Trump Turn Toward China Curtails Navy Patrols in Disputed Zones Six weeks ago, the United States Pacific Command requested permission from senior American officials for a United States warship to sail within 12 nautical miles of Scarborough Shoal, a disputed reef in the South China Sea that is claimed by […]
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Ex Officer Who Shot Walter Scott Pleads Guilty in Charleston More than two years after a North Charleston, S.C., police officer fired eight rounds to the back of a fleeing and unarmed black motorist whose burst of gunfire was recorded on video, the officer stood in a federal courtroom on […]
Trump raises stakes for next shutdown fight Less than 48 hours after Congress reached a bipartisan deal on 2017 spending, President Trump warned the next round might not be so easy. The president on Tuesday roiled the debate over a 2018 spending package — five months before Congress’s deadline to […]
U.S., China talk firmer U.N. response to North Korea missiles diplomats The United States is negotiating with China on a possible stronger U.N. Security Council response – such as sanctions – to North Korea's repeated ballistic missile launches, which the 15-member body normally condemns in a statement, diplomats said. It […]
Trump struggles to win over moderate Republicans on healthcare overhaul Time was running short for President Donald Trump to attract enough votes to pass a new bill to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system this week as Republican party moderates held out, fearing a backlash from voters worried about losing insurance […]
Louisiana officers in black man shooting will not be charged newspapers The U.S. Justice Department will not charge two white police officers who fatally shot a black man at close range in Louisiana last year, sparking nationwide protests, the New York Times and Washington Post reported on Tuesday. Department of […]
Trump, Putin discuss Syria ceasefire in first talks since U.S. air strikes U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday moved to ease the tension from U.S. air strikes in April against Russian ally Syria, expressing a desire for a Syrian ceasefire and safe zones for the […]
Trump Follows Instincts, Not Establishment, With Overtures to Kim and Duterte President Trump continued his outreach to rogue leaders on Monday, declaring he would meet North Korea’s dictator, Kim Jong-un, provided the circumstances were right, even as the Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte, brushed aside the president’s invitation to visit the […]
North Korea says U.S. bomber flights push peninsula to brink of nuclear war North Korea accused the United States on Tuesday of pushing the Korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war after a pair of strategic U.S. bombers flew over the area in a training drill with the South […]
Trump questions why U.S. Civil War had to happen Donald Trump has shown a fascination with populist 19th-century U.S. president Andrew Jackson since he has occupied the Oval Office, hanging "Old Hickory's" portrait in the Oval Office, visiting his plantation in Tennessee and placing a wreath at his tomb. In […]
