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Lawmakers bicker over whether tax bill helps middle class

WASHINGTON – House Republicans and Democrats bickered heatedly Monday over whether the GOP tax bill truly helps the middle class, as the Ways and Means Committee kicked off a marathon sessio...

Texas killer was able to buy guns because of Air Force lapse

The gunman who slaughtered 26 people at a Texas church was able to buy weapons because the Air Force failed to report his domestic violence conviction to the federal database that is used to...

Attorney: Sen. Paul attack was over ‘trivial’ dispute

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – An assault of U.S. Sen. Rand Paul by a longtime next-door neighbor was not motivated by political differences but by a dispute “most people would find trivial,” an attor...

Air Force failed to submit Texas shooter’s criminal history

WASHINGTON – The Air Force failed to report the accused Texas church shooter’s domestic violence conviction to the FBI as required by Pentagon rules, officials said Monday. The la...

Bono among figures named in leak of tax-haven documents

LONDON – Leaked papers revealing investments in tax havens by the world’s wealthy suggest U2 frontman Bono used a company based in low-tax Malta to buy part of a shopping mall in Lithuania. ...

2 men in a truck chase down Texas church shooter: ‘Let’s go’

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas – A former National Rifle Association instructor who grabbed his rifle and ran barefoot across the street to open fire on the gunman who slaughtered 26 people at a ...

Anthony Weiner reports to prison for sexting conviction

AYER, Mass. – Former Rep. Anthony Weiner reported to prison Monday to begin a 21-month sentence for sexting with a 15-year-old girl. Weiner is being held at the Federal Medical Ce...

Storms rip through East, Midwest; 2 dead in flooded home

A powerful storm with straight-line winds and possible tornadoes tore roofs off factories, ripped away storefronts and destroyed homes across Indiana, Ohio and into Pennsylvania, and on Mond...

Jury gets Menendez case after lawyers make last arguments

NEWARK, N.J. – After nine weeks of testimony and nearly eight hours of closing arguments spread over two days, a jury began deliberating Monday in the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez of N...

Texas church gunman sent hostile text messages before attack

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas – The gunman who killed 26 people at a small-town Texas church had a history of domestic violence and sent threatening text messages to his mother-in-law, a member ...

Mattis faces questions from allies on Islamic State strategy

HELSINKI – As the Islamic State group loses its remaining strongholds in Iraq and Syria, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is facing a growing chorus of questions from NATO allies and partners ab...

Democrats’ disarray on eve of Virginia governor’s race foreshadows problems

A rainy get-out-the-vote rally in Fairfax on Saturday night was a fitting coda to a rough week for Virginia Democrats. Virginians finally head to the polls on Tuesday in what’s be...
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