Presidential candidate Jay Inslee was not happy when the Democratic National Committee shot down his request to hold a climate crisis-focused debate.

Passage of the measure came after House Democratic leaders sought to appease members of their caucus only hours earlier with change to the legislation.

Robert Mueller has agreed to answer questions from Congress for the first time since his investigation of Russian election interference began more than two years ago. The chairman of the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees announced the deal Tuesday night. The former cpecial counsel will appear on July 17. President Trump called the news “presidential harassment.” Nancy Cordes ...

A tragic image from the southern border reveals the grim reality facing many Central American migrants who make the dangerous journey. It shows a young father and his daughter who died trying to cross the Rio Grande in south Texas. They were found in shallow water a few hundred yards from where they tried to cross. Omar Villafranca reports.

Dubbed by US as the foundation for peace, Palestinians dismiss Bahrain workshop as pointless without political solution.

The Medal of Honor is the U.S. military's highest award for courage in combat. Several troops died earning that honor in the Iraq War. Tuesday, for the first time, President Trump gave a Medal of Honor to a living veteran of the Iraq conflict. It was November 10, 2004, Army Staff Sgt. David Bellavia’s 29th birthday, when he risked his life to save his comrades in an abandoned house in the heart of Fallujah. ...

San Francisco banned the sale of electronic cigarettes late Tuesday, becoming the first U.S. city to do so.

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani will visit Pakistan on Thursday to meet Prime Minister Imran Khan, less than a week after its neighbor hosted Afghan opposition leaders to discuss ways to end an 18-year-long war.

Why the relative quiet around E Jean Carroll’s allegation? Is it sexism? Outrage fatigue? Journalistic cowardice? All of the above?Donald Trump once boasted he could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot someone without losing any votes. While this thesis hasn’t been tested – yet – I suspect he’s probably right. Just look at the muted reaction to the allegations the president once sexually assaulted a woman on ...

Employees of Boston-based online retailer Wayfair plan to walk out Wednesday in protest of the company selling goods for use in detention camps.        

Three people are dead after a man who was fired from his job at a Ford dealership in the San Francisco Bay Area fatally shot two employees.        

The state becomes the 11th in the country to legalize recreational pot. The Illinois law, which goes into effect on Jan. 1, also expunges the criminal records of some 800,000 past offenders.

Desmond Amofah, a popular YouTuber who went by the name "Etika," has been found dead almost a week after he was reported missing, authorities said.

The head of the Massachusetts motor vehicle division has resigned for failing to terminate the commercial driving license of a man whose collision with a group of motorcyclists in New Hampshire left seven dead

Forsyth County police released bodycam footage of "Baby India" who was found in a plastic bag in the woods. Baby India is safe under the care of child services, and police are hoping someone will have information on her identity.

A second meeting between Trump and Kim in Hanoi four months ago collapsed without any agreement.

One of the few Trump campaign officials still in the White House, Grisham takes over from Sarah Sanders on Friday.

The hit comedy was the most-watched Netflix show in 2018, according to data analytics firm Jumpshot.

Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk, In a speech today, Fed Chair Jerome Powell took a swipe at Trump, then patted himself and the Fed on the back... Powell Snipes at Trump Image courtesy of Hedgeye Inquiring minds are tuning into a Powell Speech in which he chastises Trump and praises himself for a job well done. In a blast pointed directly at Trump, Powell proclaimed "The Fed is ...

Cardi B has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from a brawl in a New York strip club last August.

On Wednesday, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren will join nine other candidates for the first of two Democratic presidential debates this week in Miami. Due to the size of the field, the 20 candidates who qualified are split between two nights, and the end result might feel anticlimactic. Two of Warren’s top 2020 rivals, former Vice […]

Global markets and US equity futures are so desperate for any trade war optimism that they positively soared just after 5am EDT when Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin regurgitated a long-running soundbite, saying that a trade deal between China and the United States was "90% completed", days before a high-stakes meeting between the two countries’ ...

Salt Lake City police said they don't have evidence of foul play but are worried because it isn't in Mackenzie Lueck's character to "go off the grid."        

A Virginia doctor was gunned down with his tour guide while on vacation in Belize, according to local authorities.

Political newcomer Tiffany Caban, a progressive Democrat endorsed by U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, declared victory in a close-run primary race for district attorney in the New York City borough of Queens.

The Justice Department is suing former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman for failing to file a personal financial report following her termination in 2017.

A Washington DC Judge has denied President Trump's efforts to halt a lawsuit brought by 201 Congressional Democrats who have sued to require that Trump seek approval from lawmakers before accepting financial benefits from foreign governments, according to Bloomberg. US District Judge Emmet Sullivan (who is also presiding over former national security adviser Michael Flynn's case) issued a pair of orders on ...

Trump: U.S. ready for 'whatever' Iran does next; Sep. 11th First Responders meet with McConnell

The political standoff stems from a bill to reduce carbon emissions

Bombardier has given up on commercial aviation, selling its regional jet business to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for $550 million in cash.

President Donald Trump's protocol chief, Sean Lawler, has been suspended indefinitely just ahead of the G-20 meeting in Japan pending the outcome of a State Department investigation into his conduct, according to multiple State Department officials with direct knowledge of the matter.

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to obliterate parts of Iran if it attacked "anything American," in a new war of words with Iran which condemned fresh U.S. sanctions on Tehran as "mentally retarded."

A fighter jet pilot who was shot down and captured by the forces of one of Libya’s rival governments was revealed to be a US Air Force veteran. The US media identified Jamie Sponaugle after his Saudi-facilitated release. Read Full Article at RT.com

Most of Europe will be blanketed by an oppressive heatwave as the continent suffers unreasonable warmth this week, with officials across the European Union announcing severe warnings against dehydration and heatstroke. The heat wave will be centered from Spain into France and Germany. AccuWeather said a storm stalling over the Atlantic Ocean and high pressure over central and eastern Europe will push hot desert ...

Washington may stop sharing intelligence on North Korea with Seoul if it refuses to toe the US line and bar China’s Huawei from installing its communications equipment in South Korea. Read Full Article at RT.com

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday that China should reform its economy to end a trade war with the United States that is damaging the global economy, comments that could strain ties with the country's largest trading partner.

About two weeks ago we documented the story of a private helicopter that slammed into the roof of a Manhattan high-rise, killing its pilot. Today, a new report from Bloomberg offers insight as to the cause of the accident: the pilot had become lost in the clouds and was trying to return to the East River heliport, where he had just taken off. The NTSB said on Tuesday that the pilot radioed the E. 34th St. ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 25 state and local agencies on Tuesday unveiled a crackdown on robocalls as a congressional panel approved a bill that would take new steps to reduce the unwanted calls.

The U.S. Department of Justice has begun a criminal probe into allegations that Tyson Foods Inc and other poultry processors including Pilgrim's Pride Corp and Sanderson Farms Inc colluded to fix poultry prices, court documents show.

Embattled Rep. Duncan Hunter used campaign funds to pay for extramarital affairs with lobbyists and congressional staffers, prosecutors in California alleged in a court filing Monday.