agents on Monday raided Cohen’s […]
