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Two Navy warships transited the Taiwan Strait on Monday in a show of force in Pentagon efforts to push back against China’s expansive claims to control waters near the communist mainland.
Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Chris Logan said the guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur and the guided missile cruiser USS Antietam took part in the passage operation “in accordance with international law.”
Scott Wallace, a Democratic congressional candidate in Pennsylvania, lost his composure and told his Republican opponent to “F– off” during a debate on Sunday.
Democratic senator Claire McCaskill kicked off a “Fighting for You” tour across Missouri on Monday. Her Republican opponent Josh Hawley says the slogan was lifted from Hillary Clinton’s failed 2016 presidential campaign. The Clinton campaign failed to truly embrace a slogan, but “Fighting for You” was one of the first it ever trotted out, using …
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.), in an apparent reference to the midterm elections, said Sunday he hopes the Democrats get their “a– beat” over what they did to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation process.
Thousands of Central American migrants have continued to push forward in their attempts to reach the United States, despite efforts by Mexico to halt their advance.
ELKO, Nev/MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said Washington would withdraw from a landmark Cold War-era treaty that eliminated nuclear missiles from Europe because Russia was violating the pact, triggering a warning of retaliatory measures from Moscow.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) said he did not believe there would be a “great blue wave” on Election Day, apparently trying to tamp down expectations for the Democratic Party.
Two days after a Gwinnett County police officer was killed while investigating a suspicious vehicle, a manhunt ended in the death of suspect Tafahree Maynard, according to authorities.
A majority of Americans continue to support capital punishment, a new poll from Gallup shows, continuing the status quo since the death penalty was reestablished as constitutional in 1976.
Attorney and potential 2020 White House candidate Michael Avenatti was hit with a $4.85 million judgment Monday by a California judge over an unpaid debt to a former law partner.
The Republican National Committee raised nearly three times as much money as the Democratic National Committee in September with $26.2 million in donations compared to the DNC’s $9.7 million.
INWOOD, W.Va.—Patrick Morrisey said he is within the margin of error in his race to defeat incumbent Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin in West Virginia.
Alexander Soros, the son of billionaire political activist George Soros, donated $100,000 to an independent expenditure committee intended to support Rep. Keith Ellison’s bid to become attorney general of Minnesota, an amount that represents slightly less than half of all funds raised by the committee.
The Trump administration is trying to help small businesses and the self-employed lower the costs of maintaining retirement benefits.
A chief opponent of the one of the nation’s first bill barring boycotts of Israel is vying to become Illinois’ next attorney general, a post that would allow the candidate to weaken the legislation, according to those who are raising concerns in the state’s pro-Israel community.
A new poll shows opposition to a ban on so-called assault weapons is near an all-time high despite the confused terminology it used.
U.S. special operators and other troops have been using advanced war-fighting applications for hand-held devices that contain software weaknesses that render them vulnerable to hacking by hostile actors, a non-public U.S. Navy Inspector General investigation found earlier this year.
New court filings document the extent to which the Obama administration used government power to target disfavored industries, and subsequently sought to avoid responsibility for its targeting program.
Something about Tom Brady was different. New England sports diehard Jerry Thornton realized this when the cover of the February 18, 2002, edition of People magazine caught his eye. “Why I Had Plastic Surgery” blared the big-blocked letters. But it wasn’t Greta Van Susteren featuring her new “talk of TV” look that grabbed his attention. Thornton was fixated by the top right corner: a space occupied by a visor-wearing quarterback who until now had been a pop-culture anonymous. “Those lips, that chin, that Super Bowl win!” read the accompanying tease with Brady’s photo. If Celtics icon Larry Bird had gotten a “That wispy mustache, those tiny shorts—the best in sports” treatment, Thornton couldn’t recall.
So, here’s a story. You probably saw it in the news, in the dueling op-eds, in the outrage that swirled around it. But the story is still worth revisiting as a microcosm, a little diorama, of our cultural situation. This past July, The Nation published a poem by Anders Carlson-Wee called “How-To,” narrated by a panhandler offering advice to other panhandlers, explaining how to gin up sympathy among the passers-by.
The House election in Iowa’s First Congressional District pits Republican congressman Rod Blum against Democrat Abby Finkenauer, a member of the Iowa House of Representatives. The closely contested race will prove crucial for determining which party will control the lower chamber of Congress next year.
Scott Wallace, a Democratic congressional candidate in Pennsylvania, lost his composure and told his Republican opponent to “F– off” during a debate on Sunday.
INWOOD, W.Va.—Patrick Morrisey said he is within the margin of error in his race to defeat incumbent Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin in West Virginia.
Democratic senator Claire McCaskill kicked off a “Fighting for You” tour across Missouri on Monday. Her Republican opponent Josh Hawley says the slogan was lifted from Hillary Clinton’s failed 2016 presidential campaign. The Clinton campaign failed to truly embrace a slogan, but “Fighting for You” was one of the first it ever trotted out, using …
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.), in an apparent reference to the midterm elections, said Sunday he hopes the Democrats get their “a– beat” over what they did to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation process.
Thousands of Central American migrants have continued to push forward in their attempts to reach the United States, despite efforts by Mexico to halt their advance.
ELKO, Nev/MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said Washington would withdraw from a landmark Cold War-era treaty that eliminated nuclear missiles from Europe because Russia was violating the pact, triggering a warning of retaliatory measures from Moscow.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) said he did not believe there would be a “great blue wave” on Election Day, apparently trying to tamp down expectations for the Democratic Party.
Alexander Soros, the son of billionaire political activist George Soros, donated $100,000 to an independent expenditure committee intended to support Rep. Keith Ellison’s bid to become attorney general of Minnesota, an amount that represents slightly less than half of all funds raised by the committee.
Two days after a Gwinnett County police officer was killed while investigating a suspicious vehicle, a manhunt ended in the death of suspect Tafahree Maynard, according to authorities.
A majority of Americans continue to support capital punishment, a new poll from Gallup shows, continuing the status quo since the death penalty was reestablished as constitutional in 1976.
Attorney and potential 2020 White House candidate Michael Avenatti was hit with a $4.85 million judgment Monday by a California judge over an unpaid debt to a former law partner.
