Republican Senator McCain will return Tuesday for healthcare vote Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) will return to Washington on Tuesday despite recently diagnosed brain cancer, his office announced Monday evening, just in time for a critical vote on the Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare. That means Senate Majority Leader […]
Israel to replace metal detectors in Jerusalem with smart surveillance Israel decided on Tuesday to remove metal detectors it had placed at the entrance to a holy site in Jerusalem’s Old City and replace them with smart, less obtrusive surveillance means, a Cabinet statement said. Israel installed metal detectors at […]
U.S. judge halts deportation of more than 1,400 Iraqi nationals A federal judge in Michigan halted on Monday the deportation of more than 1,400 Iraqi nationals from the United States, the latest legal victory for the Iraqi nationals facing deportation in a closely watched case. U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith […]
Mosul: Corpses, booby traps and snipers are everywhere in devastated city The massive effort to drive the Islamic State from what had been Iraq’s second-largest city is now being matched by an enormous challenge to bring an ancient metropolis back to life from near total ruin. Much of the historic […]
Trump to speak Monday on health care President Trump on Monday will speak to the press at the White House about health care, minutes after meeting with what he calls “victims of Obamacare.” The statement, announced late Sunday by the White House, comes nearly a week after Trump pressed Republican […]
President Bachelet of Chile Is the Last Woman Standing in the Americas No one relished the milestone more than President Michelle Bachelet of Chile.For a few years, she and two other female leaders presided over much of South America, representing more than half of the continent’s population. Their presidencies — […]
For Trump and Putin, Sanctions Are a Setback Both Sought to Avoid Throughout 2016, both Donald J. Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin complained that American-led sanctions against Russia were the biggest irritant in the plummeting relations between the two superpowers. And the current investigations, which have cast a shadow […]
Meghan McCain tweets photo of ‘amazing hike with dad’ after senator’s brain-cancer diagnosis Meghan McCain tweeted a photo that she says was taken on a hike Saturday morning with her father, U.S. Sen. John McCain, days after he received a brain-cancer diagnosis. she said in the tweet. “Thank you all […]
Apollo astronaut reunion set for Wisconsin’s EAA Air Venture It’s been 50 years since the launching of the Apollo program that would eventually land humans on the moon, but the few men who blasted into space are still treated as rock stars. Which is as it should be. To commemorate […]
A chill emanating from the White House reaches State Department 1) A chill across the executive branch — and new rumblings from State Department There was a decided chill across the executive branch as last week came to a close after a tumultuous series of events that rattled worker bees […]
