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US sues to block $85 bn AT&T-Time Warner merger
AT&T said Monday that US antitrust enforcers filed suit to block its merger with Time Warner, setting up a major court battle over the...
Janet Yellen to depart US Fed in February
US central bank chief Janet Yellen announced Monday she will leave the Federal Reserve in February once her successor as chair is sworn in....
Trump declares North Korea state sponsor of terror
President Donald Trump on Monday declared North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism, returning Kim Jong-Un's nuclear-armed pariah regime to a short blacklist of...
US nuclear commander would resist ‘illegal’ order for strike
The general in command of US nuclear forces said Saturday that he would resist any "illegal" presidential order for a strike and work to...
Chris Matthews Goes Off on the Democratic Party
Chris Matthews gave it to the Democrats on Saturday in a talk at the Miami Book Fair, saying they've lost their connection to white...
Trump Criticized for Failing to Press Human Rights on Asia Trip
Critics are accusing President Donald Trump of abandoning America’s principles of human rights and press freedom during his just-completed trip to Asia. In separate...
Trump’s ‘America first’ trade policy ignores key lesson from Great Depression
By Charles Hankla, Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University. Trump will soon learn the costs of going it alone on trade. AP...
US housing costs drive modest gain in October inflation
The rising costs of housing and medical care drove a modest gain in US consumer inflation last month, according to official figures published Wednesday....
Justice Department Looking Into Obama-era Uranium Deal, Clintons
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has instructed federal prosecutors “evaluate certain issues” regarding the Obama administration-era approval of a deal that eventually saw Russia...
Cards Against Humanity vs. Trump
Hey Mexico, you have an unlikely ally in the fight against Donald Trump’s border wall: Cards Against Humanity, the deliciously obscene “party game for...