WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs on Mexico are set to take effect Monday as planned, the White House said Friday, even as negotiators continued to meet to try to stave off his latest push to force the U.S. ally to stem the flow of Central American migrants into the United...
NRA Beset by Infighting Over Whether It Has Strayed Too Far
The National Rifle Association is used to battling forces that criticize its fiery and unbending efforts to protect gun rights. But as the group gathers for its annual convention this week, the NRA may be facing its toughest foe in decades: its own members. NRA insiders and longtime observers describe...
Buttigieg, Once Cordial to Pence, Now Critical Amid Campaign
WASHINGTON — On the campaign trail, Democratic presidential contender Pete Buttigieg blasts Vice President Mike Pence's cultural and religious conservatism. But as the mayor of Indiana's fourth largest city, his tone toward the state's Republican former governor was more muted. During the four years in which they overlapped in Indiana...
John Oliver's Parody Book Among Most 'Challenged' Works
NEW YORK — Not everyone was amused by the John Oliver send-up of a picture book by the wife and daughter of Vice President Mike Pence. "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver Presents A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo," in which the Pence's family bunny turns out to...
Pence Calls on Myanmar to Free 2 Reuters Reporters
YANGON, Myanmar — U.S. Vice President Mike Pence called on Myanmar to immediately release two journalists who were sentenced to seven years' imprisonment on charges of possessing state secrets in connection with their reporting on massacres against Rohingya Muslims. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo from the Reuters news agency...
Pence Outlines US Space Force Plan for 'Next Battlefield'
WASHINGTON — Pointing to growing threats and competition from Russia and China, the White House on Thursday announced ambitious plans to create the U.S. Space Force as a sixth, separate military warfighting service by 2020. The proposal taps into the American public's long fascination with space — but with a...
Trump Claims US is 'Economic Envy of the Entire World'
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump celebrated the release of new economic data on Friday, claiming the U.S. is now the "economic envy of the entire world." The president was responding to new growth numbers announced on Friday that show the U.S. economy surged in the April-June quarter to an annual...
Pence: Trump Stands With Iranian Protesters For Freedom
We stand with the proud people of Iran because it is right. Eight-and-a-half years ago, Americans watched the people of Iran rise up to claim their birthright of freedom. In the “Green Revolution,” millions of courageous young men and women filled the streets of Tehran and Tabriz, Qazvin and Karaj,...
Pence: Trump Stands With Iranian Protesters For Freedom
We stand with the proud people of Iran because it is right. Eight-and-a-half years ago, Americans watched the people of Iran rise up to claim their birthright of freedom. In the “Green Revolution,” millions of courageous young men and women filled the streets of Tehran and Tabriz, Qazvin and Karaj,...