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Well, now we know what we already knew — that Democrats paid for opposition research into Donald Trump which eventually yielded the notorious “dossier” on his alleged ties to Moscow. On Wednesday, CNN reported that Perkins Coie, the law firm representing both the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee, entered “into an engagement for […]

At least 27 people were killed when two car bombs detonated outside a hotel near Somalia’s presidential palace in Mogadishu on Saturday, according to Security Minister Mohamed Abukar Islow. The blasts occurred two weeks after the deadliest car bombings in the nation’s modern history. The first blast, outside the Nasa Hablod Two Hotel, near the […]

President Donald Trump and filmmaker Michael Moore have gotten into a Twitter spat following the closure of Moore’s one-man show on Broadway. It all began when Trump tweeted that Moore’s Broadway show was “sloppy.” “While not at all presidential I must point out that the Sloppy Michael Moore Show on Broadway was a TOTAL BOMB […]

The full results of Kenya’s presidential election rerun are expected to be released Monday, according to the country’s voting authority, capping off months of drama and sporadic violence surrounding voting that has highlighted ongoing discord in the country. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) said in a tweet Sunday that an announcement would come […]

British Prime Minister Theresa May has ordered an investigation into an international trade minister, Mark Garnier, who reportedly admitted to asking his personal assistant to buy sex toys and used a sexual slur against her. May’s office confirmed the investigation to CNN after the Sunday Mail newspaper published Caroline Edmondson’s allegations and Garnier’s admission. Edmondson […]

Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani will step down as president of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region as the political backlash to September’s Kurdish independence referendum continues. Barzani’s office released a statement Sunday announcing the Kurdish leader will not extend his current term, which ends Wednesday. He will also suspend the post of the presidency, dispersing executive […]

Sen. Susan Collins said Sunday that the Senate intelligence committee should bring senior Democratic Party operatives back for testimony after revelations about the party paying intelligence firm Fusion GPS for opposition research on Donald Trump last year. Some of that research became the now-infamous dossier of allegations about the now-President and Russia. In closed-door meetings […]

A high-profile economist and President Trump’s chief economic adviser presented starkly different views on the president’s tax reform proposal. Speaking on CNN’s “GPS” with Fareed Zakaria on Sunday, Trump adviser Kevin Hassett defended his claims that lowering the corporate tax rate from 35% to 20% would lead to a $4,000 annual pay raise for the […]

Heathrow Airport officials have launched an internal investigation into how a USB memory stick containing the airport’s security information was allegedly found on a London street by a member of the public, a spokesperson for the airport told CNN on Sunday. The USB stick, which apparently held details such as the route which the Queen […]

Obamacare enrollment without Obama, the lobbying frenzy around tax reform, the President’s huge Fed chair choice and two big hearings on the Hill: it’s all in our “Inside Politics” forecast, where you get a glimpse at tomorrow’s headlines today. 1) Obamacare enrollment in the Trump era It’s open enrollment season, including the first sign-up period […]

As early as Monday, special counsel Robert Mueller, brought in to investigate possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, could have someone in custody. This follows CNN’s Friday night story, citing sources briefed on the matter, which revealed that a federal grand jury has approved the first charges in the investigation. Regardless of who […]

Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani will step aside as president of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region as the political backlash to September’s Kurdish independence referendum continues. Barzani’s office released a statement Sunday announcing the Kurdish leader will not extend his current term, which ends Wednesday. He will also suspend the post of the presidency, dispersing executive […]

The governor of Puerto Rico wants the island’s power authority to “immediately” cancel its controversial contract with a small Montana-based utility company. At issue is a $300 million contract that was awarded to Whitefish Energy to help restore power to parts of hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico. Whitefish is only two years old and had few employees […]

Despite President Donald Trump’s claim that it is “commonly agreed” that his campaign did not collude with Russia during last year’s election, Senate intelligence committee member Angus King said there’s still plenty of investigating left to do. “No, I don’t think so,” the Maine independent said when asked on CNN’s “State of the Union” whether […]

The results of Kenya’s presidential election rerun are expected to be released Sunday, capping off months of drama and sporadic violence surrounding voting that has highlighted the discord in the country. Kenya’s Supreme Court previously invalidated the results of the original August 8 poll that handed victory to the incumbent, President Uhuru Kenyatta, after his […]

Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria dealt a big blow to corporate America. More than 40% of companies in the S&P 500 that have reported third-quarter earnings so far mentioned the hurricanes on investor calls, according to a Sentieo analysis. Flights were grounded, stores were closed, manufacturing production was halted and customers didn’t go out to […]

The US service member killed in a Friday helicopter crash in Afghanistan has been identified as Chief Warrant Officer Jacob Sims, 36, the Department of Defense said Sunday. Sims, of Juneau, Alaska, was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment from Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, the department’s statement said. Six […]

This week we saw Donald Trump, Fox News and even GOP members of Congress, in a seemingly coordinated strategy, ratchet up allegations that Hillary Clinton had “colluded” with Russia. So why did this all take place now? Well it appears likely we all learned the reason Friday night. That’s when CNN broke the story that, […]

The most striking car revealed at the Tokyo Motor Show didn’t come from Honda or Toyota but from an Italian automaker you may never have heard of. The company, Iso Rivolta, made very handsome coupes with Corvette engines during the 1950s and ’60s, an era that saw the creation of many of Italy’s most famous […]

The news that a federal grand jury has approved charges in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe should concern those under investigation, New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie said Sunday. “I think anybody who’s been advised by the special counsel’s office that they’re a target of the investigation — which I’m sure he has done […]

Hundreds of thousands of anti-independence protesters rallied in the Catalan capital of Barcelona on Sunday after Madrid took unprecedented measures to quash the region’s bid to split from Spain. The protest comes as tensions spiked following the Catalan Parliament’s vote Friday to declare unilateral independence. In a sea of red-and-yellow Spanish and Catalan flags, protesters […]

This week saw a great deal of discussion about America’s wars. But less has been said about its peace. And in an era of partisan rancor in which precious little wins over both Republicans and Democrats, legislation pushing to put one group in particular at the negotiating table managed to win bipartisan support: Women. Indeed, […]

A West Virginia inmate who broke out of jail by disguising himself as a civilian has been captured after four days on the run, according to the state’s Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety. Todd Wayne Boyes, 44, was taken into custody in Laredo, Texas, by US Marshals, Lawrence Messina, a spokesman for the […]

Iran’s missile program is not in breach of its nuclear deal and will continue despite objections from the United States, President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday. Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump announced that he would no longer make regular certifications that the lifting of sanctions under the deal — known as the Joint Comprehensive […]

1. Tax bill revealed: President Trump’s push to overhaul the U.S. tax system is about to face its biggest test yet. Up until this point, the GOP tax “plan” has been limited to a broad, mostly detail-free framework of ideas that many lawmakers and business groups could get behind. But come Wednesday, it will be […]