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No rush to Trump judgment, Ryan says; Dems demand deep probe

WASHINGTON – Pressing for answers to mushrooming questions, congressional Democrats demanded an immediate investigation into President Donald Trump’s dealings with now-fired FBI Director Jam...

Q&A: Would Trump request to end Flynn probe have broken law?

WASHINGTON – Some lawmakers are accusing President Donald Trump of obstruction of justice after revelations that FBI Director James Comey wrote a private account of the president asking him ...

EPA asked the public which regulations to gut

... and it got an earful about leaving them alone

Trump’s legislative agenda slows to crawl in Congress

Senate has no legislation on agenda this week

Syria denies US allegations of mass killings, crematorium

BEIRUT – Syria on Tuesday rejected U.S. accusations it carried out mass killings at a prison near Damascus and then burned the victims’ bodies in a crematorium, describing the allegations as...

Trump talk with Russians ‘wholly appropriate,’ adviser says

WASHINGTON – Pushing back against allegations of damaging intelligence disclosures, President Donald Trump’s national security adviser insisted Tuesday that Trump’s revelations to Russian of...

US: Syria is burning bodies to hide proof of mass killings

WASHINGTON The United States accused Syria on Monday of executing thousands of imprisoned political opponents and burning their bodies in a crematorium to hide the evidence, testing the Tru...

Judges question whether Trump’s travel ban discriminates

SEATTLE – Federal judges on Monday peppered a lawyer for President Donald Trump with questions about whether the administration’s travel ban discriminates against Muslims, the second time in...

Few victims are paying hackers because using bitcoin is hard

An unprecedented cyberattack swept across the globe over the weekend, but so far the majority of victims haven’t paid hackers a ransom. After the ransomware began infecting users ...

North Korea: New long-range missile can carry heavy nuke

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea said Monday the missile it launched over the weekend was a new type of “medium long-range” ballistic rocket that can carry a heavy nuclear warhead. A jubilan...

Clapper: US govt ‘under assault’ by Trump after Comey firing

WASHINGTON – American democracy is separately “under assault” from President Donald Trump and Russia, the former U.S. intelligence chief warned Sunday, expressing dismay over the abrupt firi...

Experts: Cyberattack havoc could grow as work week begins

LONDON – An unprecedented “ransomware” cyberattack that has already hit tens of thousands of victims in 150 countries could wreak even more havoc Monday as people return to their desks and p...