Donald Trump plans to send 5,000 US troops to the country’s southern border, a massive increase from the 800 originally planned, in order to secure legal ports of entry, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Cesar Sayoc Jr. was tracked down swiftly as the FBI joined forces with New York City police, the US Postal Inspection Service, and officers in Florida, Justice Department officials said today (Oct. 26)
This article was updated with information about the suspect who has been arrested at 12:15pm.
Director and actor Robert De Niro’s New York restaurant and production company is the latest target of a suspicious package that’s believed to be a bomb, New York Police said early Thursday morning (Oct. 25); last night a Delaware mail facility intercepted a similar package addressed to former vice president Joe Biden.
Explosive devices were found in mail addressed to Barack Obama in Washington and Hillary Clinton in suburban New York City, the US Secret Service said today (Oct. 24).
The United States will kick some Saudi diplomats out of the country, and could freeze the assets of others in retaliation for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, officials said today.
Updated Oct. 20 at 10:22am EDT.
This article has been updated.
Khalid bin Salman, Saudi Arabia ambassador to the US and younger brother of the ruling crown prince, left the kingdom’s embassy in Washington last week on what is being called a fact-finding mission about Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance.
Saudi Arabia’s influence in the US is being scrutinized after the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul.
Following Donald Trump saying yesterday (Oct. 13) there could be “severe punishment” for Saudi Arabia if officials were involved in the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi government has threatened to retaliate.
US stock markets closed down sharply again on Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping 2.13% and the S&P 500 index down 1.96%. It’s the second day of steep drops for US stocks, and the worst start to a trading quarter in nearly two years.
Kanye West was scheduled to have lunch at the White House today, to talk about jobs for African-Americans and the crime rate in Chicago. Instead, he created a scene that left even Trump speechless.
In June 2017, Nikki Haley made a trip to the vast Gaza Strip refugee camps that shelter millions of displaced Palestinians.
With the midterm elections fast approaching, Donald Trump has picked up a pen to help the party. In an op-ed published today in USA Today the president attacks a Democratic healthcare plan, claims they want to erase the US’s borders, and threatens that a Democratic victory at the polls will transform the US into a socialist country.
Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations, has resigned. She will leave office at the end of 2018, the White House announced on Tuesday.
With a vote of 50-48-1, the US Senate confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court today, despite allegations of sexual assault, and calls from universities, lawyers, and church groups for him to withdraw.
Senator Susan Collins, the Republican from Maine, explained why she would support Brett Kavanaugh on the Senate floor Friday afternoon, essentially guaranteeing he will be the US’s next Supreme Court justice.
Susan Collins, a Republican senator from Maine, holds a pivotal vote in the confirmation of Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Brett Kavanaugh’s controversial nomination to the Supreme Court advanced a step further this morning, when senators voted 51 to 49 to advance to a final confirmation vote.
The FBI has concluded its investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. As the White House demanded, the investigation lasted only a few days.
A vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the US Supreme Court is expected this weekend, after Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell filed a late-night motion for a “cloture” vote to be held tomorrow (Oct. 5).
The rush to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as the next US Supreme Court justice—despite growing doubts about his temperament and truthfulness, as well as allegations of sexual misconduct—boils down to one reason: He’s key to getting Trump voters to the polls in November, some Republicans say.
US Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has scheduled a vote for Brett Kavanaugh on Friday (Oct. 5), after the conclusion of a hasty FBI investigation into his background that didn’t include an interview with the Supreme Court nominee nor the woman who has accused him of sexual assault when she was 15.
