Nevada Governor Signs ‘Historic’ Union Law to Help 20,000 State Workers Fight ‘Rigged Economy that Favors the Wealthy’
AFSCME President Lee Saunders and AFSCME Local 4041 President Harry Schiffman issued the following statements after Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak signed into law SB 135, a bill expanding collective bargaining rights to more than 20,000 Nevada state employees. The bill …
David Letterman has a question for President Trump
David Letterman can't believe he had Donald Trump on as a guest more than 30 times on his former late-night talk shows, "Late Night With David Letterman" and CBS' "The Late Show With David Letterman."
Donald Trump Jr. says there was 'nothing to change' in testimony before Senate panel
Donald Trump Jr. said Wednesday that he did not have to correct his previous testimony and is "not at all" worried about perjury after a two-and-a-half hour, closed-door interview before the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Lucy McBath came to Congress to tackle guns. Instead she's stuck in an impeachment debate
After Lucy McBath won one of the closest races in the country, she earned a seat on the House Judiciary Committee to press for gun control — her life's work after her teenage son, Jordan Davis, was shot and killed …
North Carolina man sentenced to life after pleading guilty to the 2015 murders of 3 Muslim college students
A North Carolina man was sentenced Wednesday to three terms of life in prison for shooting and killing three of his neighbors, all Muslim students, in the college town of Chapel Hill in 2015.
Most rabies infections in the United States come from bats, CDC says
In the United States, the culprit behind most rabies cases has shifted from dogs to bats. The flying mammals now cause 7 out of 10 US rabies cases, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Trump invokes executive privilege ahead of House Oversight contempt vote for Barr, Ross
The Department of Justice informed the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday that President Donald Trump has asserted executive privilege over materials related to the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
Michael Flynn's new lawyer Sidney Powell fanned Mueller conspiracies
Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, is turning to a lawyer who fanned conspiracy theories about investigators' conduct in his case to represent him as he awaits sentencing.
A helicopter crash-landed on the roof of a New York City skyscraper. Then the building shook
A typical afternoon inside the offices of a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper suddenly turned to chaos Monday when a helicopter, 11 minutes into its flight, crash-landed on the roof.
State Dept. pushes back on Friedman comments about Israel's 'right' to annex West Bank
The State Department pushed back on comments by the US ambassador to Israel suggesting that Israel has a right to annex part of the West Bank.
An Illinois news station renamed its 'Code Red' weather warning after its own weatherman criticized it
A local Illinois news station has switched its "Code Red" weather alerts to something that sounds less alarming after its own weatherman criticized the language as misleading.
Sprint and T-Mobile face another legal challenge to merger
The long-time effort by Sprint and T-Mobile to merge has hit another roadblock.
Why the nation's two largest religious groups are talking about sex abuse this week
When leaders of the country's two largest religious groups -- the Catholic Church and Southern Baptist Convention -- hold meetings this week, the separate conferences will have a common agenda: clergy sexual abuse.
Justin Amash just exposed a little secret about conservatism under Trump
When the House Freedom Caucus was formed back in January 2015, here's the mission statement the group released:
Trump's trade war is here to stay. Companies like mine will pay the price
The Trump administration's escalating trade war with China has left American companies with little choice. They must either scale back their reliance on Chinese manufacturers or get comfortable with higher costs and slimmer profit margins.
