Prince William FaceTimes Lady Gaga for mental health film

Texas girl who suffered horrific injuries in 3,000ft solo-skydive when she was 16 - after just five hours training and with the WRONG parachute - receives $760,000 payout 'One of the most brutal and depraved beatings I've seen': Judge jails man for at least 25 years for killing Nordstorm model turned prostitute in a Times Square hotel and 'reducing her bones to dust' What do men REALLY want in a woman? Millionaire matchmaker reveals the top traits her high-profile male clients look for in a partner Married high school teacher is arrested after being caught with male student in a dressing room with a bed, candles and condoms hidden in a Beats headphone case 'He is more vulnerable than any other President in the history of America': Professor who predicted Trump's shock win explains he is headed toward impeachment North Korea vows to conduct WEEKLY missile tests and threatens 'all-out war' ... (more)

Us VP Pence assures Japan America is with ally a 100 per centa

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence looks at the North side from Observation Post Ouellette in the Demilitarized Zone , near the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, South Korea, Monday, April 17, 2017. Viewing his adversaries in the distance, Pence traveled to the tense zone dividing North and South Korea and warned Pyongyang that after years of testing the U.S. and South Korea with its nuclear ambitions, "the era of strategic patience is over."

Report: Obama Repeatedly Pressured Hillary to Concede on Election Night

A stunned Hillary Clinton had to be urged repeatedly by President Barack Obama to concede defeat on election night, according to a new book recounting the campaign of the first female major party nominee. The first call came just after 11 p.m. ET when Fox News had called Wisconsin for Republican Donald Trump, according to an excerpt of the book " Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign " by reporters Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes, quoted by The Washington Post.

Trump says Kim has ‘gotta behave’ as he takes tough North Korea stance

The White House displayed a tough and unyielding approach to North Korea and its nuclear ambitions Monday, with President Donald Trump warning that Kim Jong Un has "gotta behave" and Vice President Mike Pence sternly advising Kim not to test America's resolve and military power. Trump, in Washington, and Pence at the tense Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea, signaled a forceful U.S. stance on North Korea's recent actions and threats.

Trump White House Says It Won’t Be Transparent At All Because Obama Wasn’t Transparent Enough

White House press secretary Sean Spicer defended the Trump administration's decision not to disclose the White House visitor logs online on Monday by blaming the Obama administration for not being transparent enough. "We're following the law as both the Presidential Records Act and the Federal Records Act prescribe it," Spicer said.

Candidates in gubernatorial race disclose sources of income

The nearly dozen candidates running to replace Republican Gov. Chris Christie get their income through state-funded salaries, dividends, rental properties and small businesses, according to disclosure reports released Monday. The reports, which are required under state law, come ahead of the June 6 primary when Democrats and Republicans will select their parties' nominee for the November general election to succeed Christie, who is prohibited by law from running for a third term.

Changing Trump views toward Russia, China worry some allies

Once soft on Russia and hard on China, President Donald Trump rapidly reversed course in the last weeks, concluding there's more business to be done with Beijing than with Moscow. Trump's evolving views on those two world powers have brought the U.S. back into alignment with former President Barack Obama's pattern of "great power" politics.

The Morning Roundup: North Korea Is Becoming Trump’s Cuban Missile Crisis

Despite North Korea's failed missile test this weekend , the crisis appears to be speeding up. From The New York Times : All the elements of the North Korean nuclear crisis - the relentless drive by Kim Jong-un to assemble an arsenal, the propaganda and deception swirling around his progress, the hints of a covert war by the United States to undermine the effort, rather than be forced into open confrontation - were on vivid display this weekend.

Mixed reactions greet Trump’s new attitudes on Russia, China

" Once soft on Russia and hard on China, President Donald Trump rapidly reversed course in the last weeks, concluding there's more business to be done with Beijing than with Moscow. Trump's evolving views on those two world powers have brought the U.S. back into alignment with former President Barack Obama's pattern of "great power" politics.

Even in hometown, constituents rip into Republican lawmaker

" In the auditorium of his old middle school just blocks from where he still lives, the congressman who is a lead author of the stalled House Republican health care bill was treated like the villain in a class play. It didn't matter that Rep. Greg Walden was on a first-name basis with many of the roughly 800 attendees.

Federal tax bill hits hardest in District of Columbia

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Absences, fitness, atmosphere – new ways to track schools

In this Dec. 10, 2015 file photo, President Barack Obama signs the "Every Student Succeeds Act," a major education law setting U.S. public schools on a new course of accountability, in Washington. States are grappling with as they are working to submit blueprints of how they will implement the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA, a landmark education law meant to help struggling schools.

Homeland Security denies building ‘deportation force’

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly Sunday defended plans to hire thousands of additional immigration and border-control agents, saying the Trump administration's lower bar on criminal behavior by undocumented immigrants merits a larger force. Kelly, on NBC's Meet the Press , dismissed the idea that he's creating a "deportation force," and noted that U.S. law says people here illegally should leave or be deported.

Harder on Russia and softer on China, Trump’s views evolving

Once soft on Russia and hard on China, President Donald Trump rapidly reversed course in the last weeks, concluding there's more business to be done with Beijing than with Moscow. Trump's evolving views on those two world powers have brought the U.S. back into alignment with former President Barack Obama's pattern of "great power" politics.

Trump won’t release White House visitor logs; legal fight already underway

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration said Friday that it would not disclose the names of people who have visited the White House, ending a policy of President Barack Obama's that was created to promote transparency. While the Obama administration claimed to release visitor records voluntarily, the Obama-era policy was actually the result of administration officials trying to settle a lawsuit against the George W. Bush administration.