Trump trade-war aid sows frustration in farm country
The U.S. government is paying Texas cotton farmer J. Walt Hagood $145 an acre for losses related to U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade policies. But Minnesota soybean farmer Betsy Jensen will get just $35 an acre.
Actress Felicity Huffman heads to court for U.S. college scandal sentencing
Actress Felicity Huffman, the first parent to be sentenced in a wide-ranging college admissions scandal, faces prison time on Friday for admittedly paying to rig her daughter’s entrance exam.
Exclusive: While battling opioid crisis, U.S. government weighed using fentanyl for executions
The U.S. Department of Justice examined using fentanyl in lethal injections as it prepared last year to resume executing condemned prisoners, a then untested use of the powerful, addictive opioid that has helped fuel a national crisis of overdose death…
Democrats back on campaign trail after third presidential debate
The Democratic presidential contenders headed back to the campaign trail on Friday after a debate that largely reinforced former Vice President Joe Biden’s front-runner status and left his rivals searching for a formula to knock him out of the top spot…
New storm hits hurricane-ravaged Bahamas, could become tropical storm
A new storm brought rain and wind to the hurricane ravaged Bahamas early Friday, with the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) warning it could turn into a tropical storm.
Democrats in presidential debate hint at no swift end to China tariffs
Democratic presidential hopefuls criticized President Donald Trump’s trade war with China but gave no hint they would work toward a quick resolution if elected, pledging during their debate on Thursday to hold Beijing accountable for “corrupt” practice…
U.S. Democrats in presidential debate hint at no swift end to China tariffs
Democratic presidential hopefuls criticized President Donald Trump’s trade war with China but gave no hint they would work toward a quick resolution if elected, pledging during their debate on Thursday to hold Beijing accountable for “corrupt” practice…
Climate protesters arrested at Texas port during U.S. presidential debate
Police have arrested the Greenpeace climate protesters who closed part of a key oil export waterway for 18 hours by tying themselves to a bridge and dangling over the water.
Biden maintains grip on 2020 Democratic race after third debate
Those expecting Joe Biden’s presidential candidacy to flame out any day now will have to keep waiting.
Some Democrats snipe, others unite in third presidential debate
Some of the 10 Democratic presidential candidates meeting in their third debate on Thursday took shots at front-runner Joe Biden, while others called for unity during a night dominated by questions around race, guns and healthcare.
