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Australia Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce quits amid pressure over affair

After a tumultuous fortnight for the Federal Government, Mr Joyce announced yesterday afternoon that he would step down as leader of the Nationals and Deputy Pr...

Trump says son-in-law's clearance is up to Kelly

For a time, it looked like Kelly might have to follow him out the door, and Kushner and wife Ivanka Trump were urging President Trump to replace him with ...

Is Trump really ready to fight the NRA?

So that's the talk, what's the walk? "I'm with hundreds of Northern Virginians at the NRA headquarters to mourn those lost at Parkland and to demand common se...

Racially insensitive NYU menu leads apology, firings

The backlash was nearly instant and was led by NYU sophomore Nia Harris, who demanded an explanation for the food choices in an email to university officials, ...

Companies cut ties with the NRA

The president also called for the banning of bump stocks and is now pushing hard for comprehensive background checks "with an emphasis on mental health". Contro...

Pakistan 'skips' FATF grey list

Islamabad had launched last-minute efforts to avoid being placed on the list, but the campaign proved insufficient and FATF chose to put Pakistan back on the w...

Bitcoin, Other Cryptocurrencies Not Recognized in Iran: Central Bank

Venezuela hopes to attract billions of dollars from foreign investors with the sale of the Petro . The first thing to note about "the petro " is that it isn...

Former S.African soldier sentenced to death in S

UN Commissioner Andrew Clapham said there is a "clear pattern of ethnic persecution" in South Sudan , where tens of thousands of people have been killed and ...

Manafort, Gates indicted on new tax and bank fraud charges

They were also accused of illegally representing a foreign government, Ukraine, as lobbyists without first registering with the United States government as fo...

Must we turn our schools into fortifications?

The group devotes massive resources to fighting gun regulations in the name of the Second Amendment to the Constitution, which protects the right to bear arms...

Florida House Votes Down Assault Weapons Ban

School will be in session from 7:40 a.m.to 11:40 a.m. through Friday, March 2. In response to the demonstrations, the White House stated that Trump supports t...

Will the Supreme Court correct itself on coerced union fees?

Mark Janus , an IL state employee who opposes the union, argues that a state law allowing public-sector unions to charge nonmembers fees for collective-barga...

BMW plans to build battery electric Minis in China

FRANKFURT, Feb 23 (Reuters) - German premium carmaker BMW and China's Great Wall Motor Co have signed a letter of intent to jointly produce electric Mini ve...

Study Shows Teens Don't Smoke More Weed When There's Legal Medical Marijuana

The correlation between legalization and teen use has been hotly debated for years, but the study found that in states where the drug is legalized for medicinal...

'Beast from the east' to bring coldest winter spell to Shropshire

The coldest days of the coming week will be Wednesday and Thursday. He said: "With the days feeling a little longer and lighter it can be easy to forget that ...

After Florida Shooting, Trump Calls For New Regulations On Bump Stocks

White House officials say the president will be meeting with students, teachers and state and local officials to discuss ways of providing more school safet...

Trumps asks why Russian Federation probe doesn't include Obama administration

It's not pretty. "And to me, you know, there's a valuable question here about what did we know, when did we know it?" he said . President Donald Trump is...

Facebook exec apologizes for Russian Federation probe tweets, report says

In a Wednesday morning tweet , he questioned why the Obama administration was not under investigation - and strongly suggested his attorney general , Jeff ...

Mueller brings more charges against Manafort, Gates

Both men were charged with conspiracy to launder money in October . He faced decades in prison over a raft of charges brought by Mueller. The charges against...

Small plane goes missing after takeoff from Grand Junction airport

Later in the day the Kaupp family posted a message on social media that the aircraft had been found with no survivors. Civil Air Patrol, an auxillary of the U...

Friday, February 23 Morning Forecast Discussion

Wind: E 5-10. Low: 38. Sunday: Cloudy with some rain. The rain will taper off and end overnight and that will set us up for the best day of the weekend - ...

Nigel Farage In Disbelief Over Labour's Post-Brexit Customs Union Plan

After a good eight hours of back and forth, senior sources said that "divergence has won". They have been appealing for Britain to explain its vision of future ...

Ivanka Trump to attend Olympics Closing Ceremony with U.S. delegation

According to Mnuchin, she briefed South Korean President Moon Jae-in about the new North Korea sanctions. The official, while speaking on condition of anony...

Linked cohorts hit with new charges

The new indictment also removes Gates from the charges, and also removes several counts from the original October indictment . All told, special counsel Ro...

US imposes more North Korea sanctions; targets ships, firms

Donald Trump is hoping to crack down with new sanctions that will target over 50 vessels, shipping and trading companies, which according to the United State...