Tapper: Many Republicans have tried to play dumb
CNN’s Jake Tapper criticizes President Trump and congressional Republicans after Trump doubled down on racist attacks on a group of…
Trump administration issues new rule on asylum seekers from Central American countries
The Trump administration announced on Monday it would limit who could apply for asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, a move…
Graham declines to condemn racist Trump tweets and calls Democratic congresswomen ‘a bunch of communists’
Graham’s comments, which were later tweeted out by Trump, are the latest example of congressional Republican alignment with Trump in…
Trump says his ‘go back’ remarks to lawmakers ‘not at all’ racist as outrage grows
President Donald Trump extended his online attacks of progressive Democratic congresswomen on Monday, asking when they will apologize to the…
Live updates: Immigration and the US-Mexico border
Locals use a makeshift raft to illegally cross the Suchiate river from Ciudad Hidalgo in Chiapas State, Mexico, to Tecun…
Former boxing champ Pernell ‘Sweet Pea’ Whitaker fatally struck by car in Virginia Beach
Former welterweight boxing champion Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker died after he was hit by a car in Virginia Beach Sunday…
Sadie Roberts-Joseph, founder of the Baton Rouge African American museum, was found dead in a car’s trunk
The body of Sadie Roberts-Joseph, 75, was located Friday but it wasn’t immediately clear what led officers to the car.…
Prominent journalist and an unnamed American among 26 dead in Somalia hotel attack
An attack in Somalia’s port city of Kismayo over the weekend killed 26 people, including the prominent Canadian-Somali journalist Hodan…
Venezuelan authorities arrest 2 Guaidó security guards
Venezuelan authorities have detained two members of opposition leader Juan Guaidó’s security team, keeping pressure on their U.S.-backed adversary even…
League of Conservation cuts ties with New Republic climate forum over Pete Buttigieg article
Gene Karpinski, LCV’s president, said in a statement Saturday that the piece about Buttigieg and The New Republic’s decision to…
DNA confirms remains are those of missing Virginia toddler
Police in Virginia have confirmed that human remains found at a trash incinerator earlier this month belong to a 2-year-old…
Another Canadian detained in China amid diplomatic chill
A Canadian citizen has been detained in Yantai, China, Canada’s government said Saturday, a step that comes amid tense relations…
Madison Square Garden goes dark during J-Lo concert
Thousands of fans attending a Jennifer Lopez concert in Madison Square Garden were left in the dark after a power…
Fossil of bone-crushing mammal a first in the US Northwest
A fossil jaw bone misidentified for 50 years turns out to belong to a bone-crushing mammal and is the first…
Parts of Manhattan in the dark after power outage
The Upper West Side of Manhattan is in the dark on Saturday, July 13. The city’s fire department was responding…
Cuba debuts modern Chinese train as rail overhaul begins
The first train using new equipment from China pulled out of Havana Saturday, hauling excited passengers on the start of…
Mayor Bill de Blasio gives an update on the blackout
Mayor Bill de Blasio gives an update on the blackout Source link
Top Puerto Rican officials resign over profanity-laced chat
Puerto Rico’s Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced Saturday that his chief financial officer and secretary of state will step down following…
Live updates: New York City hit with major power outage
The power failure on Saturday comes on the anniversary of an extensive blackout in 1977 that affected much of the…
Manhattan power outage hits Times Square, traffic lights and 42,000 customers
Parts of midtown Manhattan in New York City were hit with a power outage on Saturday evening, dimming Times Square…
New York power outage darkens streets, subways stations
There were 61,000 customers without power in New York, most of them in Midtown Manhattan and the Upper West Side,…
House Democrats who tangled with leader not backing down
Days after tensions with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi boiled over publicly, several House Democrats sent a message to Washington: We’re…
NDAA: House passes massive annual defense spending bill
The vote was 220-197. Eight Democrats voted against the bill, and no Republicans supported it. “This legislation keeps America strong…
Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez ‘should treat Nancy Pelosi with respect’: Trump
President Donald Trump on Friday renewed attacks on freshman Democratic lawmakers Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezand Ilhan Omar and came to the…
Congress returns with no sign of spending deal ahead of September deadline
Senate Republicans remain frustrated with the White House. House Democrats are engaged in their most significant internal battle of their…
Man beaten to death by Philly mob after he allegedly tried to steal car with children inside
A 54-year-old man was beaten to death by crowd of onlookers in Philadelphia after he attempted to steal a car…
Here’s another sign the US dollar is too strong: burgers
The Economist’s Big Mac Index — a lighthearted way to make the value of currencies more tangible — showed that…
Trump unloads on Paul Ryan after ‘American Carnage’ excerpts
What’s so stunning about former House Speaker Paul Ryan’s new admissions regarding President Donald Trump is that his story is…
CNN investigates crumbling roads and bridges across US
CNN’s Jason Carroll investigates America’s infrastructure crisis, first looking how a lack of funding is catching up with deteriorating roads…
US budget deficit jumps 23.1% over last year
The deficit widened to $747.1 billion, versus $607 billion last year, from October through June. Federal spending rose to $3.36…
Impassioned AOC, fellow Democrats zero in on Trump’s practice of separating families at border
A House Oversight Committee hearing on Friday on separated migrant children heard emotional accounts from Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and…
US government is running out of money faster than expected, Mnuchin warns
In a letter to Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Mnuchin wrote that the US might default on its obligations as…
Trump Labor Secretary Alex Acosta resigns amid controversy over Epstein plea deal
Labor Secretary Alex Acosta has resigned amid controversy over his role in a 2008 plea deal with accused sex trafficker…
A woman ordered a ‘Moana’ cake for her daughter — but the baker heard ‘marijuana’
Kensli Davis, whose favorite movie is Disney’s animated tale “Moana,” wanted a movie-themed cake to celebrate her 25th birthday. But…
Burger King manager told to ‘go back to Mexico’ for speaking Spanish in Florida restaurant
The exchange, captured in a video that was later posted on social media, shows Ricardo Castillo, who is of Puerto…
Empty tombs puzzle family of missing teen
36 years after Vatican teen Emanuela Orlandi went missing, two tombs thought to contain clues about about her disappearance turned…
Area 51 raid: Thousands join Facebook event to storm Area 51 to ‘see them aliens’
Over 300,000 people have signed on to a Facebook event pledging to raid Area 51 in Nevada in a quest…
Driver charged with a using case of beer as booster seat for 2-year-old
The driver was pulled over Wednesday near North Perth, about 100 miles west of Toronto, Ontario Provincial Police West said…
A traffic stop turns up whiskey, a gun and a rattlesnake, police say — and that was before they found the uranium
Jennings was pulled over about 11 a.m. after an officer noticed that his car tags were expired, police say. He…
Ex-deputy accused of planting drugs on Florida drivers arrested
The allegations have prompted prosecutors to drop charges in scores of cases. Zachary Wester, 26, was taken into custody at…
Candidate denies female reporter access to campaign trip
A Republican running for governor in Mississippi denied a female reporter’s request to accompany him on a campaign trip unless…
Cleveland Police say a man with a history of domestic violence killed 2 adults and 2 children
The suspect, Armond Johnson, was arrested and charged with aggravated murder for Tuesday’s quadruple homicide, in which two adults were…
Savannah Spurlock’s remains found after long search; man arrested
Savannah Spurlock’s remains were identified by a medical examiner Thursday, hours after David Sparks was arrested on suspicion of abuse…
Rising seas are turning Miami’s high ground into hot property
In Miami these days, it’s all about elevation, elevation, elevation. While some scientific models predict enough polar ice melt to…
A sunken Soviet nuclear submarine is leaking unusually high levels of radiation
The researchers took water samples near a ventilation duct on the Cold War-era sub. They contained up to 800,000 times…
Airline passenger speaks out after incident
Dr. Tisha Rowe, an American Airlines passenger who says she was humiliated after being told she couldn’t fly unless she…
A man drowned saving his 8-year-old daughter off a Florida beach
Thomas Zakrewski, 46, was visiting southwest Florida from Georgia with his wife and daughter. The three were walking along a…
At least 35 people injured on Air Canada flight headed to Australia
After leaving Vancouver on Thursday, Air Canada flight 33 was forced to land at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport…
2020 Democratic presidential candidates ranked: CNN’s latest analysis
All true! But the Biden storyline has overshadowed another important development in the 2020 Democratic campaign: A top tier has…
Brooke Baldwin: Does this Trump line sound familiar? It should
CNN’s Brooke Baldwin rolls the tape on all the times President Donald Trump says he has “felt badly” for politicians…
Harvey Weinstein’s new lawyer says he was ‘railroaded’ by #MeToo movement
A new attorney for Harvey Weinstein says the movie mogul was “railroaded” by the #MeToo movement. Interested in Harvey Weinstein?…
Erin Burnett: Trump doesn't want you to look at this
CNN’s Erin Burnett reacts to President Donald Trump dropping his plan to add a citizenship question to the census. Source…
Arson ruled in New York City house fire that killed 6-year-old girl, 2 adults: Officials
A fire that killed three people, including a 6-year-old girl, at a New York City home Wednesday afternoon was intentionally…
Why flash floods are so dangerous
CNN’s Jennifer Gray discusses the causes and dangers of flash floods. Source link
Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney slams Trump, saying he ‘vilifies’ journalists
Human rights attorney Amal Clooney took a swipe at President Donald Trump Wednesday while warning about the diminishing freedom of…
Medicare for All is a political loser (Opinion)
Three candidates are for full-blown Medicare for All, which means eliminating all employer-provided private insurance. Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth…
President Trump weighs in on St. Louis Park, Minnesota, Pledge of Allegiance controversy
The decision by a local Minnesota city council to remove the Pledge of Allegiance from its meetings prompted a reaction…