Republicans’ Tough Health Care Battle Moves to Senate
CAPITOL HILL — President Donald Trump and House Republicans marked the hard-fought passage of their health care bill with a White House victory party Thursday, Read more
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House Republicans Dismantle Obamacare, hurdles await in U.S. Senate
By Yasmeen Abutaleb and David Morgan | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday narrowly approved a bill to repeal Obamacare, handing Republican President Read more
Trump attacks US media at 100-day Pennsylvania rally
US President Donald Trump has launched a scathing attack on the media during a rally marking 100 days in office. He told supporters in Pennsylvania Read more
US Urges UN Security Council to Take Action Before N. Korea Does
UNITED NATIONS — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday that Washington would not rule out a military response to future North Korean aggression and Read more
$1B THAAD: South Korea Rejects Trump’s THAAD Demand
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — The South Korean government has quickly refuted U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for Seoul to pay $1 billion for the THAAD missile Read more
Trump afraid of major, major conflict’ with North Korea
US President Donald Trump has said he would like to solve the North Korea crisis diplomatically, but that a “major, major conflict” is possible. China’s Read more
100 Days in Office: Trump bows to pressure
President Donald Trump, reflecting on a first 100 days in office that has featured no major legislative wins and low approval ratings, said Thursday he Read more
Poll: Trump, worst U.S. leader in 100 days
As the 100-day mark of Donald Trump’s presidency approaches, a new CNN/ORC poll finds the President reaches this milestone holding on to the lowest approval Read more
South Korea Could be in Jeopardy if US Strike on North Korea
SEOUL — Thousands of North Korean artillery shells raining down on Seoul. Hundreds of tons of high explosives detonating in the densely populated South Korean capital. Read more
Trump to Unveil ‘Biggest Tax Cut’ in US History says Treasury Chief
President Donald Trump is set to unveil “the biggest tax cut and the largest tax reform” in the country’s history, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Read more
U.S. moves THAAD anti-missile to South Korean site, sparking protests
The U.S. military started moving parts of an anti-missile defence system to a deployment site in South Korea on Wednesday, triggering protests from villagers and Read more
Bomb attack hits U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan
Suspected Taliban insurgents on Monday attacked a U.S.-operated base in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Khost, officials said, but gave few immediate details of an assault Read more
North Korea ‘detains American citizen’
An American citizen has been detained in North Korea as he tried to leave the country, South Korean media say. The man was identified only Read more
Russian Hacker Sentenced to 27 Years in Credit Card Scheme, father incensed
A member of Russian Parliament is outraged after his son was handed down a sentence of 27 years in prison for computer hacking crimes in Read more
How was Trump’s $107m inauguration fund spent?
Big money from billionaires, corporations and a roster of NFL owners poured into Donald Trump’s inaugural committee in record-shattering amounts — to pull off an Read more
Trump to meet Turkey’s Erdogan in May
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan will meet U.S. President Donald Trump in May ahead of a meeting of the NATO alliance, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu Read more
Trump congratulates Erdogan on Turkey Referendum Victory
U.S. President Donald Trump has congratulated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his “referendum victory,” in a narrow vote that would create a powerful executive Read more
U.S. coalition air strikes kill 23 in east Syria says Monitor
A war monitor said air strikes, thought to be by planes from a U.S.-led military coalition, killed at least 23 people in two parts of Read more
U.S. Military helicopter crashes, kills one
One crew member died and two others were injured after a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter crashed at a golf course in Leonardtown, Maryland, during a Read more
Facebook Hosts Developers at F8 Conference
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook’s annual developer conference F8 kicks off this week in San Jose, California, at a time when the social network giant faces more Read more
Facebook killer hunted by police in Cleveland, Ohio
Police in Ohio are searching for a man who fatally shot a “random” victim and posted the footage on Facebook. The suspect, Steve Stephens, later Read more
FBI offers just $1000 to whistleblower on wanted Nigerian
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has offered a paltry $1000 reward to whistleblowers who can offer information to arrest a Nigerian New Read more
Trump blasts tax returns protesters
President Donald Trump took to Twitter early Sunday to blast tax day marches around the country that featured thousands of protesters demanding he release his Read more
Tax Day: U.S. protesters want Trump tax returns released
Thousands of protesters at Tax Day marches Saturday in cities from Washington, D.C., to Denver to Los Angeles are calling on President Trump to release Read more
US government ‘hacked global bank system’
A huge range of security weaknesses, said to be worth over $2m if sold on the black market, have been leaked online. The tools are Read more
North Korea ‘ready for nuclear attack’ amid show of force
North Korea has warned the US not to take provocative action in the region, saying it is “ready to hit back with nuclear attacks”. The Read more
North Korea displayed new long-range and submarine-based missiles
North Korea in apparent scare tactics against the United States, displayed new long-range and submarine-based missiles on the 105th birth anniversary of its founding father, Read more
U.S. drops ‘mother of all bombs’ in Afghanistan – Pentagon
WASHINGTON – The United States dropped a massive GBU-43 bomb, also known as the “mother of all bombs,” in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday against a Read more
US-Russia Relations at ‘Low Point’ – Tillerson
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says U.S.-Russia relations are “at a low point,” pointing to a lack of trust between the two countries. His comments Read more
Chimamanda elected into US Academy of Arts and Science
Nigerian novelist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been elected into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, along with 227 new members, the Academy announced today. Read more