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The U.S. assessed that the longest test flight lasted just more than two minutes, with the missile flying 22 miles before losing control and crashing, sources tell CNBC. » Read More
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said a "painful pressure campaign" was used to bring North Korea to the negotiating table. » Read More |
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Mueller has shown little sign of wrapping up his inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and whether President Trump obstructed the probe.
Kudlow says tariffs are "suspended" as part of a tentative U.S. trade deal with China, but are still on the table.
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Pompeo delivered his remarks to a crowd at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.
With about one quarter of the nation's homeless population in California, the problem has emerged as major issue in this year's governor's race in the state.
President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would demand an investigation into whether the FBI had placed surveillance on his 2016 campaign — and whether such activity was ordered by his predecessor.
For 21st century Washington, governing is a climb that keeps getting steeper. Consider the farm bill defeated on the House floor Friday.
At the time of the meeting, Cohen was under criminal investigation by federal prosecutors in New York, who still are probing a $130,000 payment Cohen made to porn star Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair with Trump.
Top White House officials, including Jared Kushner, have given Thiel the cold shoulder, sources tell CNBC.
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Representatives for the U.S. and China have set "targets" for a potential pact, but there is no guarantee it will get signed.
The GOP's conservative wing sank the farm bill over immigration as moderates also subvert Republican leaders over immigration concerns.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, is responsible for detecting incoming threats and protecting the airspace above the United States and Canada.
Megan Brennan, the first female to hold the role as the Postal Service's chief executive officer, has pushed back on Trump's demands, arguing that the relationship is beneficial to the USPS, The Washington Post reports.
- Trump will nominate Acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie to become permanent VA secretary
Wilkie led the Department of Veterans Affairs in an acting role after David Shulkin departed in March.
Schumer's message comes as the Trump administration meets with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He about striking a possible trade deal.
Viktor Vekselberg has been banned from doing business in America under U.S. sanctions. But as of this week, he was still the chairman of a U.S. nonprofit group that boasts support from a few Fortune 100 corporations and one of Trump's top advisors.
The news comes a day after the Pentagon said there were no plans to scale back the exercises.
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