In a development likely to embarrass Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, President-elect Donald Trump has dealt what may be a mortal blow to Nippon Steel's proposed $13 billion buyout of U.S. Steel.
Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell blasted two federal judges who revoked their pending retirements after President-elect Donald Trump's victory, saying they have exposed their political bias and should recuse themselves from some cases.
The White House said Tuesday it is disappointing that negotiators could not strike a legally binding deal to address plastic pollution during a high-profile summit in South Korea.
Joe Biden on Tuesday was using the first visit to Angola by a U.S. president to promote Washington's investments in the sub-Saharan African nation and see a slavery museum, where he'll acknowledge the trafficking of humans that once linked the nations' economies.
Pro-abortion groups did not make their case compelling enough to voters. Now, even more than before, all ire is directed at various abortion bans and the deaths, which abortion advocates ascribe to them. These deaths are exceptions, and further, excepted from honest scrutiny, but exceptions rule for abortion advocacy groups. If states do not accommodate […]
The origin story of Hunter Biden is, at its core, a tragedy: At 3 years old, he was a young toddler gravely injured in a Christmastime car crash that took the lives of his baby sister and his beloved mother. His father, Joseph, had just been elected as a senator and was faced with soldiering […]
The FBI is in desperate need of fundamental reform. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to run the bureau, Kash Patel, promises to attempt that. But Patel has also said the Trump administration should go after political enemies, President Joe Biden’s allies. Senators should, therefore, give this nomination the closest possible scrutiny and establish that despite some […]
President Donald Trump spoke by phone with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Dec. 14, 2018. The Turkish leader promised Turkey would take over security in northern Syria, and Trump agreed to bring American forces in northeastern Syria home. Trump’s pledge caught the Pentagon and the State Department by surprise. After all, Erdogan made little secret […]
Comedian Bill Maher said in a podcast that he is tempted to quit his show, citing the prospect of President-elect Trump’s second term. “I’m s---ting my pants,” Maher said. “I mean, I may quit because I don't want to do another-- I did Trump. I did all the Trump stuff before anybody.” “I called him...
A Secret Service agent fired at suspects who were attempting to open car doors near Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s home in Washington, D.C., early Tuesday morning, a spokesman said in a statement. An agent working a protective assignment in the 2900 block of Stephenson Place NW saw a sedan with multiple people who were attempting to open...