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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Ted Cruz is leading a group of Republican lawmakers that has devised a plan to punish countries, ... Read More
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Trump: Where's my Nobel Prize?
WASHINGTON -- Forty-five minutes into a 49-minute news conference Friday that was disjointed, defensive and yet unusually subdued, President Donald Trump looked into the sun at the throng of journalists and television ...Read more
Analysis: Trump wings it in feisty, combative Rose Garden emergency announcement
WASHINGTON -- A testy and combative President Donald Trump winged it Friday in the Rose Garden, turning an often rambling defense of his border security emergency into a 2020 assault on Democrats.
Trump has redefined the ...Read more
Appeals court largely upholds Philadelphia win over Trump administration in sanctuary city case
PHILADELPHIA -- A federal appeals court has largely upheld the city of Philadelphia's victory in its contentious "sanctuary city" case against the Trump administration.
The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower ...Read more
Trump declares border emergency, testing the limits of presidential authority
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump capped months of speculation and two years of failed negotiations over fortifying the southern border by declaring an emergency on Friday, initiating almost certain legal challenges ...Read more
21 Savage opens up about ICE arrest: 'I didn't know what a visa was. I was 7'
After spending nine days in ICE custody, rapper 21 Savage told his side of the story Friday on ABC's "Good Morning America."
The Atlanta musician who was born in England aimed to clear up misinformation about his case ...Read more
In Charlotte, Dave Chappelle makes more transgender jokes — and makes no apologies
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Raucous laughter reverberated through the orchestra and up into the balcony during the first of two stand-up shows that Dave Chappelle performed at Charlotte's Belk Theater on Thursday night, on the eve ...Read more
A leaner Sears emerges from bankruptcy, but can it survive?
In some ways, the "new" Sears has a lot in common with the company that filed for bankruptcy protection in October.
Its largest shareholder is now its owner. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York...Read more
Trade talks with China 'intensive' but tariffs still set to balloon on March 1, White House says
WASHINGTON -- The White House on Friday said "intensive" trade talks this week with Chinese officials yielded "progress," but there was no indication President Donald Trump is ready to delay a substantial ballooning of ...Read more
Light bulbs in the crosshairs of Trump administration's environmental rollbacks
The Trump administration has been on a spree of environmental rollbacks, including air and auto emissions. Its next target: light bulbs.
All those specialty bulbs consumers flock to for nostalgic or decorative appeal -- ...Read more
How Michael Jordan became a brand
Michael Jordan remains the OG signature shoe king 16 years after his last NBA game and 21 years after his last championship.
His Air Jordan brand, introduced by the Chicago Bulls superstar in 1984 and launched by Nike in ...Read more
He'll be the oldest player in the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game. Why is Dr. Oz doing this?
Mehmet Oz was still in his forties the first (and only other) time he's suited up to play in the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, in Dallas in 2010, opposite former pros like Chris Mullin and Robert Horry. But although that ...Read more
Where are they now? March For Our Lives activists remain committed to gun control
MIAMI -- When a gunman smuggled an assault rifle onto a Parkland high school campus a year ago and killed 17 students and staff members, the country was exposed to another mass shooting.
Some onlookers, including CNN host...Read more
YouTube personality is shot outside LA synagogue
LOS ANGELES -- A YouTube personality was shot during an argument with a security guard while filming outside a Los Angeles synagogue and Jewish high school Thursday afternoon, according to police and footage posted to ...Read more
House progressives work on 'Medicare-for-all' as debate heats up
WASHINGTON -- House progressives are set to introduce a revised single-payer "Medicare-for-all" bill during the last week of this month, as Republicans sharpen their criticism of the policy and Democratic presidential ...Read more
Worst-ever attack on Indian troops in Kashmir leaves nearly 40 dead
SRINAGAR, Kashmir -- Nearly 40 paramilitary troopers were killed on Thursday when a car bomb planted by militants struck their convoy in India-administered Kashmir, officials and media reported, in what is considered the ...Read more
LA County Sheriff Villanueva says he'll make 'deliberate policy shift' on immigration
LOS ANGELES -- Alex Villanueva's upset victory in last fall's Los Angeles County sheriff's race hinged on the overwhelming support he got from immigrant rights advocates and Latino voters.
By vowing to strictly limit his ...Read more
Emotions run high as Kentucky Senate approves stringent anti-abortion bill
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- April Lanham, a Daviess County woman expecting her fourth child, broke into tears Thursday in a state Senate committee as a fetal Doppler device was placed on her belly and a heartbeat was heard.
The ...Read more
Trump officials promote joint action against Iran and downplay Israeli-Palestinian peace plan
WASHINGTON -- In a choreographed show of rare unity, officials from the United States, Arab states and Israel joined together at a Middle East peace conference Thursday to pledge tough action against Iran, calling that ...Read more
US and Chinese officials meet in Beijing for last-ditch effort to end trade war
BEIJING -- American and Chinese officials met in Beijing on Thursday for high-level trade talks in an effort to reach a deal to end a bruising trade war, after President Trump told reporters that talks were "going along ...Read more
Trump to declare emergency to build border wall; Senate passes bill to avert shutdown
WASHINGTON -- The White House said Thursday that President Donald Trump would sign a government spending bill even though it doesn't fund a border wall, but will also declare a national emergency to pull money for wall ...Read more
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