USA House Judiciary Committee subpoenas former White House aide Rob Porter The former staff secretary's close proximity to President Donald Trump could be crucial to the Democrats' investigation of possible obstruction of justice in the Mueller probe. 26/08/2019
USA Wisconsin GOP Rep. Sean Duffy says he's resigning over unborn child's health issues "Our baby, due in late October, will need even more love, time and attention due to complications, including a heart condition," Duffy said. 26/08/2019
USA Trump says Macron sought his approval before Iran foreign minister's G-7 visit The president added that he was not looking for regime change and instead wanted to negotiate a new deal on Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs. 26/08/2019
USA More Republican women than ever are planning to run for office A record number of women hold seats in Congress, but they are mostly Democrats. Now, new contenders are hoping to shift the imbalance in D.C. and beyond. 26/08/2019
USA Ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio, pardoned by Trump, wants his old job back "Watch out world! We are back!" Arpaio, 87, says in announcing he is again running for sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona. 26/08/2019
USA Trump advisers walk back his 'second thoughts' on China trade war "If anything, he wanted to clarify if he had second thoughts it would be to raise the tariffs," Mnuchin said. 25/08/2019
USA Suburban House Democrats find hunger for action on gun control back home Polling shows that suburban voters, especially women, are increasingly concerned about guns and overwhelmingly support tighter gun regulations. 25/08/2019
USA Former GOP congressman Joe Walsh announces he's running for president "We've got a guy in the White House who is unfit, completely unfit to be president," Walsh said. "And it stuns me that nobody stepped up." 25/08/2019
USA 'A deep and boiling anger': NBC/WSJ poll finds a pessimistic America despite economic satisfaction A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that 70 percent of Americans say they're angry at the political establishment 25/08/2019
USA Job-creation numbers hit Trump campaign New numbers show job creation, GDP and consumer sentiment are lower than previously estimated. 25/08/2019
USA Nomination chaos? Democrats fear primaries won't produce a clear winner. That could leave matters in the hands of hundreds of unelected super delegates to pick the party's candidate to take on Trump. 25/08/2019
USA Biden recalls 1968 unrest: What would have happened if Obama had been assassinated? The comment came as he talked about the assassinations of his "political heroes," Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. 24/08/2019
USA As Trump waffles, some Democrats talk up mandatory gun buybacks, licensing The conversation on the campaign trail is different this year. Mass shootings are the reason why. 24/08/2019
USA Trump arrives at world summit fixated on trade war The president escalated his trade war with China before leaving Washington. He arrives in Europe angling to start another one. 24/08/2019
USA Euroviews. Jeffrey Epstein's final act cannot be to deny his accusers justice — again ǀ View There are thousands of similar victims in America out there watching this case and wondering if they will be heard, believed and protected if they come forward. 11/08/2019
USA Former FBI agent Peter Strzok sues DOJ over his firing for anti-Trump texts The suit seeks to get Strzok's job back and back pay for what he says was his wrongful termination. 06/08/2019
USA House Democrats request records from Kavanaugh's service in Bush White House The lawmakers said the Senate Judiciary Committee only received "a small fraction" of the documents before voting confirming him to the Supreme Court. 06/08/2019
USA Toni Morrison championed and chastised presidents She called Bill Clinton "our first black president" — a turn of phrase that stirred years of debate, and for which she later expressed a measure of regret.. 06/08/2019
USA Huntsman resigns as Trump's ambassador to Russia amid speculation about gubernatorial run Huntsman spent two tumultuous years in the post while relations between the U.S. and Russia were under heavy scrutiny. 06/08/2019
USA Founder of 8chan wishes he could 'uncreate' forum popular with white supremacists Brennan no longer has control of 8chan, which has been run by U.S. Army veteran Jim Watkins since 2015. 06/08/2019