Politics News

October 17, 2017

Asian stocks gain after Wall Street records

Asian stocks rose Tuesday after Wall Street's major indexes hit new highs as China prepared to open a key political meeting.

October 17, 2017

McCain condemns 'half-baked, spurious nationalism' in speech

U.S. Sen. John McCain jabbed Monday night at unnamed pushers of isolationist politics, saying at his National Constitution ...

October 17, 2017

Closing arguments set in blogger beheading plot trial

Attorneys are set to make their final pitches to jurors in the case of a man accused of participating in a plot to behead ...

October 17, 2017

Court documents provide details in Honolulu corruption case

A Honolulu police officer and a retired major are among those who participated in framing a man for stealing a mailbox from ...

October 17, 2017

Why the battle over the Iraqi city of Kirkuk matters

Three weeks after Iraq's Kurdish region held a referendum on independence, Iraqi forces entered the disputed city of Kirkuk, ...

October 17, 2017

Bannon-backed PAC backs Wisconsin, Arizona Senate candidates

The political action committee affiliated with former presidential strategist Steve Bannon acted Monday on his pledge to lead ...

October 17, 2017

The Latest: Unpaid leave for officer charged in mailbox case

The Latest on arrests of current and former Honolulu police officers (all times local): 4:15 p.m. The acting chief of the ...

October 17, 2017

Trump says predecessors didn't honor fallen; response heated

For U.S. presidents, meeting the families of military personnel killed in war is about as wrenching as the presidency gets.

October 17, 2017

Minnesota Somalis mourn, pray for those impacted by bombing

Members of Minnesota's large Somali community said Monday they are heartbroken and grieving but searching for ways to help ...

October 17, 2017

Trump returns favor by campaigning for an early supporter

President Donald Trump waded back into Southern politics Monday, showering praise on one of his earliest supporters, South ...

October 17, 2017

Haley says Iran move strengthens Trump's hand on North Korea

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley says that President Donald Trump is strengthening his ability to resolve ...

October 17, 2017

Authorities make final arrest in border agent's killing

Authorities in Mexico have arrested the final of seven defendants accused in the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent whose ...

October 17, 2017

Democrat Bredesen confirms interest in Tennessee Senate race

Former Gov. Phil Bredesen, the last Democrat to win a statewide race in Tennessee, is considering a bid to succeed retiring ...

October 17, 2017

North Korea says 'a nuclear war may break out any moment'

North Korea's deputy U.N. ambassador warned Monday that the situation on the Korean peninsula "has reached the touch-and-go ...

October 17, 2017

Governor blames media for immigration flap with sheriffs

Outspoken Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage says the media fanned the flames in a flap with sheriffs over his directive they ...

October 17, 2017

Trump, McConnell: No matter what people say, we're friends

Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell reaffirmed their alliance of necessity Monday in a raucous Rose Garden news conference that ...

October 17, 2017

Florida candidate: Aliens took me aboard their ship at age 7

A Florida candidate for Congress said Monday she stands by her claims she was abducted to an alien spaceship at age 7 but ...

October 17, 2017

Trump raises possibility of withdrawing drug czar nominee

President Donald Trump on Monday raised the possibility of withdrawing his nomination of Republican Rep. Tom Marino to be the ...

October 17, 2017

Lawyers debate latest Trump travel ban before federal judge

A federal judge in Maryland heard arguments Monday for and against the most recent Trump administration travel restrictions, ...