Trump Issues Friday Vote Ultimatum
US President Donald Trump has demanded a make-or-break vote in the House of Representatives on Friday on his troubled healthcare bill. The American Healthcare Act is intended to replace parts of...
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Israel, US Conclude Talks Without Settlement Agreement
Israel and the United States concluded talks in Washington on advancing peace with the Palestinians, without agreeing on one of the thorniest issues -- Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian...
London Attack
Four people were killed, along with the assailant, in Wednesday's attack in Westminster, close to the Houses of Parliament. About 40 people from 11 different countries were injured, of whom 29 needed...
James Corden Reveals the Game He’d Play With Donald Trump On His Show
Donald Trump has never visited "The Late Late Show," but if he did, James Corden knows exactly what game he'd play. It's called "Stand By It or Take It Back." "When was running for president, he...
In Trump Land, Painful Choices Await If Obamacare Goes
Maribeth Coote says she hates Obamacare, but it's the only health coverage option she can afford in this remote, hardscrabble corner of southwestern Pennsylvania. The government should "just back off...
James Corden and the Hit Show That Nearly Never Was
In two years, James Corden's "The Late Late Show" has become an Emmy Award-winning benchmark for innovative late-night TV, spawning viral videos watched by hundreds of millions of fans around the...
As US Takes Aim At Immigration, Musicians Feel the Pinch
Before he staged a professional comeback last week, the rapper Kayem had disappeared from public life for two years. A US citizen by birth who remembers his relatives' suffering at the hands of...
Trump’s Truck Driver Moment
Trump at the wheel of a big rig? Yes, it happened -- at the White House. US President Donald Trump was rallying votes for his health care reform bill Thursday but made a pit stop in the afternoon to...
US Deal With DirecTV Settles California Baseball Case
The US Justice Department on Thursday announced a deal with DirecTV to settle charges that it shared information with competitors negotiating to broadcast games played by a California baseball team....
Gorillaz Announce Album With Sci-Fi Fantasy
Virtual rockers Gorillaz on Thursday announced a new album and previewed it with a track that merges rock, hip-hop and reggae alongside a trippy sci-fi video. The experimental side project of Damon...
Blow For Trump As House Vote Delayed
A vote on President Donald Trump's new health care bill in the House of Representatives has been delayed. The postponement is a setback for the president who had insisted he would win the numbers to...
US Military Chiefs Defend Diplomacy In Face of Trump Cuts
President Donald Trump's proposed gutting of the State Department budget and other "soft power" agencies could hamper long-term security goals and make the military's job tougher, US generals are...
US Senate Approves Settlement Backer As Israel Envoy
The US Senate on Thursday approved the appointment of President Donald Trump's former bankruptcy lawyer, a supporter of Israeli settlement building, as Washington's ambassador to Israel. Trump's...
Democrats Vow To Oppose Vote On Trump Supreme Court Nominee
The top Democrat in the US Senate vowed Thursday that his party will block a confirmation vote on President Donald Trump's nominee to fill a vacant Supreme Court seat. The Republican-controlled upper...
Democrats Press Trump SEC Nominee For Wall Street Regulator
President Donald Trump's pick to serve as the chief US financial markets regulator defended himself Thursday against charges his career as a Wall Street lawyer could hinder his ability to oversee the...
Supreme Court Pick Neil Gorsuch To Be Blocked By Democrats
The leading Democrat in the US Senate says he will lead an attempt to block President Donald Trump's nomination for the Supreme Court. Chuck Schumer said Judge Neil Gorsuch favoured the "powerful...
Trump Defends Unsubstantiated Claims, Says ‘I’m President’
US President Donald Trump has defended making unsubstantiated claims about wiretapping and election fraud that have damaged his credibility, saying in a new interview he "predicted a lot of things."...
Trump Says ‘great American’ Killed In London Attack
Donald Trump on Thursday confirmed an American was killed during the bloody rampage at the British parliament that has been claimed by the Islamic State group. "A great American, Kurt Cochran, was...
Trump’s Health Care Reform Plan Hangs In Balance
US President Donald Trump held last-minute negotiations with fellow Republicans to avoid a humiliating defeat Thursday in his biggest legislative test to date, as lawmakers vote on an Obamacare...
Israel Arrests Jewish Teen Over Anti-Semitic Threats In US, Elsewhere
Israel arrested on Thursday a Jewish teenager accused of making dozens of anti-Semitic bomb threats in the United States and elsewhere, and one to a major airline, following a wide-ranging...