• FACT FOCUS: No evidence that $50 million was designated by the US to buy condoms for Hamas
    During a signing ceremony Wednesday for the Laken Riley Act, President Donald Trump claimed that his administration had “identified and stopped $50 million being sent to Gaza to buy condoms for Hamas.” Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, made a similiar claim on Tuesday during her debut press briefing, stating that the Department of […]
  • Tulsi Gabbard’s views on Russia, Syria, Trump and government surveillance — in her own words
    WASHINGTON (AP) — As an unconventional pick to lead the nation’s intelligence service, Tulsi Gabbard is expected to face tough questions about her past comments on Syria, Russia, foreign surveillance and President Donald Trump when she goes before lawmakers at her confirmation hearing Thursday. The former Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii is Trump’s nominee to be […]
  • Wife of 72-year-old veteran beaten to death by a cellmate in Alabama jail sues corrections officers
    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The wife of a 72-year-old veteran who was beaten to death by a cellmate in an Alabama jail filed a civil rights lawsuit Wednesday against three deputies working at the jail, alleging that the officers ignored his pleas for help. Attorneys for the wife of John Reed say the deputies working […]
  • Fed guided by economic goals and the law, not politics, says Powell
    By Ann Saphir and Howard Schneider (Reuters) – Fielding a range of questions about the imprint of the Trump administration on the U.S. central bank, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday said that politics had not prompted the Fed’s decision to leave a global climate-focused group, and would not affect its interest-rate calls. And […]
  • GOP-led immigration bill signals Trump that Tennessee wants to aid his deportation crackdown
    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Republican-dominant Statehouse is on track to become the latest state to adopt immigration enforcement policies designed to assist President Donald Trump’s plan to suppress illegal immigration and carry out one of the largest mass deportation efforts in U.S. history. In just three days, Tennessee lawmakers fast-tracked GOP Gov. Bill Lee’s […]