New details show how close the top U.S. general in Afghanistan was to Thursday’s violent insider attack in Kandahar that killed two senior Afghan security officials and wounded the province’s governor. Gen. Austin Scott Miller told Friday he believes the attacker was targeting the Afghan officials and expressed confidence that despite the attack Afghan forces […]
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Fact Check Friday: Trump on Saudi ties, pre-existing conditions, tax cut impact
President Donald Trump‘s response to the apparent murder of Washington Post columnist and Saudi citizen Jamal Khashoggi has provoked a debate about the standards of moral leadership the U.S. should project to the world. The president has seemed to struggle mightily with this question. On the one hand, he has said that if Saudi leaders […]
Read MoreBering Sea village will be first counted in 2020 US Census
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The first people to be counted in the 2020 U.S. Census live in a Yupik village on the Bering Sea in southwest Alaska. Acting U.S. Census Bureau Director Ron Jarmin announced Friday that Toksook (TOOK-sook) Bay will be the first community counted for the census that occurs every 10 years. Toksook […]
Read MoreSunday on ‘This Week’: Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Beto O’Rourke, Sen. Chris Van Hollen
With the midterm elections just over two weeks away, “This Week” is on the campaign trail with Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Beto O’Rourke as they face off in the critical Texas Senate race. Plus, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., comes to “This Week” Sunday, and FiveThirtyEight Editor-in-Chief Nate Silver […]
Read MoreSaudi state-run news agency says “the kingdom expresses its deep regret” over the slaying of writer Jamal Khashoggi
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Read MoreWATCH: Caravan of migrants tears down fence on Mexico-Guatemala border
Now Playing: Trump weighing new immigration policy Now Playing: Caravan of migrants tears down fence on Mexico-Guatemala border Now Playing: The Briefing Room: Migrant caravan reaches Guatemala-Mexico border Now Playing: Trump comments perceived by some as encouraging violence Now Playing: FiveThirtyEight Senate forecast update for Oct. 19, 2018 Now Playing: Trump praises congressman who attacked […]
Read MoreMega Millions jackpot hits $1B, thanks to worsening odds
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — If it seems like lottery jackpots are getting larger and larger, it’s because they are getting larger and larger. Friday night’s Mega Millions estimated grand prize has hit a staggering $1 billion, continuing a trend of giant jackpots. It’s the second-largest lottery prize in U.S. history and joins five other […]
Read MorePolice reforms in Chicago could boost crime, Sessions says
Attorney General Jeff Sessions warned Friday that reforms planned for the Chicago police force could cause a surge in violent crime and pointed to the recent murder conviction of a police officer as evidence that such reforms aren’t necessary because officers who break the law are already “prosecuted and jailed.” In a speech sponsored by […]
Read MoreCandid candidate voluntarily airs dirty laundry
Virginia Del. Lee Carter wants you to know that he is in the midst of his third divorce, can’t hold a job, lobbed homophobic insults when he was young, and may even have explicit photos of himself floating around on the internet. It’s not that the incumbent Democrat wants to lose the election next year; […]
Read MoreAlleged MS-13 members charged with murder in 2 deaths
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Two alleged MS-13 gang members have been charged with murder in separate killings of two teenagers who were hacked to death in New York. Josue Figueroa-Velazquez and Kevin Lopez-Morales were arraigned on a grand jury indictment Friday in the deaths of 15-year-old Angel Soler and 19-year-old Josue Amaya Leonor on Long […]
Read MorePresident Trump and Secretary Pompeo deny ABC report on Khashoggi tape
The Trump administration has strongly denied a claim that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was played an alleged audio recording of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder and that he was provided a transcript during his visit to meet Turkish officials in Ankara this week. Khashoggi was last seen entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul […]
Read MoreL.A. Times: Nancy Pelosi Has Been ‘Grooming’ Adam Schiff as Possible Successor
The Los Angeles Times reported Friday that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who intends to become Speaker of the House if Democrats win the November midterm elections, “has quietly been grooming potential successors, among them Rep. Adam Schiff.” Pelosi told the Times that while she intended to run for Speaker, she did not intend on serving […]
Read MoreWATCH: FiveThirtyEight Senate forecast update for Oct. 19, 2018
Now Playing: Sen. Sanders: Democrats ‘have to end one party rule’ by winning in midterms Now Playing: Donna Brazile on Democrats in midterms: ‘Energy, good-quality candidates and… money’ Now Playing: FiveThirtyEight Senate forecast update for Oct. 19, 2018 Now Playing: Trump praises congressman who attacked a reporter Now Playing: Outgoing UN Ambassador Haley pokes fun […]
Read MoreSenate candidates in Arizona vie for military and veteran support
Arizona was represented by an American war hero for decades, and now the military is playing a role in Arizonans’ search for their next senator as well. The Senate seat that will be filled by the state’s first female senator come November is not the one left open by the passing of Sen. John McCain, […]
Read MoreState trooper stabbed in head, neck during pursuit
NEW SALEM, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts State Police trooper sustained stab wounds to the head, neck, shoulders and arm while trying to apprehend an 18-year-old who had earlier fled a traffic stop. Authorities say the teenager was then shot in the torso by the 47-year-old trooper and both were taken to the hospital with […]
Read More‘We have to be the example we don’t have’: ‘The View’ talks Trump praising Gianforte
Hours after Donald Trump told reporters “it certainly looks” like missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead, the president praised a Montana congressman for attacking a reporter. “The View” co-hosts discussed both controversial topics Friday. During Congressman Greg Gianforte’s special election in May last year, he was caught on audio tape assaulting a reporter in his […]
Read MoreF-16 accidentally blown up by Belgian Air Force mechanic
When it was over, an F-16 lay burnt to a crisp on a tarmac in Belgium. The pictures tell the story: Mechanics at an Air Force base in Florenne were working on a nearby F-16 last Thursday and accidentally triggered that jet’s cannon, which fired at the other plane. Those rounds struck the recently fueled […]
Read MoreRussian woman charged with alleged ‘information warfare’ against US midterms
Federal authorities have charged a Russian woman for allegedly taking part in a Russian plot to influence public opinion over the upcoming 2018 midterms elections and other politically-charged events inside the United States, the Justice Department announced Friday. “The strategic goal of this alleged conspiracy, which continues to this day, is to sow discord in […]
Read MoreNorth Dakota Native Americans fight to protect their right to vote after court ruling
Courtney Yellow Fat, a tribal council member for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, has lived on a reservation for most of his life – a community which historically hasn’t used street names or addresses and instead relies on post office boxes. So, a few years back when he made the 90-minute trek to the state […]
Read MoreThe Latest: Officials say lives saved with arrest of suspect
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Latest on Kentucky authorities arresting a suspect accused of threatening schools (all times local): 2:45 p.m. Kentucky State Police Commissioner Rick Sanders says he’s certain that lives were saved when authorities arrested a heavily armed man accused of threatening schools in two Kentucky counties. Sanders said Friday that the suspect […]
Read MoreWATCH: Migrant Caravan Tears Down Border Fence, Storms Mexico
More than 4,000 migrants forced their way into Mexico after storming a border fence with Guatemala. Video captured by Noticias Telemundo shows the moment when hundreds of migrants force the gate open and rush into Mexico despite officials efforts to keep the migrants out. Mexican authorities previously vowed to turn back any migrants who did […]
Read MoreFeds charge NY man with threatening two US senators for supporting Kavanaugh
Federal authorities have arrested a New York man for allegedly threatening to attack two U.S. senators over their support for Brett Kavanaugh, whose nomination to the Supreme Court was almost derailed by an allegation he sexually assaulted a woman three decades ago while they were in high school. 74-year-old Ronald Derisi of Smithtown, Long Island, […]
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