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November 20, 2019

Sondland faces tough questions about Trump and Ukraine

Ambassador Gordon Sondland, the most anticipated witness in the impeachment inquiry, will confront questions Wednesday about ...

November 20, 2019

World shares retreat on jitters over US bill on Hong Kong

Global shares declined Wednesday after the U.S. Senate passed a resolution supporting human rights in Hong Kong following ...

November 20, 2019

Esper accuses China of intimidating smaller Asian nations

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Wednesday accused China of using coercion and intimidation against smaller Asian nations ...

November 20, 2019

Time and again, Sondland’s Ukraine tale differs from others

The witnesses who have testified publicly and privately in the House impeachment inquiry so far have generally told a ...

November 20, 2019

Senate passes bill to support human rights in Hong Kong

The Senate on Tuesday easily approved a bill to support human rights in Hong Kong following months of often-violent unrest ...

November 20, 2019

PG&E boss says it wasn’t fully ready for California outages

The head of Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. told angry California lawmakers Monday that the nation’s largest electric utility ...

November 20, 2019

Ruling backs asylum seekers at border prior to policy shift

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a partial ban on asylum does not apply to anyone who appeared at an official U.S.

November 20, 2019

Deval Patrick takes nascent 2020 campaign to South Carolina

About a dozen black female small-business owners were gathered in a South Carolina shared workspace on Tuesday night for a ...

November 20, 2019

GOP-requested witness rejects Trump ‘conspiracy theories’

Sought by Republicans to testify, the former U.S. special envoy to Ukraine spoke up instead for Democrat Joe Biden in ...

November 20, 2019

Amazon says it’s considered face scanning in Ring doorbells

Amazon has considered adding facial recognition technology to its Ring doorbell cameras, according to a letter to a U.S.

November 20, 2019

Impeachment hearings takeaways: Firsthand witnesses appear

There were attacks on the credibility of a witness in uniform and hand-wringing by another witness on all that he knows now ...

November 20, 2019

Border activist says he’d never hide migrants from US agents

A member of a humanitarian aid group whose criminal case has garnered international attention testified Tuesday that ...

November 20, 2019

US Latinas need twice the time to match white male’s income

Government figures show that on average, Latinas in the United States are paid 54 cents for every dollar that a white, ...

November 19, 2019

Democratic debate: Rising Buttigieg could face attacks

Pete Buttigieg’s dramatic rise from little-known Indiana mayor to a leading Democratic presidential candidate faces its ...

November 19, 2019

Opioid trial against pharmacy chains scheduled for next year

A judge overseeing 2,500 federal lawsuits related to the nation’s opioid crisis has scheduled a trial for late next year over ...

November 19, 2019

Thousands of teachers pack Indiana Statehouse for protest

Several thousand teachers wearing red surrounded the Indiana Statehouse on Tuesday to call for better pay and more respect ...

November 19, 2019

Netanyahu celebrates US settlement decision in West Bank

Israel’s prime minister traveled to the West Bank on Tuesday to celebrate the U.S.’s announcement that it does not consider ...

November 19, 2019

She can’t vote, but 2020 Democrats want her support anyway

One of the most sought-after presidential endorsements in a key early voting state is from a woman who cannot vote.

November 19, 2019

Iran will seek new fighter jets, tanks as 2020 embargo lifts

Iran will likely buy new advanced fighter jets and tanks next year when a U.N. Security Council arms embargo is scheduled to ...

November 19, 2019

Trump spokeswoman says Obama aides left behind mean notes

White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said Tuesday that Obama administration aides left behind taunting notes for ...