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On the anniversary of Robert Mueller taking over the investigation into possible Russian collusion in the 2016 election, AP Reporter Eric Tucker reflects on the case: who has been questioned, who has been charged and what is yet to come. (May 17) AP
The European Union will retaliate swiftly to the United States’ decision to impose harsh tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker announced Thursday, saying it was a “bad day” for trade.
The US is to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from the European Union, Mexico and Canada.
“And I’m not in favor of that. It’s not something that I relish or take lightly. I’m just telling you that could very well be the option we wind up with at the end,” he said.
The US government secured a criminal conviction against Purdue Pharma in the mid-2000s but failed to curb sales of the drug after Giuliani reached a deal to avoid a bar on Purdue doing business
IT’S the deadliest school attack since the Parkland shooting. Now the parents of shooter Dimitrios Pagourtzis have spoken.
A gunman opened fire at the school in Santa Fe, Texas. Multiple people have reportedly been killed.
The U.S. Senate confirmed Gina Haspel on Thursday to be director of the CIA, ending a bruising confirmation fight centered on her ties to the spy agency's past use of waterboarding and other brutal interrogation techniques
Births in the US have dropped to their lowest rate in 30 years, marking a cultural shift as women delay motherhood, experts say.
The attorney general is poised to issue decisions that could determine the fate of tens of thousands of immigrants.
A White House official reportedly mocked John McCain’s health status after he opposed Trump’s spy-chief nominee Gina Haspel. Officials were forced to respond after furious reaction from both the senator’s family and social media.
Exclusive: Rakem Balogun spoke out against police brutality. Now he is believed to be the first prosecuted under a secretive US effort to track so-called ‘black identity extremists’
Kilauea volcano has erupted near a residential area on Hawaii's largest island, prompting a local state of emergency and the mandatory evacuation of 1,700 residents.
The unemployment rate hit 3.9% in April, breaking below 4 percent for the first time since December 2000.
The exemptions will now last until June 1, a move that gives the US and the exempted nations more time to work out deals to help reduce trade imbalances.
Key judges signal support for president’s authority, as court weighs whether his motivation was national security or religious animus
French President Emmanuel Macron believes US President Donald Trump is leaning towards getting the US out of the Iran nuclear deal. The US leader is not ready to go back on his pre-election promise, Macron told media.
But conservative Justice Samuel Alito said during the argument that the text of Trump's proclamation announcing the ban "does not look at all like a Muslim ban."
"It was like shooting fish in a barrel" said James Shaw Jr who disarmed Antioch Waffle House shoote