Nov 13 WATCH: Senate committee holds hearing on president’s ability to authorize nuclear weapons By Erica R. Hendry The Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the authority to order the use of nuclear weapons will begin around 10 a.m. ET Tuesday. Watch live here. Continue reading
Nov 13 France may set minimum legal age for sexual consent By Angela Charlton, Philippe Sotto, Associated Press Two recent court cases have heightened the debate over who is old enough to consent to sex under French law. Continue reading
Nov 13 5 important stories you may have missed By Erica R. Hendry These days, it's hard to stop politics from flooding your news feed. We take a moment every week to bring you other important stories beyond the White House and the Capitol. Continue reading
Nov 13 Another woman claims sexual assault by Senate candidate Roy Moore in the 1970s By Alan Fram and Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press The allegation came on day when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Moore should quit the contest, and Moore fired back that it was McConnell who should step down. Continue reading
Nov 13 AP fact check: Trump’s statements on the economy, veterans’ health care By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press Veterans Day prompted President Donald Trump and his administration to take stock of what’s been done to fix health care for those in uniform. They claimed more progress than has been made. Continue reading
Nov 13 McConnell says Roy Moore ‘should step aside’ By Alan Fram and Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says that Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore of Alabama "should step aside" in light of allegations he had sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl decades ago. Continue reading
Nov 13 Trump names former drug executive as new health secretary By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Turning to an industry he’s rebuked, President Donald Trump on Monday picked a former top pharmaceutical and government executive be his health and human services secretary. Continue reading
Nov 13 WATCH: Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló asks for $94.4 billion for Hurricane Maria recovery By Luis Alonso Lugo, Associated Press The island is struggling to recover from the damage inflicted by Hurricane Maria, with much of the U.S. territory without power and thousands still homeless, the governor said. Continue reading
Nov 13 Trump embraces Duterte as Asia trip winds down By Jonathan Lemire and Jill Colvin, Associated Press His lengthy Asia trip down to its final days, President Donald Trump opted Monday to publicly prioritize strategic interests over human rights, declining to shine a spotlight on the violent drug war overseen by his Philippine host. Continue reading
Nov 13 Roy Moore dismisses sexual allegations in story, says lawsuit to come By Hope Yen and Kevin Freking, Associated Press Amid pressure from within the Republican Party to step aside, GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore on Sunday night called a newspaper report carrying allegations he had sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl four decades ago "fake news."… Continue reading