No sign of end to standoff over Trump impeachment trial
Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday there would be no haggling with the Democratic-led House of Representatives over the rules for U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.
U.S. billion-dollar weather disasters doubled in last decade: report
The number of billion-dollar climate- and weather-related disasters in the United States more than doubled in the last decade, with costs soaring above $800 billion, according to a U.S. government report released on Wednesday.
Trump administration casts doubt on women’s rights amendment push
The Trump administration on Wednesday said it was too late to renew the effort to push through a decades-old proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would ensure American women have equal rights to men.
Alaska had warmest year ever in 2019: U.S. report
Last year was Alaska’s warmest year on record and the second wettest in the contiguous United States, according to a government report on the U.S. climate released on Wednesday.
CNN settles defamation lawsuit with Kentucky teen in Lincoln Memorial case
(This Jan. 7 story corrects headline and paragraph 1 to say Lincoln Memorial, not Washington Memorial)
CNN settles defamation lawsuit with Kentucky teen in Washington Memorial case
CNN has settled with a Kentucky teenager who sued the network for defamation over its coverage of his encounter with a Native American at the Washington Memorial a year ago.
Mexican migrants removed from border camp after family separation threat
Mexican authorities on Tuesday removed almost 100 Mexican migrants seeking asylum in the United States from a camp in downtown Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas, according to a Reuters witness, after state police threatened to separa…
Alaska volcano’s sustained eruption grounds flights, prompts safety alert
An Alaska volcano shot an ash cloud about 5 miles (8 km) into the sky on Tuesday, prompting flight delays and cancellations and raining volcanic particles onto at least one nearby community, officials said.
Americans increasingly critical of Trump’s record on Iran, most expect war: Reuters/Ipsos poll
The American public is increasingly critical of President Donald Trump’s handling of Iran after he ordered the U.S. military to kill a powerful Iranian military commander, and a majority of U.S. adults now expect the countries to be at war in the near …
California congressman convicted in corruption case to resign next week
U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter, a leading California Republican who pleaded guilty last month to a federal corruption charge of conspiracy to misuse campaign funds, announced on Tuesday that he would resign from office effective Jan. 13.
