Iran warns U.S. of retaliation in case of any attack
In the wake of strikes on the Saudi oil industry, Iran condemned remarks by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other officials linking the country with the attacks.
Trump taps U.S. hostage negotiator to replace Bolton as national security adviser
The president announced in a tweet that he had chosen Robert C. O’Brien, the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs at the State Department. Trump had praised O’Brien, with whom he has worked to try to free Americans held overseas.
Israel’s two main parties locked in dead heat as negotiations begin for a new government
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his chief rival have started jockeying for the endorsement of smaller parties whose support could propel either one to a ruling majority in Israel’s parliament.
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Analysis In whiplash moment, Democrats are now backing away from Kavanaugh allegations
Republicans eagerly focused on the latest claims about the Supreme Court justice, trying to use the issue against the Democratic Party.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) speaks to more than 20,000 supporters during a campaign event in New York City’s Washington Square Park Monday. (REX)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) takes the stage to address supporters at a rally Monday in New York. (AP)
President Trump arrives at a rally in Rio Rancho, N.M., on Monday night. (George Etheredge/Bloomberg)
Campaign 2020‘The lines keep getting longer’: Crowd size takes center stage in 2020 race as Warren event rivals Trump
The scale of audiences is now a potentially meaningful metric of electability — one that can translate into volunteers, donors and, as candidate Donald Trump demonstrated in 2016, actual momentum.
‘He’s got competing instincts here’: Trump’s shifting response to Saudi oil-field attack
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The Democratic presidential candidate had said, “we’re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47.” Congress, meanwhile, is waiting for the president to indicate what he supports, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said.
The acting heads of the nation’s immigration agencies arrived in Texas to visit a makeshift courthouse, where the experimental and legally tenuous border policy known as the Migration Protection Protocols will be put to the test.
Thirteen states and the District of Columbia have vowed to adopt California’s stricter standards if they diverge from the federal government’s, as have several automakers.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell risks triggering a sea of red in the markets if he does not at least leave the door open to the possibility of more cuts this year.
Widespread rainfall of 5 to 10 inches, is likely, with some areas getting more than two feet.
The president's announcement banning almost all flavored vaping products stunned the industry, even big companies like Juul that have nurtured relationships with policymakers to gain influence.
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The gripping series was inspired by a Pulitzer Prize-winning 2015 article from Propublica and the Marshall Project about a woman who was charged with filing a false report after claiming that she had been raped.
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Border fence construction could ruin archaeological sites, National Park Service finds
At least 22 archaeological sites in Arizona’s Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument could be imperiled as President Trump’s border barrier goes up, according to an internal report.
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