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After summit, Pompeo wants nuke details from Kim
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  • 07/05/2018 12:00 AM

After summit, Pompeo wants nuke details from Kim

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to arrive in Pyongyang on Friday for his first visit since last month’s summit in Singapore, and one of his biggest tasks will be to dispel growing skepticism over whether North Korean leader Kim Jong Un really intends to abandon his nuclear arsenal  Read more

Embattled EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns amid scandals

Embattled EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns amid scandals

Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, one of the most scandal-plagued Cabinet officials in U.S. history, is leaving the agency, President Trump tweeted Thursday  Read more

China issues U.S. travel warning amid trade tensions

China issues U.S. travel warning amid trade tensions

China’s embassy in Washington has issued a security advisory to Chinese nationals traveling to the United States, the latest such warning as trade tensions escalate between the two countries  Read more

Utah Sen. Mike Lee's Office Says President Trump Interviewed Him for the Supreme Court

Utah Sen. Mike Lee's Office Says President Trump Interviewed Him for the Supreme Court

President Donald Trump has spoken with Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah as he considers options for a Supreme Court opening  Read more

How We Can Catch Up to Other Countries in Education

How We Can Catch Up to Other Countries in Education

The U.S. secretary of education reflects on lessons from her trip abroad  Read more

On the Fourth of July, we celebrate the uniqueness of America -- defined in the Declaration of Independence

On the Fourth of July, we celebrate the uniqueness of America -- defined in the Declaration of Independence

n the Fourth of July we proudly celebrate the day 13 colonies became states and those states became a nation. But there was far more going on  Read more

Liberals Sour on the First Amendment

Liberals Sour on the First Amendment

Claims that conservatives have ‘weaponized’ free speech are a hollow excuse  Read more

Illegal immigration dropped as Trump's zero tolerance policy kicked in

Illegal immigration dropped as Trump's zero tolerance policy kicked in

Illegal immigration on the southwest border appears to have dropped in June, according to new numbers reported Monday, suggesting President Trump’s zero tolerance policy may have been successful in changing the calculations for would-be migrants  Read more

Trump says WTO needs to change ways or U.S. ‘will be doing something’

Trump says WTO needs to change ways or U.S. ‘will be doing something’

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to take action against the World Trade Organization on Monday after media reports said he wanted to withdraw from the global trade regulator  Read more

López Obrador, a leftist, wins sweeping mandate in Mexican presidential election

López Obrador, a leftist, wins sweeping mandate in Mexican presidential election

As votes were tallied Monday following a historic election, Andrés Manuel López Obrador appeared close to gaining control of Congress as well as the presidency — a resounding mandate for the country’s first leftist leader in decades  Read more

Trump: European Union is 'possibly as bad' as China on trade

Trump: European Union is 'possibly as bad' as China on trade

President Trump on Sunday refused to back down on his administration’s tariffs against U.S. allies, arguing that the European Union is “as bad as China” in its trade policies  Read more

Immigration storm bears down on Republicans

Immigration storm bears down on Republicans

GOP lawmakers can’t hide from a debate that continues to fracture the party  Read more

Canada imposes retaliatory tariffs on $12.5 billion in US exports

Canada imposes retaliatory tariffs on $12.5 billion in US exports

Canada on Sunday imposed retaliatory tariffs on $12.5 billion worth of U.S. exports, the latest in a series of escalating trade conflicts between the Trump administration and top U.S. allies  Read more

Senator Collins will not back anti-abortion Supreme Court nominee

Senator Collins will not back anti-abortion Supreme Court nominee

A key moderate Republican U.S. senator said on Sunday that she will not support a nominee to fill a soon-to-be-vacated seat on the Supreme Court who would overturn a landmark legal ruling that supports a woman’s right to abortion  Read more

Donald Trump: Democrats will be 'beaten so badly' if they campaign to abolish ICE

Donald Trump: Democrats will be 'beaten so badly' if they campaign to abolish ICE

President Donald Trump said he thinks Democrats will lose future elections if they run on a platform of abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as more liberals join the progressive call to dismantle the agency  Read more

Trump Does Deep Dive on High Court Finalists Before July 9 Pick

Trump Does Deep Dive on High Court Finalists Before July 9 Pick

President says his Supreme Court finalists include two women  Read more

North Korea working to conceal key aspects of its nuclear program, U.S. officials say

North Korea working to conceal key aspects of its nuclear program, U.S. officials say

U.S. intelligence officials, citing newly obtained evidence, have concluded that North Korea does not intend to fully surrender its nuclear stockpile, and instead is considering ways to conceal the number of weapons it has and secret production facilities  Read more

Midterm turnout surges for both parties

Midterm turnout surges for both parties

A surge in voter enthusiasm has prompted millions more Democrats to cast ballots in primary elections this year, a turnout explosion ahead of midterms in which motivation to vote is key to the party's chances of reclaiming control of the House  Read more