President Donald Trump announced on Friday a new round of tariffs on China set to start October 1 in the latest escalation in the trade war with Beijing. Sat, 24 Aug 2019 04:20:25 GMT

David Koch, a billionaire businessman and philanthropist who, along with his brother Charles, gained fame as an influential donor to conservative and Republican causes, has died, Charles Koch announced on Friday. Fri, 23 Aug 2019 17:55:06 GMT

The death of David Koch on Friday -- and the broader retreat he and his brother made from politics since the 2016 election -- brings an end (if not the end) to one of the most influential (and controversial) chapters in modern American politics. Like them or hate them -- and almost no one feels indifferently about David and Charles Koch -- it's impossible to overlook the impact they have had on our current political culture. Fri, 23 Aug 2019 17:08:01 GMT

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been treated for pancreatic cancer in New York City, the Supreme Court announced Friday. Fri, 23 Aug 2019 20:41:36 GMT

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Rep. Seth Moulton will end his presidential bid on Friday during a speech at the Democratic National Convention summer meeting in San Francisco, according to prepared remarks of the speech the Massachusetts Democrat plans to deliver. Fri, 23 Aug 2019 19:05:02 GMT

The biggest question clouding this weekend's G7 summit in France is whether the President of the United States will blow it up. Fri, 23 Aug 2019 14:23:11 GMT

The sheer gauziness of Taylor Swift's celebrity is such that when people talk about her, they tend to reveal less about her and more about us, as a society. Fri, 23 Aug 2019 13:49:56 GMT

During a town hall Friday afternoon, former Vice President Joe Biden asked a New Hampshire audience to imagine what it would have been like if Barack Obama had been assassinated when he became the Democratic nominee for president in 2008 and how it would've affected the country. Sat, 24 Aug 2019 05:05:22 GMT

The US government has assessed that Israel was likely involved in a strike that took place north of Baghdad last month, a strike that has complicated America's relationship with Baghdad, according to two US officials. Sat, 24 Aug 2019 00:49:21 GMT

As warning signs of an economic slowdown bubble up at home, President Donald Trump has amped up his trade war with China.And he's using a ... unique ... way to do so. Sat, 24 Aug 2019 04:01:48 GMT

The Justice Department asked a federal court of appeals on Friday to reconsider a case where President Donald Trump was told he couldn't legally block Twitter users from seeing his tweets. Fri, 23 Aug 2019 22:31:06 GMT

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho launched a scathing attack against Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Fri, 23 Aug 2019 22:53:15 GMT

The Justice Department told lawmakers Friday that Jeffrey Epstein had been placed on suicide watch in July, but was later removed after a psychologist at the Metropolitan Correctional Center determined it "was no longer warranted." Fri, 23 Aug 2019 23:32:38 GMT

Felix Sater -- the Trump Organization contact who pushed for a Moscow development project and Mueller investigation witness -- was a decade ago a federal government informant to "a depth and breadth rarely seen" against Russian and American mobsters, fraudsters, cyber-criminals and even Osama bin Laden, according to newly unsealed court filings on Friday. Fri, 23 Aug 2019 22:17:38 GMT

Trump immigration official Ken Cuccinelli is defending the Trump administration's proposed changes to the Flores settlement agreement that would allow undocumented families to be detained together indefinitely, saying the new proposal is meant to deter migrants from wanting to cross the US-Mexico border. Fri, 23 Aug 2019 14:27:55 GMT

Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne said Thursday that the FBI directed him in the summer before the 2016 election to pursue a "romantic relationship with Maria Butina," the Russian woman who was accused of seeking to win influence in powerful Republican circles at the behest of her country's government. Fri, 23 Aug 2019 17:01:15 GMT

The tide is starting to turn on one of President Donald Trump's favorite industries: Steel. Fri, 23 Aug 2019 11:31:52 GMT

Top Mueller cooperator and star trial witness Rick Gates had it easier his second time around. Thu, 22 Aug 2019 23:37:50 GMT

A Department of Justice office sent its employees, including immigration judges, a daily news briefing that included a link to a blog featuring racial and anti-Semitic slurs, according to a letter sent by an immigration judges union. Fri, 23 Aug 2019 23:43:32 GMT

In towns and cities across the United States, Americans' tap water is contaminated with so-called forever chemicals -- and some are forced to live off bottled water. Thu, 22 Aug 2019 22:39:24 GMT

Former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke said Thursday that both Democrats and Republicans are to blame for "inaction and indifference" on passing gun control legislation. Fri, 23 Aug 2019 19:48:19 GMT

The Democratic primary dropouts are coming a mile a minute now. Earlier this week, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee decided to depart the 2020 presidential race. Now, Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton is bowing out. Fri, 23 Aug 2019 14:00:50 GMT

South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Friday released a plan to combat addiction and provide mental health services, outlining a proposal that aims to reduce the stigma around mental health, penalizes insurance companies that do not offer mental health coverage and offers $10 billion in annual grants for communities to address the issues. Fri, 23 Aug 2019 10:02:14 GMT

Democratic Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday announced he is suspending his presidential campaign. Thu, 22 Aug 2019 01:57:19 GMT

Pete Buttigieg, a candidate who once had more momentum than any Democrat in the 2020 race, has plateaued. Thu, 22 Aug 2019 20:00:45 GMT

Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke on Thursday rolled out his sweeping plan to ensure higher wages, protections for labor unions and end workplace discrimination. Thu, 22 Aug 2019 14:38:45 GMT

President Donald Trump capped a week of see-sawing statements on gun control proposals by claiming Thursday evening that bipartisan talks are ongoing. Fri, 23 Aug 2019 19:03:51 GMT

Stephanie Grisham occupies prized White House real estate -- in the East Wing. Fri, 23 Aug 2019 17:52:30 GMT