US Defence Secretary James Mattis says countering China’s rapidly expanding military and an increasingly aggressive Russia are now the main focus of America’s national security, outpacing the threat of terrorism. ...
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Families of 9/11 victims renew bid to sue Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has again defended its government against allegations of providing support to the perpetrators of the September 11, 2001, attacks in New York, as the kingdom’s lawyers faced family ...
Read More »WSJ: Cohen paid porn star through private LLC created just weeks before election
Just weeks before the 2016 presidential election, President Donald Trump’s lawyer formed a private LLC to pay a former porn star in exchange for not speaking publicly about an alleged ...
Read More »Trump signs bill to reauthorize Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Donald Trump said in a statement he has signed a bill that reauthorizes a section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) but stressed it was not the same law ...
Read More »Arizona guarantees Grand Canyon won’t close over shutdown
Arizona officials on Friday guaranteed that Grand Canyon National Park will remain in full operation if Congress fails to pass a budget and a government shutdown ensues. Republican Gov. Doug ...
Read More »Trump has replaced old international allies with new ones
How to Win Friends and Influence People,” a self-help book by Dale Carnegie, was first published in 1936. It has since sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. A year ...
Read More »The first year of Trump’s presidency in graphics
Donald Trump came into office promising to change the face of American politics and transfer power “back to the people”. So what has he achieved so far, at the 12-month ...
Read More »Olympic gymnastics champion reveals doctor Larry Nassar abuse
A gold-medal winning Olympian has confronted disgraced USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar at his sentencing to reveal he abused her, too. Jordyn Wieber is the fourth member of the Fierce ...
Read More »Supreme Court to rule on legality of Trump travel ban
The US Supreme Court has agreed to decide the legality of President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban, which targets people from six Muslim-majority countries. The court is due to hear ...
Read More »13 siblings held captive — how did no one else know?
A nondescript, burnt orange house in Southern California — similar to many others on the same street — turned out to be a prison for 13 siblings. Now questions abound ...
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