1Pence's stay at Trump property in Ireland is focus of Senate Democrat inquiryThursday, September 5, 2019

Vice President Mike Pence's stay at a property in Ireland owned by the president's company has prompted a Senate Democrat to question if the taxpayer-funded visit was cost effective and to label it an "apparent conflict of interest." Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., the ranking member of the Senate's Homeland Security and Governmental... Read More

2Top Trump Mideast peace envoy to step downThursday, September 5, 2019

Donald Trump's Middle East peace envoy Jason Greenblatt is leaving government after two-and-a-half years spent crafting a still-unreleased Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, according to multiple administration officials. Greenblatt, the special representative for international negotiations, is expected to leave the administration... Read More

3Chicago's bloody Labor Day weekend sees at least 35 shot, 7 of them killedTuesday, September 3, 2019

Chicago is experiencing a violent Labor Day weekend with at least 35 people shot and seven of them killed, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Monday. Two deadly shootings unfolded Sunday within just over 20 minutes. A 15-year-old boy named Dovantae Jackson was shot on the same block where he lived and was pronounced dead... Read More

4London mayor Sadiq Khan rips Trump for managing Hurricane Dorian emergency response while 'out on the golf course'Tuesday, September 3, 2019

The mayor of London renewed his public feud with President Trump over the weekend by mocking the president for canceling a trip to Poland to commemorate the start of World War II only to deal with emergency response to Hurricane Dorian from the golf course. London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who traveled to Poland over the weekend... Read More

5Hurricane Dorian to move 'dangerously close' to Florida coast after battering BahamasTuesday, September 3, 2019

Hurricane Dorian began inching northwestward over the Bahamas Tuesday morning after hovering there for hours, and forecasters say the now-Category 3 storm will later move "dangerously close" to Florida's east coast. The monstrous storm has been blamed for the deaths of at least five people on the Abaco Islands in the northern... Read More

6The photo Trump tweeted out from a classified briefing likely came from one of the US's most secretive spy satellitesMonday, September 2, 2019

President Donald Trump tweeted out an image on Friday from a classified briefing to taunt Iran, and analysts suspect the photo came from one of the US's most advanced satellites. "These are high resolution optical satellites that resemble the Hubble Space Telescope but look down to Earth instead of to the heavens,"... Read More

7Trump says US and China to resume trade talksMonday, August 26, 2019

President Donald Trump has said the US and China will "very shortly" resume trade talks after a weekend of escalating tension with Beijing. "China called last night... said let's get back to the table. So we'll be getting back to the table," he said. On Friday Mr Trump sharply hiked tariffs on billions of dollars of Chinese... Read More

8G7 summit: Trump 'would meet Iran's Rouhani if circumstances right'Monday, August 26, 2019

US President Donald Trump says he is open to meeting Iran's President Hassan Rouhani under the right circumstances. It comes after Iran's foreign minister made a brief and unannounced visit to the G7 summit in France on Sunday. Relations between Iran and the US have deteriorated since Washington withdrew from a 2015 deal... Read More

9British PM Johnson says prepared to take Brexit talks down to last minuteMonday, August 26, 2019

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was prepared to take Brexit talks with the European Union down to the very last minute before the Oct. 31 exit deadline, and if necessary to take a decision to leave without a deal on that day. Johnson has 68 days to convince the EU to give him a new Brexit deal, with neither... Read More

10Brazilian women must be ashamed of Bolsonaro for mocking my wife, says MacronMonday, August 26, 2019

Brazilian women are probably ashamed of President Jair Bolsonaro, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday, hitting back after the Brazilian leader mocked Macron's wife on Facebook. The leaders have been feuding in recent weeks, with Macron blaming Bolsonaro for fires in the Amazon and accusing him of lying about... Read More