Democratic National Committee members at their summer meeting on Saturday rejected a resolution that would have confused the Party's stance to bar presidential candidates from participating in single-issue or unsanctioned debates.The language that was rejected -- inserted at the behest…

President Donald Trump claimed he has the "absolute right" to "order" US companies to stop doing business with China that would involve using his broad executive authority in a new and unprecedented way under a 1977 law.On Friday, China unveiled…

As the global economy shudders, the Middle East boils and the Amazon rainforest burns, world leaders are convening on France's Atlantic coast for a weekend of talks few believe can solve any of it.President Donald Trump arrived in France Saturday…

The dangerous new twist in the tariff war between the United States and China will heap ominous pressure on the global economy at a moment when it is already struggling in the undertow of their trade superpower showdown.China's announcement of…

The office of an African American diversity change agent at the Department of Education was vandalized this week, department employees told CNN on Friday.One employee said the woman's diploma had been knocked down and that some figurines in her office…

NASA is examining a claim that an astronaut improperly accessed the bank account of her estranged spouse from the International Space Station, The New York Times reported Friday -- potentially the first criminal allegation from space.NASA astronaut Anne McClain told…

During a town hall Friday afternoon, former Vice President Joe Biden asked a New Hampshire audience to imagine what it would have been like if Barack Obama had been assassinated when he became the Democratic nominee for president in 2008…

The US government has assessed that Israel was likely involved in a strike that took place north of Baghdad last month, a strike that has complicated America's relationship with Baghdad, according to two US officials.The strike, believed to be Israel's…

As warning signs of an economic slowdown bubble up at home, President Donald Trump has amped up his trade war with China. And he's using a ... unique ... way to do so."Our great American companies are hereby ordered to immediately…

The Justice Department asked a federal court of appeals on Friday to reconsider a case where President Donald Trump was told he couldn't legally block Twitter users from seeing his tweets.The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals has not yet…

The Justice Department told lawmakers Friday that Jeffrey Epstein had been placed on suicide watch in July, but was later removed after a psychologist at the Metropolitan Correctional Center determined it "was no longer warranted."The official confirmation of the move…

Felix Sater -- the Trump Organization contact who pushed for a Moscow development project and Mueller investigation witness -- was a decade ago a federal government informant to "a depth and breadth rarely seen" against Russian and American mobsters, fraudsters,…

President Donald Trump announced on Friday a new round of tariffs on China set to start October 1 in the latest escalation in the trade war with Beijing.The President tweeted that "the 250 BILLION DOLLARS of goods and products from…

The US Embassy in Moscow on Friday formally requested "immediate" consular access to detained American citizen Paul Whelan over his allegations that he has been injured while in custody, according to embassy spokesperson Andrea Kalan.Whelan was detained in Russia late…

Former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke said Thursday that both Democrats and Republicans are to blame for "inaction and indifference" on passing gun control legislation."The level of inaction and indifference, and we can't just blame one political party for this," the…

In the latest sign of turmoil at the National Rifle Association, three lawyers representing the gun-rights organization are out following departures from other top officials and several board members.The group dismissed its longtime outside counsel Charles Cooper, according to a…

In the wake of several high-profile scandals -- including allegations of sexual assault and cocaine use against Navy SEAL team members -- the admiral overseeing the Navy SEALs has ordered a series of immediate changes to address what he calls…

President Donald Trump capped a week of see-sawing statements on gun control proposals by claiming Thursday evening that bipartisan talks are ongoing.Following back-to-back mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, earlier this month, Trump issued a call for…

President Donald Trump departs late Friday for a summit he's questioned is worth his time.This year's G7 gathering, held in seaside France, is Trump's third. It comes amid global economic jitters, tensions from the Mideast to the Indian subcontinent and…

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been treated for pancreatic cancer in New York City, the Supreme Court announced Friday."The tumor was treated definitively and there is no evidence of disease elsewhere in the body," the court said.Here is the full…

Lawyers for Deutsche Bank and Capital One repeatedly refused Friday to tell an appellate court in New York whether the banks are in possession of President Donald Trump's tax returns, citing "contractual obligations" not to disclose the information and drawing…

Stephanie Grisham occupies prized White House real estate -- in the East Wing.The office she earned as Melania Trump's communications director is on the second floor and big enough for a table and chairs, a seating area, and a substantial…

President Donald Trump has a lot of power to make things happen in this country. He can move economic markets with a single tweet. He can destroy a Republican's political career on a whim (see "Flake, Jeff"). He can declare…