U.S. Speaker Pelosi says she ripped up Trump speech because it ‘shredded the truth’
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi had not planned to tear up President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech but decided to do so after she could not find a page “that didn’t have a lie on it,” she told fellow Democratic lawmakers o…
New York charges NRA over illegal insurance sales, deceiving members
New York’s financial regulator on Wednesday filed civil charges accusing the National Rifle Association of offering insurance to its members without a license and concealing how it routinely kept some of their premiums for itself.
About 350 U.S. evacuees from virus-hit Chinese city land at California air base
Two planes carrying about 350 Americans out of Wuhan, China, arrived at a U.S. military base in California on Wednesday, in Washington’s latest effort to bring its citizens home from the epicenter of the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak.
Biden wins support of large electrical workers union
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden clinched the support of the 775,000-member International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) on Wednesday, deepening his union backing in a competitive race for his party’s presidential nomination.
Car chase breaks out on Kansas City Super Bowl celebration parade route ahead of Chiefs party
A driver crashed the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration on Wednesday, breaking through a parade barrier and leading police on a chase through the parade route before coming to a halt a few hours before the festivities got underway, police said….
About 350 U.S. evacuees from virus-hit Chinese city land at California air base: local media
About 350 Americans who left Wuhan, China, aboard two planes arrived at a U.S. military base in California on Wednesday, in Washington’s latest effort to fly its citizens away from the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.
Some 350 U.S. evacuees from virus-hit Chinese city headed to California air bases
About 350 Americans have left Wuhan, China, aboard two planes and are expected to arrive at two U.S. military bases in California on Wednesday, in Washington’s latest efforts to fly its citizens away from the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.
U.S. citizens evacuated from China due to arrive at California military bases
About 350 Americans evacuated from Wuhan, the Chinese city at the center of the coronavirus outbreak, are expected to arrive at two U.S. military bases in California on Wednesday as Washington works to fly more citizens home.
Qatar Foundation rejects U.S. university’s reason for scrapping event after anti-gay backlash
An American university’s partner in Qatar has rejected the university’s explanation for cancelling an event in Doha that would have featured a prominent Middle East band whose singer is openly gay.
In political speech to Congress, Trump pokes at Democrats’ divide on healthcare
Democrats campaigned on healthcare when they won control of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018. President Donald Trump made plain on Tuesday that he would try to use the issue to his advantage in the 2020 presidential election.
