Fourteen evacuees from the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined in Japan were allowed to fly back to the United States Sunday despite testing positive for coronavirus, the U.S. State Department and Health and Human Services saidin a joint statement. They MORE
A rare measure of bipartisanship resulted in the US Senate passing a War Powers Resolution on Thursday, in spite of Trump’s disapproval and likelihood to veto the resolution. The president warned the Senate on Wednesday MORE
Attorney General William Barr has accepted an invitation to testify to the House Judiciary Committee on March 31, ending a year-long standoff that began when the panel first demanded his testimony in the aftermath of special counsel MORE
Three prosecutors in Roger Stone’s criminal case abruptly resigned from the case on Tuesday after the Justice Department said it planned to reduce the recommended sentence for the longtime Trump associate. The Justice Department on MORE
The whistleblowing Chinese doctor who tried to raise the alarm about the coronavirus outbreak died in the early hours of Friday, a Communist party-controlled newspaper has now confirmed. Li Wenliang, 34, was declared dead at MORE
Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez called for a recanvass of all results in Iowa on Thursday, as the state’s Democratic Party continues to struggle to verify the data from Monday night’s caucuses. The move is a MORE
Iowa Democratic Party chair takes questions from the press and will release 60% of the Caucus results. The liveblog has ended.No liveblog updates yet. Load more
“I think they made a big mistake not allowing my question. My question did not accuse anybody of being a whistleblower.” Republican Senator Rand Paul gave the purported name of the anonymous whistleblower at the MORE
The Pentagon now says 50 American military service members suffered traumatic brain injuries following Iran’s Jan. 8 missile attack on a base in western Iraq that was housing the U.S. military personnel. Initially the Pentagon said there were no injuries in MORE
The final minutes of interaction between the pilot of the helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and air traffic controllers did not indicate any cause for alarm – until the communication suddenly ceased. That was a bad MORE
Claim: Trump thinks that when the House impeached him, it was for purely political reasons, to undo the 2016 election, and interfere with his re-election. Fact: Removing a duly elected president is “exactly the goal MORE
Virginia Capital on Edge as F.B.I. Arrests Suspected Neo-Nazis Before Gun Rally RICHMOND, Va. — Alarming calls online for a race war. The arrest of three suspected neo-Nazis. Memories of the explosive clashes in Charlottesville, MORE
“I believe it probably would’ve been four embassies.” -Donald J. Trump. Liar in Chief. State Department officials involved in US embassy security have stated that no one made them aware of any imminent threats to MORE
President Donald Trump authorized the killing of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani seven months ago if Iran’s increased aggression resulted in the death of an American, according to five current and former senior administration officials. The presidential MORE
Four people were wounded on Sunday in an attack on Balad air base in northern Iraq which houses U.S. personnel. The Iraqi military said in a statement that eight Katyusha rockets had been fired at MORE
“We are announcing additional sanctions on the Iranian regime as a result of the attack on U.S. and allied troops. Today’s sanctions are part of our commitment to stop the Iranian regime’s global terrorist activities.” MORE
The Ukrainian passenger jet that was downed in Iran is believed to have been accidentally shot down by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile, according to western security officials. UK media says British authorities have seen intelligence MORE
Without any facts to back up her preposterous claim, Darling Nikki Haley went on the Sean Hannity show to throw out some fresh, bloody-rare red meat for the Cult to chew on and regurgitate. Dozens MORE
Harvey Weinstein has been charged with sexual assault in Los Angeles on the same day he appeared in a New York court in a separate case. The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said the MORE
Live Blog: Trump doubles down on striking Iran’s cultural sites even though Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. would not violate the law. “They’re allowed to kill our people. They’re allowed to torture MORE
UPDATE: Iran pulls completely out of the ‘Iran Nuclear Deal.’ Iran said Sunday that it was ending its commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers in the wake of the U.S. strike that killed MORE
Iranian officials have warned of a “vigorous vengeance” after General Qassem Soleimani, head of Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed in a U.S. strike at Baghdad’s International Airport on Friday, and have MORE
Late Saturday, a man allegedly burst into a rabbi’s home and allegedly attacked several of his guests with a knife while they celebrated the seventh nigh of Hanukkah. Police arrested 37 year-old Grafton E. Thomas MORE
A follow-up to a previous News Views article: Two weeks after an intensive manhunt for the suspects responsible for the killing of Tessa Majors, the Barnard College student stabbed in a park near campus during MORE
An update to a previous News Views discussion: An Iowa woman who told police she intentionally ran over a teenager because she believed the girl was Mexican has been charged with another hit-and-run crash that MORE