Eighteen Democrats, three Republicans in U.S. presidential race
The historically large field of Democratic presidential candidates vying to take on Republican President Donald Trump in next November’s U.S. election was back up to 18 on Sunday after former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined the race.
Thanksgiving travel: wicked weather, ‘nothing worse than Wednesday’
A trio of wintry storms headed across the United States during the busy Thanksgiving travel period could mean jitters or joy for more than 55 million people on the roads, rails, waterways and in the air.
Thrown from mall balcony, Minnesota boy now walks ‘perfectly,’ attends school
A little boy, critically injured when a stranger threw him off a balcony at a Minnesota mall last spring, is back in school and walking normally, after numerous surgeries, physical therapy and an outpouring of public support, according to a family fri…
Justice Ginsburg in hospital, but expected to be released soon
Liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is in a Maryland hospital after suffering from chills and a fever, but is expected to be released on Sunday, the Supreme Court said on Saturday.
U.S. Navy Secretary says he did not threaten to resign in dispute with Trump
The U.S. Navy Secretary said on Saturday he did not threaten to resign amid a disagreement with President Donald Trump over whether a Navy SEAL convicted of battlefield misconduct should face a board of peers who may oust him from the elite force.
U.S. Republican senators ask Treasury for any reports on Hunter Biden
The Republican chairmen of two U.S. Senate committees have asked the Treasury Department, in a letter, for possible reports of money laundering or fraud on the business dealings of former Vice President Joe Biden’s son with a Ukraine energy firm.
Texas teacher faces backlash for telling student to ‘speak English’
A Latino civil rights group on Friday called for a Texas teacher to be banned from instructing students after she was shown on video appearing to tell a Latino high school pupil to “speak English; we’re in America.”
Amazon files lawsuit contesting Pentagon’s $10 billion cloud contract to Microsoft
Amazon.com Inc filed a lawsuit in a federal U.S. court on Friday contesting the U.S. Defense Department’s decision last month to award a Pentagon cloud computing contract worth up to $10 billion to rival bidder Microsoft Corp.
Justice Department backs Trump in Supreme Court fight over his tax returns
The U.S. Justice Department on Friday backed President Donald Trump in his fight at the Supreme Court to prevent his tax returns from being disclosed to a New York prosecutor.
U.S. Army cadets told not to use TikTok in uniform
U.S. Army cadets were this week instructed not to use China-owned social media app TikTok while representing the military, an Army spokeswoman said on Friday, amid concerns over the app’s handling of user data.
