The Memo: Democrats brace for a new Trump presidency
Democrats are bracing for a new — and, for them, bleak — political era as President-elect Trump prepares to take office for a second term. Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20 will be a massive ...
Why Trump is targeting Panama, Greenland, Canada
President-elect Trump has spent parts of the holiday season vowing to take over the Panama Canal, calling for the U.S. to buy Greenland from Denmark and suggesting Canada could become the ...
Experts confused but delighted by low rates of teen drug use
A new study has experts beaming with hope as it shows teen drug use at a record low, but they admit confusion as to why the trend is happening and how to ensure it continues. The ...
Afghan forces target Pakistan in retaliation for deadly airstrikes that killed dozens
Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry said Saturday that its forces hit several points inside Pakistan in retaliation for deadly airstrikes last week. Pakistan last Tuesday launched an operation to ...
Israel detains director of one of last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza, Palestinians say
Israel’s army detained the director of one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza as overnight strikes in the enclave killed nine people ...
State funeral begins for former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who instituted economic reform
The state funeral for Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister widely regarded as the architect of the country’s economic reform program, began Saturday as politicians and ...
Texas blocks Biden from disposing of border wall materials before Trump takes office
The Biden administration has been blocked from getting rid of any border wall materials over the next 30 days, passing the materials on for President-elect Trump to use as he chooses, according to ...
Most Americans partly blame high insurance profits for UnitedHealthcare CEO killing: Poll
Nearly 7 in 10 Americans think that profits made by health insurance companies had either a great deal or moderate amount of responsibility for the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson ...
Greg Gumbel, sports broadcast legend, dies at 78 after cancer battle
The longtime CBS Sports broadcaster Greg Gumbel, 78, passed away after a battle with cancer, the network announced Friday in a statement from his wife and daughter. “It is with profound sadness ...
Canadian Cabinet ministers meet with Trump’s nominee for commerce secretary in bid to avoid tariffs
Two Canadian Cabinet ministers left a meeting at Mar-a-Lago on Friday without assurances President-elect Donald Trump will back away from threatened tariffs on all products from the ...
Leon Panetta suggests it’s ‘pretty clear’ Russia ‘responsible’ for Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash
Former Secretary of Defense and CIA director Leon Panetta speculated that Russian air defenses may have caused the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people and ...
Yellen says extraordinary measures to avoid default will begin as soon as Jan. 14
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen suggested in a letter to Congress on Friday that the department doesn’t think the U.S. will need to take “extraordinary measures” on Jan. 2 to ...