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President Donald Trump weighed in on the statement released after it was revealed his son, Donald Trump Jr., met with a Russian lawyer in 2016, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Tuesday. “The statement that Don Jr. issued is true,” Sanders said. “There’s no inaccuracy in the statement. The President weighed in as […]

A pair of suicide bombers killed at least 29 people Tuesday night at a Shiite mosque in Herat, Afghanistan, a provincial spokesman said. Another 64 people were wounded, said Jelani Farhad, the Herat provincial spokesman. The blasts took place during evening prayers. The attack started when one suicide bomber began firing on worshipers inside the […]

Anthony Scaramucci is set on living his best life. After five days working at the White House, the shortest-lived communications director stint in history, Scaramucci told TMZ while departing the Trump International Hotel in Washington Tuesday that he’s “working on being the best person I can be.” Scaramucci’s comments come a day after he was […]

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday the US is willing to sit down for talks with North Korea, but only if it relinquishes its pursuit of nuclear weapons. Tillerson, speaking at a State Department press briefing, stressed that the US was not seeking regime change or looking to send its military “north of the […]

Former Vice President Al Gore has spent years in pursuit of action on climate change, and on Tuesday, he’ll take part in a CNN town hall. Gore is making the rounds about a decade after starring in the blockbuster global warming movie “An Inconvenient Truth,” this time trotting out a sequel. The first film pushed […]

The first time Shaesta Waiz remembers seeing a plane, she was a child watching the news about an aircraft accident. “I said to my mom, ‘I hope I never ever have to fly in an airplane,'” she said. “I was so scared and terrified.” Now Waiz is a certified pilot in the middle of a […]

A pair of suicide bombers killed at least 26 people Tuesday night at a Shiite mosque in Herat, Afghanistan, a health official said. Another 33 people were wounded, said Ismail Kawosi, spokesman for Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health. The blasts took place during evening prayers. The attack started when one suicide bomber began firing on […]

George and Amal Clooney soon will help send thousands of Syrian refugees to school. The couple’s organization, the Clooney Foundation for Justice, is partnering with UNICEF and Google to devote $2.25 million toward seven public schools in Lebanon. Computer giant HP is throwing in an additional $1 million technology grant. The foundation isn’t opening any […]

A blast at a Shia mosque killed at least 20 people Tuesday evening in Herat, Afghanistan, provincial spokesman Jelani Farhad said. The explosion also wounded at least 30 people. It was not immediately clear what caused the blast, or who may be responsible. Developing story – more to come

All eyes are on bitcoin this week as it’s expected to split in two. After ongoing debates over how to scale the digital currency called bitcoin, some people have decided to make an entirely new currency called Bitcoin Cash. It’s a bit complicated for those who aren’t in the bitcoin weeds. Essentially, political, technological, and […]

North Carolina does not have to hold special elections ahead of its 2018 spring legislative session, a panel of three federal judges ruled in a gerrymandering case. But the judges on Monday set a September 1 deadline for state lawmakers to “adopt and enact remedial districting plans” after they had ruled last year that 28 […]

Arizona’s Jeff Flake has had enough. The Republican senator, who was a vocal critic of President Trump during the campaign, has penned a book entitled “The Conscience of a Conservative: A Rejection of Destructive Politics and a Return to Principle ” that takes off after not only the President but also GOP leaders who, Flake […]

The Washington Post dropped an absolute bombshell on Monday night: President Donald Trump dictated the initial statement from his son, Don Jr., regarding a June 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer and publicist Rob Goldstone, who had promised the younger Trump dirt on Hillary Clinton’s campaign courtesy of the Russian government. Here’s the key piece […]

Pakistan’s Parliament on Tuesday elevated a former petroleum minister as caretaker prime minister after the country ousted former leader Nawaz Sharif over corruption allegations. The Sharif family, however, is unlikely to lose its grip on power for long. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, who was elected by Parliament with a majority of 221 votes, will be keeping […]

Qatar has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization over a trade embargo imposed by its Gulf neighbors. The complaint accuses Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates of violating the trade group’s “core laws and conventions on trade of goods and services, and trade-related aspects of intellectual property,” according to a statement […]

American tennis star Serena Williams has slammed the gender pay gap, issuing a passionate call for black women to “be fearless” and demand equality. In a highly-charged personal essay, published by Fortune Magazine, the 23-time grand slam champion writes that for every dollar a man earns, black women make just 63 cents. “The cycles of […]

As public opposition to the Iraq War came to a boiling point more than a decade ago, Conor Oberst, who is most known for being the singer and songwriter from indie rock band Bright Eyes, was in the midst of the resistance, protesting the presidency of George W. Bush in his music and at shows. […]

Alpha Natural Resources filed for bankruptcy two years ago when the American coal industry went into free fall. Now a revamped version of the coal mining company is planning to go public on the New York Stock Exchange. And it’s giving a lot of credit to President Trump for what it sees as its strong […]

Nearly 500 people accused of plotting to overthrow the Turkish government last year are in court on Tuesday in the country’s largest mass trial over the failed coup. In a courthouse built specifically to try cases linked with the coup attempt, 486 went on trial on a long list of charges, including trying to assassinate […]

Chaos may have seemed the only guiding principle in the White House last week. But amid President Donald Trump’s Twitter tirades; the vulgar rant from his new communications director; the open internecine sniping; and the White House staff shakeup, the President offered two revealing hints about the policy direction he believes may rebuild his fraying […]

Leading Venezuela opposition figure Leopoldo Lopez has been taken from his home, according to tweets from his wife. “They just took Leopoldo from the house. We do not know where he is or where he is being taken,” Lopez’s wife Lilian Tintori tweeted early Tuesday morning. Lopez had been under house arrest since early July. […]

Tropical Storm Emily was downgraded to a depression Monday night, but forecasters say they expect the storm to gain strength and be reclassified as a tropical storm as it moves away from Florida over the Atlantic. The storm landed on Anna Maria Island, an island off Florida’s west coast near Bradenton, around 10:45 a.m. Monday. […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping has emphasized the Communist Party’s control over the military as he prepares for a key leadership reshuffle later this year. Speaking Tuesday at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), Xi said the military should “carry forward and implement […]

Standing behind a crush of reporters in the Oval Office on Monday, Anthony Scaramucci displayed few outward signs his unbridled tenure as President Donald Trump’s communications director was about to end. Hands thrust into his pockets and a new government ID badge strung around his neck, Scaramucci watched stone-faced as Trump offered an effusive welcome […]

Pakistan’s parliament looks set to approve a former petroleum minister as caretaker Prime Minister Tuesday after the country ousted Nawaz Sharif over corruption allegations. However, the Sharif family is unlikely to lose its grip on power for long. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, expected to be nominated by parliament Tuesday, will be keeping the seat warm for […]