Following Days Of Destructive Floods, Italy Declares A State Of Emergency In...
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said an emergency fund of 20 million euros ($22 million) was approved. The money will help the city cover the damages done to homes and businesses. (Image credit:...
View ArticleActivists Protest USDA Changes That Threaten Free School Lunch
Activists delivered a petition with 1.5 million signatures to the agency in an effort to stop a rule change that would end automatic enrollment in free school lunch for nearly 1 million kids. (Image...
View ArticleRep. Jordan On Giuliani's Role In Ukraine Strategy: Trump Can 'Have Who He...
The Ohio Republican fiercely defended President Trump, arguing that he has the right to involve his personal lawyer in diplomacy. Rudy Giuliani has become a key figure in the impeachment inquiry....
View ArticleTrump Asks Supreme Court To Block New York Subpoenas For His Tax Records
The president and his lawyers are fighting two separate legal battles to gain access to his tax records. The other involves a subpoena for the documents issued by the House of Representatives. (Image...
View ArticleAmazon Appeals Pentagon's Choice Of Microsoft For $10 Billion Cloud Contract
Amazon cited "unmistakable bias" as it prepares to challenge its loss in federal court. This starts a new chapter in the contentious battle over the biggest U.S. cloud-computing contract, called JEDI.
View ArticleWatchdog Report: Trump Official Punished Public Servant Over Her Iranian...
The State Department's inspector general released a report concluding that Trump officials demoted a national security expert over her Iranian roots and the perception that she was disloyal to Trump....
View ArticleLog Of Trump's April Call With Zelenskiy Contradicts Original White House...
The White House released a rough transcript of a phone call Trump made to Ukraine's just-elected leader in April. It differs in key areas from how the White House described the call at the time....
View ArticleREAD: Former Ambassador To Ukraine Yovanovitch's Opening Statement To Congress
The remarks were part of an opening statement in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. (Image credit: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
View ArticleNFL Suspends Myles Garrett 'Indefinitely' For Hitting QB With His Own Helmet
The Cleveland Browns' defensive end is suspended without pay "at a minimum for the remainder of the season and postseason" after starting a fight at the end of a game with the Pittsburgh Steelers....
View ArticleRussian Opposition Leader Navalny Links Moscow Prosecutor To Luxury...
Alexei Navalny, a prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, runs an anti-corruption organization that Russian authorities accuse of being a "foreign agent." This week, he hit back. (Image credit:...
View ArticleChina Reports 2 Cases Of The Most Dangerous Type Of Plague
Authorities have censored Chinese-language news of the hospitalization of a couple who traveled from Mongolia to Beijing for treatment, perhaps to tamp down fears. (Image credit: Oxford Science...
View ArticleThis Week, 2,000 Children Ran A Race Through The Gray Smog Of Delhi
Even though the Delhi government has urged folks not to exercise outdoors, a "Race for Children" still took place. The Twittersphere was outraged! (Image credit: Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times/Getty Images)
View ArticleRoger Stone, Political Operative And Trump Aide, Guilty In False Statements...
Stone faced charges that he lied to congressional investigators and obstructed an official proceeding. He pleaded not guilty and said he'd done nothing wrong. (Image credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
View ArticleTrump Wants Insurers and Hospitals To Show Real Prices To Patients
Two regulations announced Friday take aim at health care prices. One, to affect patients by 2021, addresses hospital rates. The second, a proposal, would require more upfront clarity from insurers....
View ArticleCould 'Hidden Hunger' Be Conquered With A Particle The Size Of A Grain Of Salt?
To pack a healthier punch into staple foods like flour, researchers borrowed technology from the pharmaceutical industry. (Image credit: Julia Gunther for NPR)
View ArticleDemocrats Could Gain At Least 2 House Seats Under New N.C. Redistricting Plan
The plan follows a ruling by a state court last month that said North Carolina Republicans, who control the legislature, had unfairly disadvantaged Democrats. (Image credit: Carolyn Kaster/AP)
View ArticleState Department Aide Confirms He Overheard Trump On Call Discussing...
David Holmes, the State Department official who overheard a phone call between the president and a top diplomat, appeared in a closed-door deposition Friday before the House impeachment inquiry....
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