Mitt Romney to launch U.S. Senate campaign Thursday in Utah Mitt Romney plans to announce his long-expected U.S. Senate bid on Thursday in his adopted state of Utah with a low-key rollout intended to duck roiling Republican divisions and avoid signaling that he will play the role of foil to […]
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Report Faults V.A. Secretary Shulkin Over Travel to Europe A scathing report released Wednesday found “serious derelictions” in a 10-day, $122,000 business trip the secretary of veterans affairs took to Europe, which included airfare for his wife and extensive sightseeing. According to the report, Secretary David J. Shulkin traveled to […]
Florida School Shooting: ‘No Words’ as 17 Die in a Barrage of Bullets A heavily armed young man barged into his former high school about an hour northwest of Miami on Wednesday, opening fire on terrified students and teachers and leaving a death toll of 17 that could rise even […]
How Much Is Your Privacy Worth? A Lot, if You’ve Won $560 Million The winner of a $560 million Powerball jackpot has yet to claim her prize, but her lawyers say she is already being preyed upon and is highly stressed. When the winner, known in court papers only as […]
Second Judge Blocks Trump Decision To End Deportation Relief For Dreamers A second federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, dealing another blow to the president’s efforts to end protections for nearly 700,000 undocumented young people who came to the […]
Trump’s Longtime Lawyer Says He Paid Stormy Daniels Out of His Own Pocket Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, said on Tuesday that he had paid $130,000 out of his own pocket to a pornographic-film actress who had once claimed to have had an affair with Mr. Trump. […]
Mulvaney remarks on Trump budget plan spark confusion The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said that Mick Mulvaney would vote for President Trump’s budget proposal if he were still in Congress after the OMB director suggested he would not during a Senate hearing on Tuesday. Mulvaney, who was on […]
‘5 months without power’: Blackout is latest snag in Puerto Rico’s long recovery from Hurricane Maria Five months ago, Puerto Rico began its plunge into the longest blackout in U.S. history. After much struggle and a botched contract to restore power, the embattled island showed some progress in its recovery […]
Was Clinton attack dog Sidney Blumenthal involved in launch of Russia collusion investigation? A name long associated with the Clinton machine has surfaced as a behind-the-scenes figure in the Trump-Russia collusion story, prompting some to speculate that the investigation began at least partly as a dirty tricks operation. Sidney Blumenthal, […]
Three Milwaukee Jail Officers Charged in Dehydration Death A Wisconsin jail commander repeatedly lied after her officers cut off water to an inmate who later died of dehydration, prosecutors said on Monday as they described a series of lethal missteps and a two-year investigation. The commander, Maj. Nancy Evans, was […]
