Trump to pull U.S. out of U.N. arms treaty, heeding NRA
President Donald Trump on Friday announced at the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting that the United States will drop out of an international arms treaty signed in 2013 by then-President Barack Obama but opposed by the NRA and other conservati…
Under fire, former U.S. V.P. Biden says he did not treat Anita Hill badly
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, in his first interview as a Democratic presidential candidate, insisted on Friday that he did not treat law professor Anita Hill badly during confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas held alm…
Biden raises $6.3 million online in first 24 hours of campaign: MSNBC
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden raised $6.3 million online in first 24 hours of his campaign and 90 percent of those donations were under $200, MSNBC reported on Friday.
Pentagon set to send 300 more troops to Mexico border, some in contact with migrants
The Pentagon said on Friday that it expected to send about 300 additional troops to the border with Mexico including roughly 100 cooks who would hand out meals, breaking with past policy to avoid troops coming in contact with migrants.
Factbox: Crowd of U.S. Congress committees investigating Trump
At least half a dozen committees of the U.S. Congress are investigating President Donald Trump, who is refusing to cooperate with most of them since the April 18 release of the Mueller report on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential electi…
Trump vows to withdraw from international arms trade treaty
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday vowed to revoke the United States’ status as a signatory of the Arms Trade Treaty, saying he would ask the U.S. Senate not to ratify the pact signed by his Democratic predecessor Barack Obama.
Not so fast: Trump’s Alaska drilling study slammed by U.S. wildlife regulator
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Under fire, former V.P. Biden says he did not treat Anita Hill badly
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, in his first interview as a Democratic presidential candidate, said on Friday that he does not believe he treated law professor Anita Hill badly during the 1991 confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Clare…
Pompeo aims to lift State Dept. morale with ‘ethos’ statement
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, hoping to boost workforce morale, unveiled an “ethos” statement on Friday that some former officials viewed with skepticism, partly because an early draft had language they saw as an admonition not to leak to the me…
Trump expected to withdraw U.S. from Arms Trade Treaty
President Donald Trump on Friday was expected to announce his intention to revoke the United States’ status as a signatory of the Arms Trade Treaty, which was signed in 2013 by then-President Barack Obama but never ratified by Congress, two U.S. officials said.
