Lawmakers have reached an agreement in principle to approve a package expected to cost $19.1 billion, but leaving out border money the White House demanded, according to Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.).
The House speaker suggested that President Trump sees a benefit in potential exoneration during a Senate impeachment trial.
Stephen Calk, a onetime adviser to Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, was accused of approving $16 million in loans to ex-campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
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Swindles and hoaxes occur all over the world. To help you spot them, we list the most common ploys and offer tips on how to protect yourself from them.
Pick a problem, or a perceived problem, in baseball, and it can probably be traced back, directly or indirectly, to the rise of velocity as the sport’s ultimate weapon.
Campaign 2020Democratic 2020 hopeful Pete Buttigieg, a mayor from Indiana who served in Afghanistan as a Navy Reserve intelligence officer, says such pardons would hurt the standing of the U.S. military abroad and make troops less safe.
The proposal comes as the military seeks to address what officials have described as a spike in threats against U.S. forces, detected by U.S. intelligence streams, from Iran and its proxy groups.
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The package unveiled today by the Trump administration is bigger than last year's $12 billion in emergency aid for farmers and ranchers caught in tariff showdowns.
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The day before a storm killed three people, Jefferson City was listed by the Storm Prediction Center as having a “marginal risk” of severe weather.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party are poised to win a clear majority of seats in Parliament, a result that represents a stunning mandate for the charismatic and polarizing politician.
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Analysis Obama alumni are outraged by the announcement that she won’t replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill anytime soon.
Donald Lynn Cash, who had just completed his goal of climbing the highest peak on each continent, collapsed shortly after he reached Everest's peak.
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They had a lot in common — with one big exception.
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Ellis, the 1980s bad boy novelist, has reinvented himself as a Twitter-era podcaster and provocateur. His new hobby: “triggering millennials” — or what he calls “Generation Wuss.”
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Although the president has taken steps to confront the deadly drug crisis, the depth of the problem continues to overwhelm the government.
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This one will blow “meh” takeout and frozen entrees out of the water.
