Deb Haaland becomes one of first two Native American congresswomen
The day before Deb Haaland was sworn in last week as a freshman lawmaker in the most diverse U.S. House of Representatives class in history, she said the weight of being one of the first two Native American women to serve in Congress had not yet fully hit her. Powered...
U.S. top court snubs actress de Havilland’s suit against FX Networks
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider reviving a lawsuit by 102-year-old Oscar-winning actress Olivia de Havilland accusing a Twenty-First Century Fox Inc unit of falsely portraying her in a miniseries about a famous Hollywood feud.Powered by WPeMatico
Actor Kevin Spacey to face sex assault case in Nantucket courtroom
Former "House of Cards" star Kevin Spacey is set to appear in a Massachusetts court on Monday to face a criminal charge that he sexually assaulted an 18-year-old male after plying him with alcohol at a bar in Nantucket more than two years ago.Powered by WPeMatico
White House signals some compromise in ending U.S. government shutdown
Showing signs of compromise, the White House signaled on Sunday that talks to reopen the federal government could produce a deal in which President Donald Trump moves away from his demand that a proposed barrier along the southern border be a concrete wall. Powered by...
No breakthrough in U.S. shutdown talks, Pelosi plans new legislation
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Democrats would pass new legislation to try to reopen parts of the government next week after talks between the Trump administration and Democratic negotiators on Saturday failed to end a two-week partial government shutdown....
Harold Brown, U.S. defense chief who built, then strove to contain nuclear weapons, dies at 91
Harold Brown, an advocate of nuclear arms control who as President Jimmy Carter's defense secretary tried but failed to win U.S. Senate approval of a key treaty with the Soviet Union, has died at age 91, the think tank where he worked said.Powered by WPeMatico
Trump threatens years-long government shutdown, emergency powers to build wall
President Donald Trump threatened to keep the U.S. government partially shut for months or years on Friday after he and Democratic leaders failed to resolve their dispute over Trump's request for $5.6 billion to build a wall on the Mexican border. Powered by...
U.S. delays key agriculture reports due to government shutdown
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) delayed several major domestic and world crop reports because of the two-week-old partial government shutdown, the agency said on Friday. Powered by WPeMatico
Trump blames Democrats for stock market ‘disruption’
President Donald Trump, who has taken credit for stock market gains, on Friday blamed the December bear market on the Democrats' winning control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the November elections. Powered by WPeMatico
Trump, Democrats dig in ahead of meeting on government shutdown
As a partial U.S. government shutdown hit the two-week mark, President Donald Trump and congressional leaders prepared to meet on Friday to discuss breaking an impasse pitting his demand for building a border wall against Democrats' call for alternative security...