Joe Kent, the former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, who resigned Tuesday, is under criminal investigation for potentially leaking classified information, according to multiple […]
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Cuba’s chief says US aggression would meet ‘impregnable resistance’
HAVANA — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has lashed out after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested he can do “whatever he wants” with the island and […]
Federal Reserve may sign no rate of interest cuts this 12 months in wake of Iran struggle
WASHINGTON — A key question hangs over the Federal Reserve’s two-day meeting that ends Wednesday: Will central bank policymakers still reduce short-term interest rates this […]
Chief Justice Roberts says private criticism of judges is harmful and has ‘acquired to cease’
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts warned Tuesday that personal criticism of federal judges is dangerous and “it’s got to stop,” two […]
New York transit officers sue Trump administration to revive subway challenge funding
NEW YORK — The transit agency in charge of New York City’s subway system sued the Trump administration Tuesday, accusing it of breach of contract […]
Man charged with planting pipe bombs earlier than Jan. 6 riot argues pardons apply to him
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s sweeping act of clemency for rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol also should apply to a man charged with planting […]
Supreme Courtroom to listen to arguments over push to finish authorized protections for migrants from Haiti, Syria
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will hear arguments over the Trump administration’s push to end legal protections for people fleeing war and natural disaster from […]
Trump says a former president had an Iran confession. Aides to his predecessors deny current contact
WASHINGTON — Twice on Monday, President Donald Trump said he’d wrangled a confession of sorts from an Oval Office predecessor who he said had expressed […]
Rubio orders US diplomats to push nations for swift motion towards Iran amid ‘elevated threat of assault’
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has directed U.S. diplomats around the world to urge foreign governments to “move expeditiously to diminish the capabilities of Iran […]
White Home chief of employees Susie Wiles recognized with early-stage breast most cancers: Trump
President Donald Trump said in a social media post Monday that White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has been “diagnosed with early stage breast […]
