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Senate confirms Emil Bove to appeals court despite whistleblower complaints, controversy
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Emil Bove to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, launching President Trump’s former personal ...
Asian shares are mostly higher after China-US talks end without a trade deal
Shares in Asia were mostly higher on Wednesday after the U.S. and China ended their latest round of trade talks without a ...
UN investigator says US sanctions over her criticism of Israel will seriously impact her life
An independent U.N. investigator and outspoken critic of Israel’s policies in Gaza says that the sanctions recently imposed ...
Thomas Kinkade’s family denounces DHS use of painting, weighs legal options
The family of American artist Thomas Kinkade is pushing back on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) use of the late ...
8.8-magnitude earthquake causes tsunami in Russia and Japan, sets off warnings for Alaska and Hawaii
One of the world’s strongest earthquakes struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, an 8.8-magnitude temblor that set off a ...
Live updates: Trump heads back to DC as trade deadline approaches
President Trump will return Tuesday evening to Washington, after a five-day Scotland trip during which he spent a day with ...
Booker blows up at Democrats on Senate floor: ‘Willing to be complicit’ with Trump
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) blew up at fellow Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.) and Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) in a heated back-and-forth on the Senate floor Tuesday, accusing members of his ...
DOJ says UCLA violated civil rights law with ‘indifference’ toward protecting Jewish and Israeli students
The Department of Justice (DOJ) said Tuesday the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) violated civil rights laws by ...
Republicans move to clear final hurdles to funding bill before recess
Senate Republicans are moving swiftly to clear key hurdles in their effort to pass a set of spending bills before the August recess and get the ball moving toward avoiding a government shutdown in ...
Texas Democrat James Talarico ‘hoping to make a decision soon’ on Senate run
Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) said he’s hoping to decide “soon” on whether to run for Sen. John Cornyn’s (R) Senate ...
US support for Israel military in Gaza sinks
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Union Pacific and Norfolk seek 1st transcontinental railroad through a massive merger
Union Pacific is seeking to buy Norfolk Southern in a $85 billion deal that would create the first transcontinental railroad ...