Army OKs Dakota Access pipeline completion Posted: 07 Feb 2017 04:00 PM PST The military says it will allow the controversial $3.8 billion oil project to cross under a Missouri River reservoir, eliminating a big hurdle. |
FCC poised for changes under Trump pick Posted: 07 Feb 2017 12:54 PM PST Incoming Chairman Ajit Pai plans to lead the agency in a drastically different direction than his predecessors. |
DeVos confirmed as Education secretary Posted: 07 Feb 2017 03:11 PM PST The controversial school choice activist is approved by the Senate after VP Mike Pence breaks a 50-50 tie. |
Ginsburg favors change to Electoral College Posted: 07 Feb 2017 08:15 AM PST The Supreme Court justice's remark during a speech at Stanford, in which she lamented Washington's partisanship, drew applause. |
White House and CNN clash over 'credibility' Posted: 07 Feb 2017 12:52 PM PST Presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway appears on the network following reports it specifically declined to have her on this past weekend. |
Putin critic suffered 'acute poisoning' Posted: 07 Feb 2017 08:58 AM PST Vladimir Kara-Murza has been on a ventilator and undergoing dialysis since he collapsed last week. |
GOP votes to kill election commission Posted: 07 Feb 2017 01:35 PM PST Despite President Trump's claims of widespread voter fraud that he says cost him the popular vote, Congress moves to forgo investigation. |
2 Republicans seek to slash legal immigration Posted: 07 Feb 2017 12:16 PM PST The senators' bill woukd cut the number of legal immigrants admitted into the U.S. in half, but the it faces an uphill climb. |
Iran scorns Trump, rebuffs U.S. warning Posted: 07 Feb 2017 12:27 PM PST Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismisses being put "on notice" over his country's missile tests and calls Trump the "real face" of the corrupt U.S. system. |
Twitter broadens campaign against abuse Posted: 07 Feb 2017 01:53 PM PST The company says it has begun identifying people banned for hateful behavior and it will stop them from creating new accounts. |
Trump's rich-first economic policy Posted: 07 Feb 2017 10:29 AM PST Though he campaigned on the "forgotten men and women of America," Trump has aided elites since winning the election. |
Melania could rake in millions as first lady Posted: 07 Feb 2017 01:32 PM PST As "one of the most photographed women in the world," Melania Trump could see the value of her personal brand explode, her lawyers say. |
State of Washington v. Trump: Judges to rule Posted: 07 Feb 2017 09:44 AM PST Trump's contentious immigration ban faces another legal hurdle Tuesday in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. |
Trump's puzzling underreported terror list Posted: 07 Feb 2017 08:40 AM PST The White House claims terror attacks in San Bernardino, Calif., Paris, and Orlando, Fla., were virtually ignored. |
Worrisome trend for freedom around the world Posted: 07 Feb 2017 05:40 AM PST Only three countries received a perfect score in the human rights group Freedom House's annual report. |
Obama's new post-presidency sport Posted: 07 Feb 2017 05:42 AM PST Billionaire Richard Branson gives the president a friendly challenge during a vacation in the Caribbean. |
Trump Cabinet pick caught in labor flap Posted: 07 Feb 2017 02:10 PM PST The housekeeper worked for Andrew Puzder and his wife "for a few years" until they learned of her status, he says. |
Clinton: 'The future is female' Posted: 07 Feb 2017 05:57 AM PST In her first video statement since Trump's inauguration, Clinton cited the Women's March as evidence of promise that will be fulfilled. |
Trump's puzzling underreported terror list Posted: 06 Feb 2017 08:02 PM PST The White House claims terror attacks in San Bernardino, Calif., Paris, and Orlando, Fla., were virtually ignored. |
Amnesty: Up to 13,000 hanged in Syria Posted: 07 Feb 2017 10:56 AM PST A chilling report alleges mass killings from 2011 to 2015 at a prison referred to as the "slaughterhouse." |
Senate confirms Trump’s education chief pick Posted: 07 Feb 2017 04:05 PM PST Betsy DeVos was confirmed after Vice President Mike Pence broke a 50-50 tie. |
Federal judges skeptical of Trump travel ban Posted: 07 Feb 2017 05:23 PM PST A panel of circuit court judges at an appeals hearing questions the executive order, which has upended travel to the U.S. |
War of words between Trump, California escalates Posted: 06 Feb 2017 04:49 PM PST California Democratic leaders dispute the president's contention that the state is "out of control." |