The Army private who had been sentenced to 35 years in prison for disclosing secret diplomatic and military documents to WikiLeaks will be set free in May. Obama also pardoned retired Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, who admitted to lying to the FBI in a probe of a leak of classified information about a covert U.S.-Israeli cyberattack on Iran’s nuclear program.
This high-note finish comes with plenty of dissonance, including persistent pessimism about the nation's direction after Donald Trump campaigned strongly against the president's policies.
The Congressional Budget Office’s analysis that estimated 18 million Americans could lose their health insurance coverage if Obamacare is repealed underscored the political peril that Donald Trump faces in trying to meet one of his top campaign promises.
Even the fiercest liberal lions in the Senate will attend Friday’s ceremonies — while nearly 60 House Democrats won’t.
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At a contentious evening hearing, President-elect Donald Trump’s education nominee Betsy DeVos sidestepped several issues important to Democrats, while Republicans on the Senate committee defended her as a leader who would disrupt the status quo.
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And how those four words helped make him the nation’s 45th president.
The agency admitted to no wrongdoing or institutional bias in a deal with more than 100 agents that comes as part of a push in the waning days of the Obama administration.
Bush spokesman Jim McGrath tweeted that the 41st president was taken to Houston Methodist Hospital Saturday for shortness of breath and “has responded very well to treatments."
Ryan statement is based on assumptions that are too uncertain, and lack context.
Jim Fouts, a Democrat and the mayor of Warren, Mich., called the audio recordings “vile, vitriolic” and “phony.”
If Lee Jae-yong is arrested, it will mean that both the head of South Korea’s biggest business and the country’s president have fallen — at least temporarily — in the widening scandal that revolves around allegations of bribery and influence at the highest levels.
It's not the first time college football players have been hospitalized after tough practices. But with the NCAA showing no interest in oversight, players’ medical care is left to schools’ discretion.
