World Dec 12 Italy’s premier-to-be is poised to make it official ROME — Premier-designate Paolo Gentiloni says he has quickly completed sounding out political leaders on his proposed Democrat-led Cabinet and will tell Italy's president later Monday evening if he's succeeded in forming a government.
World Dec 12 Merkel says Germany will stick to one-China policy BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says that her country, Europe's biggest economic power, won't be changing its policy on China and Taiwan after President-elect Donald Trump raised questions about the future U.S. stance.
Politics Dec 11 Netanyahu hopes to work with Trump to undo Iran deal President-elect Donald Trump will be a good friend to Israel and hopefully the two countries can work together to dismantle the international nuclear agreement with Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview Sunday.
Politics Dec 11 Republican senators join Dems to condemn Russian political hacking John McCain, Chuck Schumer and others said in a joint statement Sunday that the CIA's report of Russia's efforts in the election "should alarm every American."…
Nation Dec 09 Attorney general to visit mosque, Stonewall National Monument amid increase in hate crimes FBI statistics released last month show reported hate crimes against Muslims rose by 67 percent in 2015 to their highest number since the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Politics Dec 08 Union president Jones challenges Trump on Carrier Chuck Jones challenged the president-elect Thursday to back up his claim that a deal to discourage Carrier Corp. from closing a factory would save 1,100 jobs.
Nation Dec 08 Somali-American lawmaker says DC cab driver called her ‘ISIS’ Ilhan Omar, 33, says she is troubled by growing animosity toward Muslim people.
Politics Dec 07 Biden says no plans for 2020 presidential bid but ‘never say never’ The comments came a day after Biden said, with a slight smile to a reporter, "I'm going to run in 2020."…
Politics Dec 06 Trending story that Clinton won just 57 counties is untrue NEW YORK — A trending story that claims Hillary Clinton won a total of 57 counties in the presidential election is untrue.
Nation Dec 06 Report says Pentagon disregarded cost-cutting study WASHINGTON — A Washington Post report says the Defense Department disregarded an internal study that found it had a bloated bureaucracy and could cut $125 billion in administrative costs over five years.