Following Rex Tillerson’s abrupt firing as secretary of state Tuesday, many around the world are turning their attention to President Donald Trump’s designee to take his place: CIA Director Mike Pompeo. Whether it be Iran, North Korea or Russia, analysts say Pompeo’s views are more in sync with Trump’s than Tillerson’s were, and — like…
read moreAttorney General Jeff Sessions fired the FBI’s former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe on Friday, prompting a rebuke from McCabe who said he is facing political retaliation by President Donald Trump. Here are some of the highlights of his lengthy statement: I have been an FBI Special Agent for over 21 years … For the last…
read moreU.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced late Friday night that he was firing former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, after the Justice Department’s internal watchdog accused McCabe of misconduct. Here is the statement issued by Sessions: After an extensive and fair investigation and according to Department of Justice procedure, the Department’s Office of the Inspector…
read moreFingerprints can unlock doors, phones and more, but are consumers ready to pay with them? Visa thinks so. More companies are exploring biometrics, the analysis of unique biological traits to verify identity, but how secure is the technology? Tina Trinh reports from New York …
read morePennsylvania’s tight congressional special election underscores the need for states to replace aging voting machines and use paper ballots as backups to ensure the integrity of vote counts ahead of pivotal November U.S. midterm elections, election security advocates said on Wednesday. Democrat Conor Lamb led Republican Rick Saccone by only a few hundred votes out…
read moreNamoura. Ma’amoul. Barazek. The names are unfamiliar to American consumers, but the tastes of honey, cinnamon and nuts are not. These Syrian pastries are for sale at the Syrian Sweets Exchange in Phoenix, Arizona, held at local farmers markets and a series of special sales like one recently at Changing Hands Bookstore. Bake sales are a…
read moreThe European Commission called for industry views on Friday on a list of U.S. products it will subject to import tariffs if the United States taxes European steel and aluminum. The Commission plans to set duties of 25 percent on a range of U.S. products, from maize to motorbikes, whose annual imports to the European…
read moreEight Republicans have stepped forward before a Thursday evening filing deadline to challenge former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in a Utah Senate race. Many of the candidates acknowledge the David-vs-Goliath nature of challenging the famous and popular Romney, but they say someone needs to keep the race to replace Republican Orrin Hatch from becoming…
read moreAn aide to Rep. Louise Slaughter says the 88-year old Democratic congresswoman from upstate New York has died. Slaughter was serving her 16th term in Congress and was the top Democrat on the House Rules Committee. She was the first woman to chair that committee when she led it from 2007 through 2010. Liam Fitzsimmons…
read morePresident Donald Trump’s announcement last week of a 25 percent tariff on U.S. imports of steel and 10 percent on aluminum caused a global outcry. The following sets out how Washington might try to justify the tariffs at the World Trade Organization, which is supposed to police agreed free trade rules, and how the WTO…
read morePennsylvania’s Conor Lamb and Alabama Sen. Doug Jones, the new miracle men of the Democratic Party, offer a clear model for how to run in Republican territory: Focus on economics, not guns, immigration or President Donald Trump. But that won’t be easy when much of the party is whipped into a fervor over those topics.…
read moreHong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, whose rags-to-riches story paralleled the spectacular rise of the Asian financial center, said Friday he will retire as chairman of his sprawling conglomerate and hand control to his eldest son. Li, who turns 90 this summer, made the announcement at a packed news conference after his four companies, including flagship…
read moreThe head of an Indian hospital says Hillary Clinton was briefly treated there after suffering a minor injury at her hotel. Suresh Goyal, the CEO of Goyal Hospital in the city of Jodhpur, says she arrived in the hospital early Wednesday and “was here for about 15-20 minutes.” He declined to say what…
read moreA former midlevel employee of German industrial giant Siemens pleaded guilty Thursday of conspiring to pay tens of millions of dollars to Argentine officials to win a $1 billion contract to create national ID cards. Eberhard Reichart, 78, who worked for Siemens from 1964 to 2001, appeared in federal court in New York to plead…
read moreFormer FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, who stepped down in January after criticism from President Donald Trump, met Thursday with a U.S. Justice Department official in an effort to preserve his pension, according to a source familiar with the matter. McCabe planned to retire Sunday with full benefits, but some or all of his pension…
read moreVeterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, under fire for ethics violations, said Thursday he has no intention of leaving his job even as the White House hinted at the possibility of “personnel changes” to lead the beleaguered agency. Speaking at a budget hearing, Shulkin expressed regret for “distractions” that have shifted attention from his efforts to…
read moreHow did George Nader — Lebanese-American businessman, globe-trotting “fixer,” convicted child molester — get caught up in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation? The answer, it seems, can be found in the shadows, where Nader has long operated. His long history included intrepid back-channel mediation between Israel and Arab countries — and a 15-year-old pedophilia conviction…
read moreWhite House trade adviser Peter Navarro said Thursday that President Donald Trump would soon consider new punitive measures against China for its alleged “theft” of intellectual property. U.S. officials, according to news accounts, are considering imposing as much as $60 billion in annual tariffs against Chinese information technology, telecommunications and consumer exports to the U.S.…
read moreSpecial counsel Robert Mueller, widening his investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, has subpoenaed documents at the Trump Organization, President Donald Trump’s global business empire. It was not immediately clear about the extent of the records Mueller was seeking, but The New York Times reported that the subpoena, delivered in recent weeks, ordered…
read moreHSBC will reveal a gender pay gap of 59 percent at its main U.K. banking operation, the biggest yet disclosed by a British bank, according to a copy of the lender’s report on the subject seen by Reuters on Thursday ahead of its publication. The bank will also disclose a mean gender bonus gap of…
read moreGermany said on Thursday that any escalation of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on metal imports into a full-blown trade war could cause tangible damage to the global recovery, although the tariffs themselves should have only a limited effect. Trump last week ordered the imposition of duties on incoming steel and aluminum and threatened to…
read moreMajor U.S. airlines are hiring pilots at a rate not seen since before 9/11, and that is encouraging more young people to consider a career in the cockpit. Hiring is likely to remain brisk for years. Smaller airlines in the U.S. are struggling with a shortage that will continue as they lose pilots to the…
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