Vietnam jails most senior Communist Party official in decades A court in Vietnam has sentenced a former Politburo member to 13 years in jail, the most senior Communist Party official to go on trial in decades. Dinh La Thang was found guilty of economic mismanagement over losses in state oil […]
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House Republicans seethe at tight-lipped Bannon Republican lawmakers fumed at Steve Bannon on Wednesday, and some threatened to hold the former Trump White House strategist in contempt of Congress a day after he stonewalled the House’s Russia investigation. In the latest political battle for the deposed Brietbart News chief, House […]
Tillerson says sanctions ‘are really starting to hurt’ North Korea Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that international sanctions “are really starting to hurt” North Korea, suggesting U.S. military action may not be needed right now. Speaking at an event at Stanford University in California, Tillerson said that South […]
Trump admin approves $133 million anti-ballistic missile sale to Japan The Trump administration notified Congress on Tuesday that it has approved the potential sale of SM-3 anti-ballistic missiles to Japan in a deal estimated to be worth $133.3 million, according to a State Department statement. Included in the sale are […]
4 dead in apparent murder-suicide at Texas resort, police say Four people are dead in Galveston, Tx., Monday after an incident involving gunfire took place at the popular San Luis Resort, which police are calling a murder-suicide. Two people were found dead and two others — a woman who was […]
WikiLeaks deleted a tweet linking to the full text of the explosive book about the Trump White House The radical pro-transparency group WikiLeaks posted, and then quickly deleted, a tweet linking to the full text of “Fire & Fury: Inside the Trump White House” by author Michael Wolff. The book […]
CIA director defends Trump’s mental abilities CIA Director Mike Pompeo defended President Donald Trump’s mental abilities in the wake of a book claiming Trump does not read or properly process information presented to him. “Those statements are just absurd,” Pompeo said on “Fox News Sunday.” When he delivers information to […]
Fishing tourney in Florida canceled as angler goes missing A fishing tournament in Florida was called off Thursday as officials were combing the area for a missing angler after his partner was rescued from Lake Okeechobee, according to CBS Sports. The Okeechobee Costa Series was initially delayed after a boat […]
Trump lawyer calls NYT report a ‘nothing burger’ amid talk of obstruction President Donald Trump’s associates on Friday brushed off a New York Times article detailing Trump’s attempted interventions into the Justice Department’s Russia probe as overblown, and rejected claims that it shows Trump tried to obstruct justice. “Another NYT […]
Is the White House declaring a policy war on California? It’s Washington versus California on marijuana, climate change, offshore oil drilling and immigration this week as bubbling disagreements between President Donald Trump’s administration and California all seemed to spill over at once. The Trump administration picked a notable moment to […]
