Before the surprising delay, the judge rebuked Michael Flynn, President Trump's former national security adviser, saying that he tried to undermine his own country.
The two sides remain at impasse as hundreds of thousands of federal workers await word on whether they will be sent home without pay just before Christmas.
The president's new approach sets up more budget and political battles, as it’s very difficult to legally redirect taxpayer money without Congress’s approval.
A view from the edge of space, seen from the cockpit of Virgin Galactic's rocket plane SpaceShipTwo on Dec. 13. (Reuters)
Outlook
Perspective The sun isn't the color you think it is, and Han Solo isn’t the only one who can make it through an asteroid field.
The agreement with the New York attorney general comes amid an ongoing lawsuit against the Donald J. Trump Foundation, President Trump and his three eldest children.
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Markets suffered through two days of heavy sell-offs marked by nervousness that an overly aggressive Federal Reserve may stifle economic growth.
For months, Shaima Swileh waited in limbo as her dying toddler's condition worsened in a California hospital.
Falling Out
America’s drug epidemic is commonly associated with rural towns and suburbs. But more people died from opioid overdoses than homicides last year in the District of Columbia — as local officials looked the other way.
Penny Marshall
1943–2018 Marshall was the first woman to helm movies that earned more than $100 million, a benchmark that she said helped bring more film-directing jobs to women.
Perspective
The buzz over a made-for-TV hairline shows we don’t know how to discuss men’s cosmetic work — or women’s, even.
Perspective
There’s no special fat-burning zone that’s key to getting lean. It's all about the calories, one exercise physiologist said.
