US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the US is withdrawing all remaining diplomatic personnel from its embassy in Caracas, citing the “deteriorating situation in Venezuela.” This follows a decision made in January, in which the
Aviation experts, consumer advocates and politicians are calling for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the airlines that operate the Boeing 737 Max aircraft in the U.S. to ground the jets, this coming after an Ethiopian Airlines
Customs agents have seized the biggest shipment of cocaine recovered at the ports of New York and New Jersey in 25 years. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says 3,200 pounds of the drug in 60 packages were
On Monday, the democratic party chose Milwaukee to host Democrats’ 2020 national convention. Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez chose Milwaukee over Houston and Miami after deliberations lingered longer than party leaders or officials from the three
Martin Shkreli, 35, is being investigated by federal authorities for allegedly running his pharmaceutical business from behind bars. Nicknamed “Pharma Bro” for his behavior, the newest allegations stem from a Wall Street Journal report has suggesting Shkreli
Eight Americans were among 157 people killed when a plane crashed shortly after takeoff in Ethiopia on Sunday morning. The Ethiopian Airlines flight was headed from Addis Ababa en route to the Kenyan capital of Nairobi with
On Thursday, the House passed a resolution condemning anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry. The resolution comes after days of debate over comments by Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., that some lawmakers said were anti-Jewish. The vote was
President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, filed a lawsuit Thursday in New York City over unpaid legal bills. In a civil complaint filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Cohen accused the Trump Organization of breaking
On Wednesday, Democrats unveiled legislation to reinstitute net neutrality rules that were scrapped in 2017 by the Trump administration. In December 2017, the Federal Communications Commission repealed the rule in a party-line decision, 3-2. Since then, Internet
On Wednesday, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen defended President Trump‘s assessment that the situation at the southern border constitutes a national emergency, telling lawmakers that an extended influx in migrants could “overwhelm” the immigration system. Nielsen testified before
