Federal Reserve hikes interest rate to highest level in a decade amid stronger economy
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday lifted its key interest rate from 1.5 percent to 1.75 percent, the highest level since 2008.
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Bill enabling prosecutors to pursue websites that host sex traffickers heads to White House
The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill, already approved by the House, that would enable prosecutors to pursue websites that host advertisements for prostitution. The bill, awaiting President Donald Trump's...
D.C. lawmaker says recent snowfall caused by “Rothschilds controlling the climate”
A D.C. lawmaker responded to a brief snowfall Friday by publishing a video in which he espoused a conspiracy theory that Jewish financiers control the weather.
Trump’s lawyer calls on Justice Department to immediately end Russia probe
President Donald Trump's lawyer called on the Justice Department to immediately shut down the special counsel probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, in the wake of the firing...
Trump asked for $4 billion from Saudis for Syria
In a December phone call with Saudi Arabia's King Salman, President Donald Trump had an idea he thought could hasten a U.S. exit from Syria: Ask the king for $4...
Rep. Louise Slaughter, N.Y. Democrat who championed women’s rights, dies at 88
Rep. Louise Slaughter, a folksy New York liberal who championed women's rights and American manufacturing for more than three decades as a Democratic congresswoman, and who became a top lieutenant...
California’s “outlaw” marijuana culture faces a harsh reckoning: legal weed
Humboldt County, traditionally shorthand for outlaw culture and the great dope it produces, is facing a harsh reckoning thanks to legal marijuana.
Puppy dies after being put in overhead bin on United flight from Houston to NYC
United Airlines said it will "assume full responsibility" for the death of a 10-month-old puppy that appeared to have suffocated after it was placed inside an overhead compartment on a...
Stephen Hawking, physicist who came to symbolize the power of the human mind, dies at 76
Stephen Hawking, the British theoretical physicist who overcame a devastating neurological disease to probe the greatest mysteries of the cosmos and become a globally celebrated symbol of the power of...
Trump accepts invitation to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
President Donald Trump has agreed to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for talks by the end of May, an extraordinary development following months of heightened nuclear tension...