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Frustrated Dems face steep challenge to unseat Pelosi

Still, Democrats would have massive gaps to fill if they were to oust Pelosi . "I need to step back and do what's best for this party", said Rice. "You wan...

United Kingdom parliament under cyber-attack

Parliamentary authorities described the attack as "sustained and determined", in an email sent to lawmakers and published by the Daily Telegraph. "As a precau...

Trump administration pushing China on North Korea

He now works as a private consultant for American families, using his contacts in North Korea to try to bring home detained loved ones. Warmbier, who was in a c...

'Bothersome' that Mueller is 'very, very good friends with Comey'

Spicer claimed the tactic had been successful, noting Comey testified under oath that he told Trump that the President wasn't under investigation personally...

Nancy Pelosi Insists She Won't Step Down As Democratic House Minority Leader

DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Lujan attempted to do just that with his recent memo that spun Jon Ossoff's disappointing loss as a demonstration of how much ground...

Eid-al-Fitr 2017 Eid Mubarak

CNN reported that Presidents Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama held yearly iftar dinners celebrating the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. Abiding by the S...

Unhealthy outlook for repealing ObamaCare as some GOP senators defect from bill

The doubts about the latest plan are coming from Republicans, Democrats and the nation's one independent governor. Currently, the federal government pays a perc...

North Korea denies torturing US college student detainee

The 22-year-old's family alleges he was tortured . USA officials have blamed North Korea for Warmbier's death, and President Donald Trump condemned "the b...

Herding the Senate cats to repeal ObamaCare

ROVNER: It's somewhat similar to the House bill, although the cuts would go even deeper. You may not agree with me, but we can probably agree that what is happe...

BJP leader Sushil Modi levels graft charges against Lalu Prasad Yadav

She was addressing the media on the sidelines of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav's 70th birthday on Sunday. The two bridges will not only reduce the distance ...

Louis Blues land Brayden Schenn from Philadelphia Flyers

On the surface this may look like the type of move that signals a rebuild. The 29-year-old was drafted by the Blues in the third round (65th overall) of the 2...

UK Parliament investigating cyberattack on user accounts

A spokesperson for the House of Commons said "unauthorized attempts" were made to gain access to parliamentary email account, The Independent reported . An e...

The Senate's Republican Women Could Make or Break the GOP Health Bill

Heller, who faces re-election in 2018 in the Democratic-leaning state, said on Friday: "I can not support a piece of legislation that takes away insurance fro...

Eid in Saudi Arabia Sunday

The Coalition of Muslim Organisations, Ghana, (COMOG) has called on Muslim chiefs and the stakeholders in the Muslim Community to reconsider the way Eid is be...

N. Korea says it's 'biggest victim' in US student's death

More than a year went by without public word of Warmbier before the State Department learned of his dire condition on June 6. Warmbier was sent back to the U....

Modi begins 3-nation tour: Holds talks with Portugal PM

Modi's two-day visit begins on June 25. "President Trump realises that India is a force for good and that will come through in the visit on Monday", a senior ...

President Trump to reverse parts of Obama's Cuba policy

Trump will not close embassies or break the diplomatic relations that were restored with the island in 2015. But he will impose new limits on commercial tran...

Senate Plan To Repeal Obamacare Faces Likely Roadblocks

Nevada Republican Sen. Dean Heller says he opposes the GOP bill scuttling much of the Obama health care law, complicating the effort by party leaders to gui...

Suspected tornado: 1 hurt, businesses flattened in Alabama

While Arkansas has managed to remain relatively unscathed from Cindy, life-threatening floods and at least one death have been reported along the gulf coast. Ci...

Dean Heller becomes fifth Senate Republican to oppose GOP health care bill

Heller said it is a "lie" that the Senate Republican health care bill would lower premiums. One of the most controversial aspects of the senate bill is ...

Everything You Need To Know About The GOP Senate Health Care Bill

And this morning his message was, "We must start over". This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Well, it's hard to say that you like the unifor...

Breaking with tradition, Trump White House forgoes Ramadan dinner

Since the Bill Clinton administration, the White House has each year hosted either an event to mark the Eid al-Fitr feast - that ends the fasting month of Ramaz...

Butler trade sets the stage for looming free agency

Minnesota finished 13th in the West a year ago and 10 games out of a playoff spot, but the last week's acquisition of All-NBA wing Jimmy Butler has many re-eva...

Turkey refuses Arab states' demands to shut down base in Qatar

The UAE is one of four countries that have cut ties with Qatar and on Thursday presented it with a list of demands to end the crisis. Five armored vehicle...

North Korea says Otto Warmbier's death 'is a mystery to us'

But in a tweet Tuesday, Trump suggested those efforts had failed. "I do like President Xi", he told the crowd Wednesday evening. Mr. Xi's visit in April t...

Turkish Delegation Arrives in Qatar for Military Cooperation

Qatar Airways on June 7 announced the cancelation of all flights into Saudi Arabia, Egypt , the UAE and Bahrain, just weeks after having been hit by a new Un...

North Korea warns against following 'psychopath' Donald Trump

Last week, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert denied that Rodman had anything to do with Warmbier's release , and when asked about his visit said ,...

Terror plot aimed at Makkah's Grand Mosque foiled

The building collapsed, injuring six foreigners and five members of the security forces. Eleven people were injured when a suspect blew himself up after excha...

Senate GOP releases health care bill to cut Medicaid, dismantle 'Obamacare'

Casey, who is running for re-election to a third term next year, has said the bill poses a foundational retrenchment of Medicaid and could mean coverage losses ...

South Korea conducts missile test with warning to North Korea

The head of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency told Congress last month that North Korea, if left unchecked, was on an "inevitable" path to obtaining a nuclea...