The Latest: Trump says North Korean ICBM ‘won’t happen’
Trump addressed the issue Monday evening on Twitter. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hinted Sunday that his country would test an intercontinental ballistic missile in the new year.
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Q&A: How GOP Could Repeal Health Care Law
The stakes confronting Republicans determined to dismantle President Barack Obama's health care law were evident in one recent encounter between an Ohio congressman and a constituent. "He said, 'Now you guys own it.
Obama to Deliver Farewell Address Jan. 10
President Barack Obama and the first lady shared a bittersweet goodbye - and a few laughs - in their final Christmas video message to the country released Saturday. As his time in the Oval Office comes to an end, President Barack on Monday gave the country a preview of the farewell address he will deliver in Chicago on Jan. 10, a mere 10 days before President-elect Donald Trump is to be sworn in.
How I spent my Christmas vacation
I do hope your Christmas and holiday time were joyful and a blessing. I know mine was, despite a couple of things: two hospital stays.
In Brief: Nation & World: 1-2-17
Turkish police struggled Sunday to track down a gunman who attacked New Year's Eve revelers at a popular Istanbul nightclub, killing at least 39 people, most of them foreigners. Close to 70 more were wounded.
Here we are on the brink of what comes next
For 45 minutes on Christmas Eve, I watched love, in all of its diversity, play out in front of me.
Community rallies around Polly the pig who is recovering after ‘barbaric’ attack
Diva singer's aides claim faulty earpiece caused Times Square lip-sync disaster - and accuse TV execs of disabling equipment on PURPOSE to create a scandal and boost their audience figures Will a BAG solve the mystery of what happened to six missing plane passengers who vanished over Lake Eerie? Police find luggage in hunt for family of four and their two friends North Korea will test-launch an intercontinental nuclear missile that could let it nuke the United States, claims Kim Jong Un STILL no sign of Her Majesty as she misses church service for second week running after falling ill with 'heavy cold' - but Princess Anne says her mother is 'on the mend' as Philip braves the rain 'One of the most eventful and exciting years of my life': Ivanka Trump celebrates New Year in Hawaii as the rest of the clan party with Stallone and Donald in Florida 'No computer is safe,' warns Trump as he ... (more)
New UN chief urges New Year’s resolution for an increasingly…
President Barack Obama meets with United Nations Secretary-General-designate, Antonio Guterres, in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington Dec. 2, 2016. Guterres took the reins of the United Nations on New Year's Day.
Recovery efforts resume for missing plane with 6 aboard
In this Aug. 1, 2008 photo, Dublin Irish Festival honorary chairman John T. Fleming proposes at toast following the tapping of the first Dublin Stout Keg at Brazenhead in Dublin, Ohio. A flight-tracking service shows that a plane piloted by the Ohio executive with five other people onboard quickly lost altitude after taking off from Cleveland's lakeshore airport.
AP New Year’s poll: Americans enter 2017 on optimistic note
Emotionally wrenching politics, foreign conflicts and shootings at home took a toll on Americans in 2016, but they entered 2017 on an optimistic note, according to a new poll that found that a majority believes things are going to get better for the country this year. Americans weren't thrilled with 2016.
Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Please exit the shelter slowly
Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes.But according... Senate Republicans refused to give President Obama's pick to replace Supreme Court Justice Scalia even the courtesy of a... Please shield your eyes and watch your step as you emerge, blinking and confused, from the 2016 Survival Shelter. Welcome to 2017.
Investigation? Ain’t no prime minister got time for that
By now it's become a truism that 2016 was one stinker of a year for most, and from the looks of the first newspapers of the new year from the Israeli press, not much will change in 2017. While front pages are emblazoned with pictures of fireworks and wishes for a great 2017, the news offerings give a picture of a more melancholy and bizarro state of play - and that's without the deadly Istanbul attack making the morning papers.
Lloyd Marcus: Celebrating the new year with our 100 Day Plan
Christmas was awesome! Since moving to Florida 16 years ago, this was Mary's and my first Christmas back to Baltimore for the annual Christmas Eve festivities at my dad's home. My four younger siblings, their kids, and their grandkids were there.
Donald Trump ditches media, sends sarcastic New Year’s ‘love’ to haters
PARTY TIME: Herald columnist Howie Carr, right, and his wife Kathy, are seen last night at a New Year's Eve party with President-elect Donald Trump. A new media flap has emerged after President-elect Donald Trump ditched the traveling press pool - this time for a round of golf.
Top China issues to watch in 2017
A lot has happened in 2016. In January, Taiwan's independence-leaning Tsai Ing-wen won the island's presidential election by a landslide; in July, an international court handed down a landmark ruling against Beijing's claims in the South China Sea, and in November, Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton to become the United States' next leader.
China’s Xi says won’t let anyone make ‘fuss’ about its territory
China will never allow anyone to "make a great fuss" about its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights, President Xi Jinping said in his New Year's address, while China's top official in charge of Taiwan ties warned of risk ahead in 2017. China's increasingly assertive moves to push its territorial claims in the disputed South China Sea, including building artificial islands, has unnerved its neighbors.
Gunman dressed as Santa attacks Istanbul nightclub, killing at least 35
At least 35 people are dead after an attacker opened fire on New Year's Eve revellers at a Turkey nightclub. An assailant dressed as Santa Claus has opened fire at a popular nightclub in Istanbul, killing at least 35 revellers and wounding 40 others in a "cruel and merciless" attack, said the governor of the Turkish city.
The Latest: Recovery delayed for missing plane with 6 aboard
In this Aug. 1, 2008 photo, Dublin Irish Festival honorary chairman John T. Fleming proposes at toast following the tapping of the first Dublin Stout Keg at Brazenhead in Dublin, Ohio. A flight-tracking service shows that a plane piloted by the Ohio executive with five other people onboard quickly lost altitude after taking off from Cleveland's lakeshore airport.
Peter Funt: Next yeara s news, today
Thanks to Donald Trump and the Chicago Cubs my outlandish predictions for 2016 were eclipsed by, of all things, reality. Worse, the fine art of fake news was commandeered by demons who used it for social and political gain - something my colleagues and I would never have dreamed possible.
Trump bids a blockbuster 2016 farewell
President-elect Donald Trump will say goodbye to 2016 alongside 800 paying guests at his Mar-a-Lago estate Saturday, surrounded by an explosion of white and green flowers in his massive ballroom. The annual Mar-a-Lago New Year's Eve, which wife Melania and son Barron will also attend, is a highlight on the private club's social calendar, members say.