Oct 08 Climate activists block roads, camp out for second day of global protests By Danica Kirka, Tristan Lavalette, Associated Press "I want to make a statement that (the activists) are all different sorts of people from all different walks of life, not just people you would call hippies," said Mike Gumn, 33, a National Health Service manager with two children. Continue reading
Oct 07 As impeachment looms, GOP revolts against Trump on Syria By Steve Peoples, Associated Press A chief Trump loyalist in Congress called the move "unnerving to the core." An influential figure in conservative media condemned it as "a disaster." And Trump's former top NATO envoy said it was "a big mistake" that would threaten the… Continue reading
Oct 07 McConnell splits with Trump on Syria pullout By Associated Press Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is opposing President Donald Trump's plan to pull U.S. troops from northern Syria, a rare policy split between the Senate's top Republican and Trump. Continue reading
Oct 07 WATCH: Trump signs trade deal with Japan The deal would win back for American farmers benefits they lost when Trump pulled out of a broader Asia-Pacific pact his first week in office. Continue reading
Oct 06 Analysis: Trump’s old ways colliding with new realities By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press The playbook Donald Trump has used as a real estate developer, celebrity businessman and political candidate has, for the most part, proved effective through the first two-plus years of his presidency. Continue reading
Oct 06 GM-UAW talks take turn for worse; settlement not near By Tom Krisher, Associated Press DETROIT — Contract talks aimed at ending a 21-day strike by the United Auto Workers against General Motors have taken a turn for the worse, hitting a big snag over product commitments for U.S. factories, a union official wrote in… Continue reading
Oct 06 Gunfire shatter brief calm in Iraq, protests restart By Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press An eerie calm prevailed Sunday in the Iraqi capital Baghdad at the start of the work week, following a bloody night when security forces opened fire to break up anti-government protests, killing at least 19. Continue reading
Oct 06 Police look for 2 men in Kansas bar shooting that killed 4 By Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press Two men opened fire inside a bar in Kansas City, Kansas, early Sunday, killing four people and wounding five others in a shooting believed to have stemmed from an earlier dispute, police said. Continue reading
Oct 06 Aide: Perry pushed Trump for Ukraine call, for energy issues By Ellen Knickmeyer, Alan Fram, Associated Press Energy Secretary Rick Perry encouraged President Donald Trump to speak to Ukraine's president — but on energy and economic issues, Perry's spokeswoman said Sunday, addressing Perry's role in a telephone call that's at the center of a congressional impeachment probe… Continue reading
Oct 06 Anger grows at civilian deaths by US, Afghan forces By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press Increasing civilian deaths in stepped-up U.S. airstrikes and operations by Afghan forces highlight the conundrum the U.S. military and its Afghan allies face, 18 years into the war: How to hunt down their Islamic State group and Taliban enemies, while… Continue reading