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October 16, 2018

How DC unleashed fossil-fuel exports despite climate worries

Energy Secretary Rick Perry's keynote speech at the World Gas Conference in June opened with a marching band and ended with ...

October 16, 2018

Trump suggests 'rogue killers' murdered Saudi journalist

President Donald Trump suggested Monday that "rogue killers" could be responsible for the mysterious disappearance of Saudi ...

October 15, 2018

Senate aide pleads guilty to lying to FBI

A former Senate intelligence committee employee pleaded guilty Monday to lying to the FBI about contact he had with a ...

October 14, 2018

Senators urge tough US response over missing Saudi writer

Two leading Senate Republicans on Sunday threatened tough punitive action by Congress against Saudi Arabia, including a ...

October 14, 2018

The Latest: Trump campaign plans more rallies for midterms

The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local): 8:20 p.m. President Donald Trump's campaign says he will rally for ...

October 13, 2018

The Latest: Trump welcomes freed pastor to Oval Office

The Latest on Andrew Brunson, the American pastor freed after nearly two years of detention in Turkey (all times local): 2:55 ...

October 13, 2018

Congress heads toward postelection fight over border wall

Congress is heading toward a postelection showdown over President Donald Trump's wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, as GOP ...

October 13, 2018

Saudi Arabia, Turkey have no US ambassadors amid crisis

The disappearance of journalist and U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi after visiting a Saudi consulate in Turkey has thrown the ...

October 13, 2018

Officials broach idea of charging for National Mall protests

The National Park Service is exploring whether to require protest organizers to pay for the cost of providing law enforcement ...

October 12, 2018

Pennsylvania AG: Cardinal faces no penalties by resigning

Amid unfolding sex-abuse scandals, Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl as archbishop of ...

October 12, 2018

Still no US ambassadors in Saudi Arabia, Turkey amid crisis

The disappearance of journalist and U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi after visiting a Saudi consulate in Turkey has thrown the ...

October 12, 2018

Can we talk? Trump's riding high _ and he's got a lot to say

Can we talk? Donald Trump would like to chat. And, boy, is he ever. Riding high after Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's ...

October 12, 2018

GOP decries Dems' 'mob rule,' flipping the script

President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans are forecasting nightmarish Democratic "mob rule" to amp up GOP voters for next ...

October 12, 2018

The Latest: Trump delivers a jaw-dropping WH performance

The Latest on rapper Kanye West's visit to the White House (all times local): 1:10 p.m. President Donald Trump says he's ...

October 12, 2018

Washington state ends 'racially biased' death penalty

Washington's Supreme Court unanimously struck down the state's death penalty Thursday as arbitrary and racially biased, ...

October 12, 2018

GOP, home to Trump and tea party, decries Dems' 'mob rule'

President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans are forecasting nightmarish Democratic "mob rule" to amp up GOP voters for next ...

October 11, 2018

Democrats try to flip Washington district for the first time

Democrats are trying to flip an open U.S. House seat in Washington state that's been in GOP hands since it was created nearly ...

October 11, 2018

Kid Rock comes to White House as Trump signs royalty bill

President Donald Trump welcomed musicians Kid Rock and country star John Rich to the White House on Thursday as he signed ...

October 11, 2018

Senate vote on health care likely fodder for both parties

Days after ending a turbulent Supreme Court confirmation fight, the Senate turned back to health care — with a battle ...