GOP senators worry Trump is undercutting their shutdown strategy

Senate Republicans are grumbling that President Trump undercut their strategy for ending the government shutdown when he said that he’s willing to cut “the right deal” with Democrats on health ...

Trump doesn’t get Nobel Peace Prize; María Corina Machado awarded

President Trump failed in his bid to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, with the Norwegian Nobel committee announcing Friday that María Corina Machado was given this year’s award for promoting ...

Frustrations turn to heated confrontations as shutdown drags on

Partisan standoffs in the Capitol are bubbling into tense public confrontations as the government shutdown heads into its tenth day — with no end in sight. On Wednesday alone, a pair of ...
The Hill

Russian airstrikes cause damage across Ukraine’s capital and injure at least 9

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian airstrikes injured at least nine people, damaged residential buildings and caused blackouts across parts of the Ukrainian capital early Friday, authorities said. Rescue ...
Opinion

‘Great again?’ American decline today seems as irreversible as it ever was.

The United States is facing an irreversible decline due to its uncontrollable debt, low student achievement, income and wealth inequality, loss of American identity and patriotism, and a broken ...

Macron is set to appoint a new French prime minister in last-ditch move to tackle turmoil

After a week of intense political turmoil, French President Emmanuel Macron is set to appoint a new prime minister Friday in ...

Citing unease over graft, Japan’s Komeito leaves the longstanding ruling coalition headed by the LDP

The head of Japan’s Komeito says it is leaving the ruling coalition headed by the Liberal Democratic Party due to concerns ...

Taiwan’s president pledges to accelerate the building of air defense system in face of China threat

Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te on Friday pledged to accelerate the building of a “T-Dome” air defense system in the face of ...

5 takeaways from the heated Virginia governor’s debate

Former Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) and Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R) faced off in the first and only gubernatorial debate following a headline-grabbing controversy ...

The Latest: Israeli military says ceasefire in Gaza has taken effect

The Israeli military said Friday that the ceasefire agreement with Hamas came into effect at noon local time, and that troops were withdrawing to the agreed-upon deployment lines. The announcement ...

Burkina Faso rejects proposal to accept deportees from the US

Burkina Faso says it has refused a proposal from the Trump administration to accept deportees from the United States. The West African country was asked whether it would ...

Senate passes mammoth annual defense policy bill

The Senate on Thursday passed its massive annual defense policy bill after lawmakers reached a deal earlier in the day to unlock the stalled legislation. The National Defense Authorization Act ...