The State Department said Wednesday it is closing the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, due to safety concerns to consulate personnel. The phased closure will hand off diplomatic engagement with the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, the department said in a statement. "While our physical presence in Peshawar is changing,...
Some iPhone users could soon see payouts after Apple agreed to pay $250 million to settle claims that it deceived consumers by advertising artificial intelligence features that were not yet available on its devices. Apple agreed to settle the class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of U.S. consumers in San Francisco federal court on Tuesday, according...
Tennessee lawmakers on Wednesday unveiled a proposal for a new congressional map that would heavily favor Republicans this November by splitting up the state's sole Democratic district. The map would put a target on Rep. Steve Cohen, who represents the state’s only majority-Black district and is the lone Democrat among Tennessee’s nine House members. Memphis,...
Ted Turner, the media mogul who founded CNN and presided over the outlet at it reshaped the cable news business, died Wednesday at the age of 87. Turner began his career in the media business as an account executive with Turner Advertising Co. in the 1970s and launched CNN in June 1980. Regarded as one...
Donald Trump's call for taxpayers to fund a $400 million White House ballroom and bunker is a political misstep and a waste of presidential power, and Democrats should seize the opportunity to criticize him for it.
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday that the U.S. military taking further action against Iran is “more probable” than not. “I think it's more probable than not,” Esper told host Blake Burman on “The Hill,” regarding whether more U.S. military involvement could be on the horizon. “It could be anything happens,” he added. “Maybe...
Democrat Cait Conley faced GOP attacks over her ties to the Afghanistan withdrawal as she seeks to unseat Rep. Mike Lawler from his New York swing seat.