Few details on how new security rules impact Canadians flying into U.S.

Canadian travellers flying into the United States are subject to new security protocols implemented Thursday but airlines aren't saying much about what the screening procedures entail. The U.S. Transportation Security Administration announced in June that there would be heightened security for international flights to the U.S. starting this fall.

Mediaite Q&A: Nicolle Wallace on WH Morale, W’s Speech and …

Deadline: White House , her first full-time hosting gig for MSNBC, is a smart political-panel show that airs in the hours after the White House press briefing, now conducted by Sarah Huckabee Sanders . That timing is fitting, given what makes Wallace's insights on the current administration particularly valuable: a longtime Republican, she was once communications chief for George W. Bush and a senior adviser to Sen. John McCain's 2008 presidential bid.

George H.W. Bush’s Response To Groping Claims Is Pretty Self-Explanatory

George H.W. Bush has apologized through his spokesman after two women have accused the former president of groping him and the response suggests that these women are making a big deal out of nothing. Earlier this week an actress by the name of Heather Lind claimed in a since-deleted Instagram post that Bush touched her from behind and told her a "dirty joke" while they were being photographed.

Officials say Trump’s opioid emergency won’t mean new money

The Trump administration's declaration of the opioid crisis as a nationwide public health emergency won't bring new dollars to fight a scourge that kills an estimated 142 Americans each day, but will expand access to medical services in rural areas and shift some federal HIV money to help addicts, White House officials said Thursday.

More than 50 years of theories: JFK file release imminent

Seeking to settle the matter once and for all, Congress passed a law 25 years ago mandating the government release all its documents and giving agencies a long window to keep sensitive information secret. And this Thursday, in pursuant with the JFK Records Act, the remaining few thousand secret government documents relating to the assassination - from a total that once made up millions - will see the light of day, barring a block from President Donald Trump.

House GOP moves to pass budget, start tax debate

House Republicans are focusing squarely on tax cuts rather than deficit discipline as they look to shoehorn a GOP budget plan through the House. Passage of the $4 trillion budget measure on Thursday would pave the way for Republicans controlling Washington to pass a 10-year, $1.5 trillion tax cut measure later this year that's the highest priority of President Donald Trump and his allies on Capitol Hill.

Bipartisan health care plan would reduce deficit, experts say

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the ranking member, and Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, meet before the start of a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, the morning after they reached a deal to resume federal payments to health insurers that President Donald Trump had halted. A bill that would fund health care payments that have been called "bailouts" by President Donald Trump would drive down the deficit, according to congressional budget experts.

this Date in History, Oct. 26: Kissinger declares ‘Peace is at hand’ in Vietnam Posted at

On October 26th, 1881, the "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" took place in Tombstone, Arizona, as Wyatt Earp, his two brothers and "Doc" Holliday confronted Ike Clanton's gang. Three members of Clanton's gang were killed; Earp's brothers and Holliday were wounded.

.com | More than 73 000 Puerto Ricans flee to Florida after Hurricane Maria

More than 73 000 people have fled emergency conditions at home to Florida since Hurricane Maria devastated the US territory in the Caribbean. The island of about 3.4 million was ravaged by the megastorm and a majority are still without electricity, while others in isolated areas are continue to await services and help.

Senators rally behind Trump and his agenda after mini-revolt

Donald Trump is holding onto much of his GOP support, a day after a pair of the party's prominent senators denounced their president and invited colleagues to join them. Most GOP lawmakers rallied around Trump and his agenda on Wednesday, with one all but saying "good riddance" to Jeff Flake of Arizona and Bob Corker of Tennessee.