Trump Administration to Lift Sanctions on Russian Oligarch’s Companies

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced on Wednesday that it intends to lift sanctions against the business empire of Oleg V. Deripaska, one of Russia’s most influential oligarchs, after an aggressive lobbying campaign by Mr. Deripaska’s companies. The decision by the Treasury...

U.S. Syria withdrawal will revive Islamic State, Kurdish-led force says

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The U.S. decision to withdraw from Syria will allow Islamic State to regroup at a critical stage in the conflict, Washington's Kurdish partners said on Thursday, after Western allies expressed alarm at the sudden move. The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said...

Police detective demoted after dropping his retired K-9 at an animal shelter

JACKSON, Miss. — The chief of police here is checking on the whereabouts of all the force's retired police dogs after one of his department's dog handlers dropped off a retired K-9 at a suburban animal shelter. Detective Carl Ellis was the handler for Ringo, a yellow Labrador retriever who had...

VA leaves nearly $5 million unused in 2018 campaign to battle suicide, watchdog finds

WASHINGTON — A federal investigation found the money and effort expended by the Department of Veterans Affairs on suicide prevention outreach dropped significantly in 2017 and 2018, despite it being touted by the past two VA secretaries as their top clinical priority. Following a yearlong...

‘Crisis level’: Republican women sound warning after election losses

Republicans lost the House in November as droves of female voters spurned the party, a reflection of the gaping gender gap. The election devastated the GOP’s already meager group of congresswomen. Almost none of the political survivors will hold positions of power in Congress next year....

Trump Blasts 'SNL' as 'Democratic Spin Machine,' Hints at Legal Action Against Networks' 'One Sided Coverage'

President Donald Trump on Sunday again blasted "Saturday Night Live" and what he called "one sided coverage" on networks like NBC, hinting at legal action to battle "Democratic spin machines." "A REAL scandal is the one sided coverage, hour by hour, of networks like NBC & Democrat spin...

North Carolina GOP director open to new election in disputed House race

(CNN)The executive director of the North Carolina Republican Party says he supports a new election if allegations of fraud in the 9th Congressional District race are proven true and it impacted the outcome of the race. Dallas Woodhouse claimed to CNN's Drew Griffin he was so upset after...

Russia Threatens to Target U.S. Allies If Trump Exits Treaty

(Bloomberg) -- Russia will target countries hosting U.S. missiles if Washington goes ahead with plans to pull out of a landmark Cold War arms treaty, General Staff chief Valery Gerasimov said Wednesday. “If the INF treaty is destroyed, we won’t leave it without a response,” he said in a...

Paradise Lost: Inside California's Camp Fire 60 minutes

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Acting AG Appears to Have Misled FTC Over Actions at Miami Firm

Greg Farrell, Andrew Martin and David Voreacos 1 hr ago New documents released by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission suggest that acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker misled the agency’s investigators as he was stepping into his role last year as Justice Department chief of staff. After...