Attendees at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, said they feared the United States was undermining its own economy — and the rest of the world’s — via a trade war and a prolonged shutdown.
The spending fight is further eroding the president’s support among voters who like the idea of beefing up border security — but not enough to close the government.
A lawyer for Paul Whelan said the former U.S. Marine believed the flash drive would have photographs and videos from a previous trip to Russia. It was not known whether Whelan knew it contained classified material, his lawyer said.
Kurdish peshmerga fighters survey damage after an ISIS suicide truck exploded near Mosul in 2015. (Kurdish Regional Government of Iraq)
Chlorine seeps from a canister after a foiled attack by the Islamic State near Mosul in 2015. (Kurdish Regional Government of Iraq)
Paramedics in 2013 at a unit set up to treat victims of chemical weapons in Reyhanli, Turkey, not far from Syria. (AP)
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In a prison interview, a former Iraqi official described his 15-month stint supervising the manufacture of lethal toxins for the world’s deadliest terrorist group. Others who worked on the secret program are thought to be still at large.
In “Team of Vipers,” ex-West Wing communications aide Cliff Sims recounts scenes of chaos, dysfunction and duplicity among the president, his family members and administration officials.
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In a statement, the president’s personal lawyer said his remarks that discussions were held as late as November 2016 were “hypothetical” and not based on talks with Trump.
The St. John's College campus in Annapolis, Md. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Post)
Twenty-three private colleges have reduced tuition since 2016. Some need to bolster recruiting. Others want to escape a pricing formula that assumes prospective students view high tuition as a mark of educational quality.
As Pacific Gas and Electric faces bankruptcy, it also could owe tens of billions of dollars for its connection to California’s deadliest and costliest wildfires.
“Roma” and “The Favourite” lead the field with 10 nominations each, including best picture.
Baier, his wife and two sons left the hospital Monday after the crash in Montana.
