The U.S. government is implementing final management plans for two national monuments in Utah that President Donald Trump downsized. The plans ensure lands previously off-limits to energy development will be open to mining and drilling […]
President Donald Trump appears to have reversed position to now oppose creating a national nuclear waste dump at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain. Trump tweeted Thursday that his administration will respect the state, which has argued that […]
The National Prayer Breakfast has been a Washington tradition since 1953. And by custom, it provides a break from partisan bickering. President Donald Trump has shattered that tradition with aggressive remarks that buoyed his allies […]
Former national security adviser John Bolton is slated to speak at Tennessee’s Vanderbilt University later this month alongside another former national security adviser, Susan Rice. Bolton’s appearance on Feb. 19 comes after the U.S. Senate […]
Hiring jumped last month as U.S. employers added a robust 225,000 jobs, bolstering an economy that faces threats from China’s viral outbreak, an ongoing trade war and struggles at Boeing. A half-million people streamed into […]
BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on a virus outbreak that began in China (all times local): 11:45 p.m. The World Health Organization is convening a research conference next week to identify promising drug and vaccine […]
This should have been a good year for global tourism, with trade tensions gradually easing, certain economies growing and banner events like the Summer Olympics taking place in Tokyo. But the viral outbreak in China […]
The death of a doctor who was reprimanded for warning about China’s new virus triggered an outpouring of praise for him and fury that communist authorities put politics above public safety. Ophthalmologist Li Wenliang died […]
Barren supermarket shelves and signs reading “out of stock.” Widespread panic-buying of essentials such as toilet rolls and rice has hit in Hong Kong. The rush on essentials is a knock-on effect of the deadly […]
Several Turkish armored vehicles and tanks have entered rebel-controlled northwestern Syria in the latest reinforcements sent in by Ankara amid a Syrian government offensive that this week brought the two countries’ troops into a rare […]
