As Hurricane Irma Strengthens, Florida Braces for Possible Landfall As Hurricane Irma Strengthens, Florida Braces for Possible Landfall:- Hurricane Irma, fresh on the heels of Hurricane Harvey, strengthened Monday into a Category 4 storm with 140-mile-per-hour winds, as Florida started to prepare for its potential landfall over the weekend. The […]
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(CNN)Despite new threats from the Trump administration, the US still has no real, practical military option on North Korea, analysts say. After Pyongyang tested a nuclear weapon Sunday, US Defense Secretary James Mattis said the US has “many military options” on North Korea and threatened Pyongyang with “a massive military […]
A Houston teen whose home was flooded by Harvey says her family faces possible further devastation if President Trump ends the DACA program for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. Yazmin Medrano, 15, came to the United States with her family when she was 5 years old and […]
A man rushed past layers of security officers into a massive fire at the Burning Man festival’s signature ceremony, suffering burns that left him dead just hours later. Authorities are investigating the death of Aaron Joel Mitchell, 41, who broke through a two-layer security perimeter during the Man Burn event […]
Hundreds of people were allowed to go back home Sunday night as crews reported major progress fighting the La Tuna fire, described as Los Angeles’ biggest fire on record. The so-called La Tuna fire was holding steady at about 5,865 acres in the San Fernando Valley, the Los Angeles Fire […]
NEW YORK — John Ashbery, an enigmatic genius of modern poetry whose energy, daring and boundless command of language raised American verse to brilliant and baffling heights, died early Sunday at age 90. Ashbery, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and often mentioned as a Nobel candidate, died at his home […]
Former President Obama offered “reflections” instead of advice to President Trump in an Inaguration Day letter that touched on American leadership in the world and democratic institutions, CNN reported Sunday. In the nearly 300-word letter obtained by the network, Obama congratulated him on his “remarkable run” and said, “all of […]
Mueller Has Early Draft of Trump Letter Giving Reasons for Firing Comey Mueller Has Early Draft of Trump Letter Giving Reasons for Firing Comey:- The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has obtained a letter drafted by President Trump and a top political aide that offered an unvarnished view of […]
White House walks back promise about Trump donating his personal money to Harvey victims On Thursday, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters that President Trump would donate $1 million of his “personal money” to Hurricane Harvey victims. But on Friday, she wasn’t so sure. Asked by a […]
McCain blasts Trump as poorly informed, often impulsive Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) bucked President Trump in an op-ed on Thursday, saying Congress does not answer to him despite his recent attacks on the lawmakers. “We must respect his authority and constitutional responsibilities. We must, where we can, cooperate with him. […]
