U.S. preparing to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan in initial deal with Taliban

Soldiers carry the casket of Spec. Michael Nance at Dover Air Force Base on July 31 in Delaware. Nance and Pfc. Brandon Kreischer were killed on July 29 in Afghanistan’s Uruzgan province. (Steve Ruark/AP) The Trump administration is preparing to … Read More

US pulls out of Reagan-era arms treaty

A historic arms-control treaty signed three decades ago by President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was scrapped after President Trump decided to withdraw Friday. The move to scrap the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty comes amid the administration’s assessment that Russia was in “material … Read More

Detroit debate: Liberal 2020 Dems forced on defense over ‘Medicare-for-all,’ immigration

DETROIT – It was a battle for the soul of the Democratic Party on stage in the Motor City. Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren — the presidential primary field’s liberal standard-bearers — were pulled into what was essentially a two-and-a-half-hour fight with their more … Read More

The 99% Get a Bigger Raise

New data show much faster growth in wages and incomes. An assembly line worker packages items from an online order to be shipped out of a Target store in Edison, N.J., Nov. 16, 2018. PHOTO: JULIO CORTEZ/ASSOCIATED PRESS Political discourse nowadays is … Read More

Senate bows to Trump vetoes, allows Saudi arms sales

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President Donald Trump welcomes first responders before signing H.R. 1327, an act ensuring that a victims’ compensation fund related to the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money, in the Rose Garden of the White House.  Monday, July 29, … Read More

Chris Wallace: Robert Mueller hearing has been a ‘disaster’ for Democrats

“Fox News Sunday” anchor Chris Wallace said former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’sHouse hearing has turned into a “disaster” for Democrats and for the former FBI director’s reputation. Responding after the first few hours of the hearing before the House Judiciary Committee hearing, Wallace … Read More

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