Attack On US Lawmakers
A rifle-toting US man opened fire Wednesday at about two dozen Republican lawmakers and staff holding a baseball practice ahead of a charity game, wounding a top congressman and four others. The...
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Attack On US Lawmakers
A rifle-toting US man opened fire Wednesday at about two dozen Republican lawmakers and staff holding a baseball practice ahead of a charity game, wounding a top congressman and four others. The...
Shooter of Republicans Was Sanders Fan, Had Run-Ins With Law
James T. Hodgkinson, the rifle-toting 66-year-old who opened fire on a Republican lawmakers practicing for a baseball game Wednesday, was a fervent fan of leftist Senator Bernie Sanders and disdained...
Trump Administration Unveils Plan To Defang Consumer Watchdog
The Trump administration has said it wants to ease oversight of smaller banks and curb the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's powers. The report from the Treasury Department outlined...
White House Calls For Rollback of Banking Regulations
The White House on Monday issued a roadmap for loosening US banking regulations, including a recommendation to ease "stress tests" for large banks, according to a report published by the Treasury....
Comey Boosted Case For Obstruction Charges Against Trump
Former FBI director James Comey's scathing testimony has boosted the case for obstruction of justice charges against President Donald Trump, legal experts say. But more evidence is needed to prove...
Obstruction of Justice and the Long Road To Impeachment
Fired FBI director James Comey withheld judgment Thursday on whether President Donald Trump's requests that he drop an investigation into his former national security advisor amounted to obstruction...
Kofi Annan, Patrick Awuah Among 100 Most Reputable People
Ghana’s Kofi Annan (a former UN Secretary General) and founder of the Ashesi University, Patrick Awuah, have been named among the 100 most reputable people on earth for the year 2017. South African...
A Legacy Etched In Minds of Americans
John F. Kennedy -- young, heroic, charismatic -- embodied the overflowing promise of possibility of 20th century America, until an assassin's bullet ended his life in November 1963. One hundred years...
Republican Health Bill To Leave 23m Uninsured
Some 23 million people would lose health insurance over the next decade under the revised Republican healthcare plan, says a non-partisan agency. Fourteen million people would be uninsured in 2018...
23 Mn Fewer Insured Under Republican Health Bill
The new Republican health care bill approved by the House of Representatives will leave 23 million fewer Americans insured by 2026 if it becomes law, a congressional forecast reported Wednesday. That...
In Montana, Cowboy Democrat Looks For Anti-Trump Election Win
Can a guitar-strumming cowboy poet strike the first blow at the polls against President Donald Trump? Democrat Rob Quist reckons he can do just that, in Thursday's closely-watched special...
Speaker Leads Parliamentary Delegation To Morocco
Ghana’s Speaker of parliament Prof Mike Aaron Oquaye has led a seven-member delegation are in the Moroccan city of Rabat for a three day visit to that country’s House of Representatives. He is...
Speaker Mike Oquaye Leads Parliamentary Delegation To Morocco
The Speaker of Ghana's Parliament Prof. Mike Aaron Oqauye has led a seven member delegation to the Moroccan city of Rabat for a three day visit to the House of Representatives in the country. While...
Brazil’s Beleaguered President Temer Refuses To Resign
Brazil is reeling from a dramatic new twist in its ongoing political crisis. Amid calls for his resignation from the public and politicians alike, President Michel Temer is now under investigation by...
Markets Fall As Trump Turmoil Grows
Big falls on US stock markets have dragged down Asian shares over fears the political controversy surrounding President Trump will blunt his ability to deliver tax and regulatory reform. Wall...
Putin Offers To Release Meeting Record
Vladimir Putin has waded into the growing row surrounding US President Donald Trump and his links to Russia. US media say Mr Trump passed on classified information to Russian officials last week, but...
Trump Will Nominate Callista Gingrich As Vatican Envoy
President Donald Trump is set to nominate Callista Gingrich, wife of former House speaker Newt Gingrich, to be the next US ambassador to the Vatican. The nomination is expected to be formalized...
Trump To Nominate Callista Gingrich As Vatican Envoy
President Donald Trump is set to nominate Callista Gingrich, wife of former House speaker Newt Gingrich, to be the next US ambassador to the Vatican, CNN and The New York Times reported. The...
Isolated and Agitated, Trump Rattles White House From Within
Isolated and agitated, Trump rattles White House from within A buoyant President Donald Trump reemerged into public for the first time in more than a week on Friday, offering few signs of the malaise...