Trump is onto something. We shouldn’t walk away from the nuclear agreement but we should get more for American companies and regional security. It was my job in the Obama administration to work with Iran and our allies on implementing the nuclear agreement. Based on everything I saw, President Trump is right that now is…
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s decision to abruptly cut off federal payments to insurers reverberated through the political world Saturday, putting pressure on Congress to take action to address the high premiums that American consumers could face and jolting the insurance industry. Trump’s move late Thursday to end federal subsidies that help insurance companies reduce out-of-pocket…
SONOMA, Calif. — The death toll rose to 23 Wednesday and more than 3,500 homes and businesses have been destroyed across Northern California’s wine country as almost two dozen wildfires continued their assault on the region for a fourth day Wednesday. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said fire activity increased significantly, destroying…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects a launching drill in a photo taken by state media. (STR/AFP/GETTY IMAGES) Now on offer at University of Hawaii, Nuclear War 101: How to Start Worrying and Fear the Bomb. Students at the Aloha State school received an email Monday with the subject line “in the event of…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence walked out of a National Football League game on Sunday after some players knelt during the national anthem, a form of demonstration that began last year in silent protest against police violence toward racial minorities. Pence was attending a game in his home state of Indiana between…
President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing with senior military leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Thursday. (Photo: AP) WASHINGTON — President Trump tweeted new storm warnings Saturday, this time aimed at North Korea. In a pair of late-afternoon tweets, Trump wrote that negotiations with the truculent, isolated nation had…
(LAS VEGAS) — After five days of scouring the life of Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock and chasing 1,000 leads, investigators confessed Friday they still don’t know what drove him to mass murder, and they announced plans to put up billboards appealing for the public’s help. Investigators have examined Paddock’s politics, his finances, any possible…
President Trump, who has called the Iran nuclear agreement the “worst deal ever,” has signaled he will back out of the accord before an Oct. 15 deadline for certifying that Iran is complying with the terms—which U.N. inspectors say is the case. The 2015 agreement, which was approved by President Barack Obama, lifts international sanctions…