FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn arrives for a plea hearing at U.S. District Court, where he’s expected to plead guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia’s ambassador to the United States, in Washington, U.S., De... More »
FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a move certain to please conservatives, President Donald Trump on Friday added five names to his li... More »
Former CIA director James Woolsey pitched a $10 million contract to two Turkish businessmen to help discredit a controversial U.S.-based cleric while Woolsey was an adviser to Donald Trump's election campaign, three people familiar with the proposal said. More »
Mercedes won the Formula One constructors' title for the fourth year in a row on Sunday but Lewis Hamilton was made to wait despite cruising to a U.S. Grand Prix victory at one of his favorite circuits. More »
Lewis Hamilton can hear the fat lady clearing her throat, even if Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel managed to prevent her from singing after Sunday's U.S. Grand Prix. More »
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said he would be willing to travel to North Korea on behalf of the Trump administration to help diffuse rising tensions, The New York Times reported on its website on Sunday. More »
Phil Mickelson is proving more adept wielding a golf club than taking a selfie at the Presidents Cup as he joined Tiger Woods for the most victories at the team event. More »
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton's debut novel will not hit shelves for almost a year, but it is already getting the TV treatment as Showtime said Friday that it would adapt the anticipated book into a series. More »
U.S. President Donald Trump renewed his threat to scrap NAFTA and ripped on trading partners Canada and Mexico in a tweet early on Sunday, days before the three countries were scheduled to hold a second round of negotiations on rewriting the 23-year-old agreem... More »
China's President Xi Jinping said there needs to be a peaceful resolution to the North Korean nuclear issue, and in a telephone call with U.S. President Donald Trump he urged all sides to avoid words or action that raise tensions. More »
FILE PHOTO – Former U.S. National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski arrives to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 1, 2007. REUTERS/Jim Young/File Photo Zbigniew Brzezinski, who served as U.S. Presid... More »
The U.S. State Department held out the possibility on Thursday that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson might take reporters with him to Asia after it initially broke with decades of tradition by telling the media he would not. More »
U.S. President Trump Addresses Joint Session of Congress – Washington, U.S. – 28/02/17 – U.S. President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he arrives at the podium. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst President Donald Trump told Congress on Tuesday he was open to immigration r... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the Governor’s Dinner in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 26, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts President Donald Trump said on Sunday he will offer details on how he would like to overh... More »
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem February 12, 2017. REUTERS/Gali Tibbon/Pool President Donald Trump prepared to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday for talks that could shape the c... More »
A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday upheld an Obama-era rule designed to avoid conflicts of interests when brokers give retirement advice, in a possible setback for President Donald Trump’s efforts to scale back government regulation. More »
The Big 12 athletics conference decided on Wednesday to withhold a portion of the revenue due to Texas’ Baylor University as it checks reforms implemented at the world’s largest Baptist college in response to sexual assaults by it athletes. More »
Donald Trump speaks as his son-in-law Jared Kushner (L), daughter Ivanka listen at a campaign event at the Trump National Golf Club Westchester in Briarcliff Manor, New York, U.S., June 7, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s... More »
Chief Strategist & Communications Director for the Republican National Committee Sean Spicer arrives in the lobby of Republican president-elect Donald Trump’s Trump Tower in New York, New York, U.S. November 14, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri No evidence has emer... More »
Vera Rubin, a U.S. astronomer who pioneered work on invisible dark matter in the universe and who some colleagues felt was overlooked for a Nobel Prize, has died at 88, her son said on Monday. More »
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump talks to members of the media at Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 21, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria U.S President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday he intends to dissolve his charitable foundation, the ... More »
2016 Kennedy Center Honorees pose for a group photo after a gala dinner at the U.S. State Department, in Washington, U.S., December 3, 2016. From L-R: (seated) actor Al Pacino, singer Mavis Staples, pianist Martha Argerich, singer-songwriter James Taylor- (sta... More »
Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks at the Fortune’s Most Powerful Women’s Summit in Washington October 13, 2015. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo Billionaire investor Warren Buffett defended the stock market’s strength and raised d... More »
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Chairman of the Republican National Committee Reince Priebus address supporters during his election night rally in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday pick... More »
Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno testifies before the 9-11 commission in the Hart Senate office building on Capitol Hill in Washington April 13, 2004. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst MR/JDP Blunt-spoken Janet Reno, who served eight years as the first woman U.S. ... More »
Officers from the New York Police Department provide security outside of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, which will be the site of the election night event for U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in New York, U.S., November 7, 2016. REU... More »
Wells Fargo bank teller machines are seen in San Francisco, California, U.S. October 10, 2013. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith /File Photo Federico Pena, a member of Wells Fargo’s board of directors and chairman of its corporate responsibility committee, has resigned... More »
Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump is seen in a video screengrab as he apologizes for lewd comments he made about women during a statement recorded by his presidential campaign and released via social media after midnight October 8, 2016. Donald... More »
U.S. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) holds a copy of his party’s ”A Better Way” reform agenda at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S. September 29, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron Donald Trump on Monday suffered another political setback ... More »
U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks at a voter registration rally at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. October 10, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson A longtime political adviser to Hillary Clinton last year urged her presiden... More »
U.S. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) holds a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S. September 29, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron Paul Ryan, the top Republican in the U.S. Congress, took the extraordinary step on Monday of distancing himself ... More »
An activist takes part in a demonstration against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at Ninos Heroes monument in Mexico City, Mexico, September 13, 2016. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido U.S. Republican Donald Trump has dismissed his vulgar sexual comments abo... More »
People gather to watch the presidential town hall debate at Village Pourhouse Downtown bar in Manhattan, New York, U.S., October 9, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly The television audience for the second debate between White House contenders Donald Trump and Hillary... More »
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a rally with supporters in Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S. September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump increased his attacks on a former beauty queen with a vague and u... More »
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Manheim, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 1, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump closed out a rough week for his campaign on Saturday by escalating personal... More »
Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence holds a joint news conference with U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) (not pictured) following a House Republican party conference meeting in Washington, U.S. September 13, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Republica... More »
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton holds a news conference on the airport tarmac in front of her campaign plane in White Plains, New York, United States September 8, 2016. REUTERS/Brian Snyder Democrat Hillary Clinton will press Republican ... More »
Singer Buckwheat Zydeco arrives for a concert honoring singer/songwriter Willie Nelson, recipient of the Library of Congress’ Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in Washington November 18, 2015. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts The American accordionist Stanley “Buckwheat” ... More »
Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney takes part in a ceremony at the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa February 10, 2015. REUTERS/Blair Gable Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney on Sunday criticized Donald Trump’s potential plan to scrap the... More »
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump attends a church service, in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., September 3, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stepped up his bid to win over minority voters by addressing a largely bl... More »
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton greets supporters at Hub Coffee Roasters in Reno, Nevada, August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein Democrat Hillary Clinton on Saturday received her first national security briefing since accepting her party’s... More »
By Alana Wise | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON A senior official with the Republican National Committee on Sunday played down the prospect that the party would cut off cash and logistical support to White House nominee Donald Trump in order to shift resources toward co... More »
By Ginger Gibson | FAIRFIELD, Conn. FAIRFIELD, Conn. U.S. Republican Donald Trump on Saturday repeated his attack on President Barack Obama that he helped “found” Islamic State and railed against media reports that his campaign is failing, at a campaign rally ... More »
By Amanda Becker and Susan Heavey | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Hillary Clinton on Friday released her 2015 tax returns, which showed the Democratic presidential nominee and her husband had $10.75 million in income that year and paid an effective federal tax rate of... More »
WASHINGTON Hillary and Bill Clinton have earned at least $30 million since January 2014, including more than $25 million for delivering about 100 speeches, according to a government filing. Hillary Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomi... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Mike Huckabee, a former Baptist pastor and unabashed culture warrior, enters the race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday facing competition for the support of social conservatives who backed him in 2008... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said on Monday he would continue to give paid speeches while his wife, Hillary Clinton, runs for president amid criticism of the income her family draws from people, including foreigners, with business ... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – If Hillary Clinton has a Bill Clinton problem, Bill Clinton does not seem to see it. The former president’s insistence on Monday that he would continue to give paid speeches for six-figure sums and remain his family’s foundation chief am... More »
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK/DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) – Hillary Clinton, under pressure from the left wing of her Democratic Party to aggressively campaign against income inequality, voiced concern about the hefty paychecks of some corporate executives in an email to... More »
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Political staffers reporting for duty at the Brooklyn headquarters that will house Hillary Clinton’s anticipated presidential campaign will find a neighborhood known for its waterfront skyline views, top-notch private schools an... More »
