• U.S. ties with Russia, China sink as Biden toes tough lines

    U.S. ties with Russia, China sink as Biden toes tough lines

    Mar 20, 2021 08:23 PM EST

    ... draw clear differences between his Russia policies and those of former President Donald Trump. who was accused of being soft on Putin. Just 24 hours later, Biden's top diplomat and national security adviser blasted Chinese officials in face-to-face talks. Although Biden's strong comments about Putin reflected ...

  • Sen. Murray shares for the first time her 'horrific' close encounter with Capitol rioters

    Sen. Murray shares for the first time her 'horrific' close encounter with Capitol rioters

    Feb 12, 2021 07:35 PM EST

    ... to break in. “My husband sat with his foot against the door, praying that it would not break in,” said Murray, who grew visibly emotional recalling the incident. “It was a horrific feeling.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvAqG4MgL7E&feature=youtu.be The Washington Democrat said she spent a ...

  • WATCH: Obama holds drive-in rally for Biden in Philadelphia

    WATCH: Obama holds drive-in rally for Biden in Philadelphia

    Oct 21, 2020 05:55 PM EST

    ... Biden and his running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, as ready to confront the coronavirus pandemic. Obama was slated to address a drive-in rally later Wednesday. “I am so confident in Joe Biden and Kamala Harris surrounding themselves with people who are serious, who know what they’re doing ...

  • EU sanctions Belarus over election, gets in-kind response

    EU sanctions Belarus over election, gets in-kind response

    Oct 02, 2020 06:37 PM EST

    BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union imposed sanctions Friday on 40 officials suspected of election misconduct and a brutal security crackdown on protesters in Belarus, which quickly retaliated by announcing its own sanctions against the EU and recalling its ambassadors from Poland and Lithuania. Russia, in turn, said it would follow ...

  • As threat of valley fever grows beyond the Southwest, push is on for vaccine

    As threat of valley fever grows beyond the Southwest, push is on for vaccine

    Sep 15, 2020 07:12 PM EST

    ... touch his symptoms. His headache turned into cluster headaches and the fatigue became worse. “I was not really functional,” he said in a recent interview, recalling the beginning of his eight-year struggle with the mystery illness. After five weeks, he ended up at Bakersfield’s Kern Medical, home to ...

  • WATCH: Department of Defense commemorates 75 year anniversary of WWII’s end

    WATCH: Department of Defense commemorates 75 year anniversary of WWII’s end

    Sep 02, 2020 06:03 PM EST

    ... got there."Those feelings are complicated, said Pedersen, who dedicated his life to peace after the war ended. “War must not happen again,” he said, recalling the words uttered by Gen. Douglas MacArthur on the day the Japanese surrendered. But “we’re still oscillating on many of the things that ...

  • How mental health struggles wrote Ernest Hemingway’s final chapter

    How mental health struggles wrote Ernest Hemingway’s final chapter

    Jul 21, 2020 07:40 PM EST

    ... sell hundreds of thousands of copies each year. In moments that struck Hotchner as paranoid, Hemingway was concerned about being followed by the FBI. Years later, however, Hotchner would learn that his friend had indeed been surveilled since the 1940s. In December of 1960, Hemingway was admitted to the Mayo ...

  • Weinstein trial moves swiftly with more accusers on deck

    Weinstein trial moves swiftly with more accusers on deck

    Jan 28, 2020 06:40 PM EST

    “And you thought it funny?” Rotnunno asked. “We did, at the time," Entin said, recalling how her pet Chihuahua, Peanut, once chased Weinstein around the apartment. The women viewed Weinstein "as a pathetic older man trying really hard to hit on” Haleyi, Entin said. The day's court actions ...

  • WATCH: Biden says Iran escalation shows Trump 'incapable of world leadership'

    WATCH: Biden says Iran escalation shows Trump 'incapable of world leadership'

    Jan 07, 2020 06:00 PM EST

    ... over the years, varying from saying he recommended Obama wait for clearer identification of bin Laden at the Pakistan compound where he was killed to later saying he privately told Obama to go ahead. Blinken said Biden was never against pursuing bin Laden, as some Republicans say. Recalling how Biden ...

  • Radio personality Don Imus dead at age 79

    Radio personality Don Imus dead at age 79

    Dec 28, 2019 02:12 AM EST

    ... for the New York Times in the 1990s, Imus said "Isn't the Times wonderful? It lets the cleaning lady cover the White House." Imus later denied making those remarks. Following the 2007 Rutgers statement, Ifill wrote an op-ed in the New York Times, recalling Imus’ remarks about her ...