Only three months before New Jersey agreed to accept $250 million in cash from ExxonMobil to settle claims the oil giant sullied public land, Gov. Chris Christie was still signaling…
A review of United flight operations data, which details safety incidents involving United pilots and aircraft, prompted the warning, according to an airline official. READ: Southwest planes grounded over missing…
Fugate outlined a bevy of of consequences of varying sizes to FEMA operations if DHS funding lapses this Friday. Any operations not directly tied to life-saving and protecting property, he…
WASHINGTON — Robert McDonald, the secretary of veterans affairs, wrongly claimed in a videotaped comment earlier this year that he served in special operations forces, the most elite units in…
Tobacco consumption in America has declined consistently since the surgeon general’s office published its first report in 1965. However, more than 18% of adults still identified as smokers in 2013,…
Tobacco consumption in America has declined consistently since the surgeon general’s office published its first report in 1965. However, more than 18% of adults still identified as smokers in 2013,…
The World Food Program is confronting its worst challenge since World War II in trying to tackle five top-level humanitarian crises at the same time, the head of the U.N….
DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson has said a shutdown would cause a “terrible disruption” for everyday Americans, and the White House is slated this week to ramp up pressure on Congress…
(Adds background on labor dispute) SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 14 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has asked Labor Secretary Tom Perez to travel to California to help spur an agreement in…
News that the United States has suspended operations at its embassy in Yemenand reports that Houthi rebels have seized U.S. Marines’ weaponshave laid bare the failure of U.S. policy in…
David Carr in 2008, the year he published his memoir, “The Night of the Gun,” a story of his battles with drugs in the 1980s.” David Carr, a writer who…
WASHINGTON — As an October chill fell on the mountain passes that separate the militant havens in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a small team of Afghan intelligence commandos and American Special…
A South Korean court on Thursday found her guilty of violating aviation law, changing flight path and interference of operations. – He added that her actions threatened the development of…
This follows the removal of all remaining U.S. embassy personnel at the embassy in Sanaa after the State Department announced it would suspend its operations in the country amid the…
The actions come after the United States, along with Britain, suspended operations at their respective embassies and moved out staffers because of the instability in the Arab nation. According to…
Lawmakers on Wednesday morning received a draft Authorization for the Use of Military Force, a resolution that would formally authorize a six-month U.S. military effort against the militant group. Shortly…
As fighting between the army and pro-Russian separatist rebels in Ukraine continues unabated, Ukraine’s government in Kiev is also facing a dire financial crisis. Forbes contributor Mark Adomanis explained to…
California is proposing sweeping changes in the way it protects underground drinking-water supplies from oil-and-gas operations. – Chief state oil and gas regulator Steve Bohlen says California will be making…
By Abdoulaye Massalaki NIAMEY, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Islamist fighters from Nigeria’s Boko Haram sect attacked a prison in neighboring Niger overnight, hours before Niger’s parliament was due to vote…
HONG KONG — China’s tax officials plan to step up efforts to collect taxes from multinational corporation in the latest of a series of moves in the last year, mostly…
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian investigators said Thursday that the co-pilot of AirAsia Flight 8501 was at the controls when the plane made its final radio transmission to ground control before…
READ: Purported ISIS message sets new deadline for prisoner Passing AUMF legislation is Congress’ way of giving the President permission to engage in prolonged military operations. Under the War Powers…
In an affidavit unsealed in federal court on Monday, the Justice Department accused Evgeny Buryakov, also known as “Zhenya,” of posing as a Russian banker in Manhattan to funnel economic…
Prices have also been pushed down amid a glut of supply from fracking operations in the United States and Canada. – Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property…
The director of the CIA’s National Clandestine Service, the storied home of the agency’s most secretive intelligence operations, has announced that he plans to retire, The Daily Beast has learned….