In Alabama, a McConnell rebuke, a Trump miscalculation
Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore during speaks during his election party, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, in Montgomery, Ala.
Category Archives: US News
GOP bill
ABC's late-night host Jimmy Kimmel isn't likely to stop talking about health care anytime soon - especially after the harrowing surgery experience with his infant son, Billy, and the massive response he's received from viewers. But he did reach some closure on Tuesday night.
How Meghan Markle’s half-sister pitched book to publishers
Killer-clown cold case where woman answered front door and was shot in the face by costumed jester leads to arrest of husband's new wife after 27 years - and she finds the mugshot funny EXPOSED: Child killer Susan Smith's secret life of sex and drugs behind bars while she serves life for drowning her two sons Four are charged in murder of transgender teen who had her eyes gouged out, genitals stabbed and bones dumped in a chicken coup Trump-backed Republican Luther Strange is defeated in US Senate runoff by gun-toting rebel Roy Moore supported by Steve Bannon 'NFL, you have lost me here': Widow of American Sniper Chris Kyle pens letter to football league slamming the 'take a knee' protest because it 'focuses on division and anger' Bill O'Reilly's Fox comeback: Disgraced host appears on Hannity to say he should have 'fought back' when advertisers began pulling out of his show but gloats ... (more)
Republicans fail again to kill off Obamacare in Senate
U.S. Republicans on Tuesday fell short yet again in their seven-year drive to repeal Obamacare, in a bitter defeat that raises more questions about their ability to enact President Donald Trump's agenda. The party was unable to win enough support from its own senators for a bill to repeal the 2010 Affordable Care Act and decided not to put it to a vote, several Republicans said.
10 for Today: Wednesday, Sept. 27
HURRICANE MARIA: Evan Mandino, right, sits with neighbors on a couch outside their destroyed homes as sun sets in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Sept. 26. Governor Ricardo Rossello and Resident Commissioner Jennifer Gonzalez, the island's representative in Congress, have said they intend to seek more than a billion in federal assistance and they have praised the response to the disaster by President Donald Trump, who plans to visit Puerto Rico next week, as well as FEMA Administrator Brock Long.
Trump tweets supporting losing candidate deleted
President Donald Trump's most recent tweets urging Alabamians to vote for Sen. Luther Strange disappeared from his verified Twitter account Tuesday night, after the candidate was projected to lose the Republican primary runoff for a Senate seat. On Tuesday morning, Trump had tweeted: "ALABAMA, get out and vote for Luther Strange - he has proven to me that he will never let you down! #MAGA" Earlier in the morning, Trump had tweeted: "Luther Strange has been shooting up in the Alabama polls since my endorsement.
Best of Late Night: Seth Meyers Criticizes Trump’s Response to Crisis in Puerto Rico
Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown that lets you sleep - and lets us get paid to watch comedy. What do you think of it? What else are you interested in? Let us know: thearts@nytimes.com .
Will Trump allow release of secret JFK assassination papers?
In this April 30, 1963 file photo, President John F. Kennedy listens while Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg speaks outside the White House in Washington. The National Archives has until Oct. 26, 2017, to disclose the remaining files related to Kennedy's Nov. 22, 1963 assassination, unless President Donald Trump intervenes.
Trump’s recent tweets supporting Luther Strange deleted after projected loss
President Donald Trump's most recent tweets urging Alabamans to vote for Sen. Luther Strange disappeared from his verified Twitter account Tuesday night, after the candidate was projected to lose the Republican primary runoff for a Senate seat. On Tuesday morning, Trump had tweeted: "ALABAMA, get out and vote for Luther Strange - he has proven to me that he will never let you down! #MAGA" Earlier in the morning, Trump had tweeted: "Luther Strange has been shooting up in the Alabama polls since my endorsement.
How Roy Moore won the first battle of the anti-McConnell war
All the Republican establishment's money and muscle couldn't stop culture warrior Roy Moore from ousting Sen. Luther Strange here Tuesday night. Now, suddenly, other outsider candidates see a much bigger opening to make Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a villain and turn the party on its head in the 2018 midterms.
At a potential reckoning point, Trump fumbles for success
But stung by a worsening post hurricane crisis in Puerto Rico, an escalating North Korea nuclear showdown, the humiliating failure to repeal Obamacare and the stunning defeat of his favored candidate in Alabama's Republican primary, that moment has arrived for Donald Trump. The President is being forced to deny that his Twitter blasts and culture war shots at NFL players protesting racial grievances show that he's too distracted to lead amid creating political storms.
Construction of border wall prototypes begins
In this May 1, 2016, file picture, Eva Lara, second from let, reacts as she reaches for her grandmother Juana Lara through the border wall during a brief visitation near where Mexico and the United States meet at the Pacific Ocean in San Diego. The federal government said Tuesday, Sept.
The Block will NOT return to Sydney
Killer-clown cold case where woman answered front door and was shot in the face by costumed jester leads to arrest of husband's new wife after 27 years - and she finds the mugshot funny! EXPOSED: Child killer Susan Smith's secret life of sex and drugs behind bars while she serves life for drowning her two sons Could Peyton Manning run for Senate? Republican congressman claims NFL hero could run by 2020 - but past sex-assault lawsuit may come back to haunt him Four are charged in murder of transgender teen who had her eyes gouged out, genitals stabbed and bones dumped in a chicken coup America agrees with Trump: New poll reveals 58% think 'professional athletes should be required to stand during the anthem at sporting events' 'I met veterans who lost limbs fighting for the flag.
Bachelor: Georgia Love looks like Laura Byrne in Sydney
Killer-clown cold case where woman answered front door and was shot in the face by costumed jester leads to arrest of husband's new wife after 27 years - and she finds the mugshot funny! EXPOSED: Child killer Susan Smith's secret life of sex and drugs behind bars while she serves life for drowning her two sons Could Peyton Manning run for Senate? Republican congressman claims NFL hero could run by 2020 - but past sex-assault lawsuit may come back to haunt him Four are charged in murder of transgender teen who had her eyes gouged out, genitals stabbed and bones dumped in a chicken coup America agrees with Trump: New poll reveals 58% think 'professional athletes should be required to stand during the anthem at sporting events' 'I met veterans who lost limbs fighting for the flag.
Solar panel submits report; Chandy claims innocence
Thiruvananthapuram, : A judicial commission, which probed the Kerala solar scam that had rocked the previous Congress-led government headed by Oommen Chandy, submitted its report. It was handed over to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan by Justice G Sivarajan this afternoon, about four years after the commission was constituted.
Firebrand jurist Moore wins GOP primary runoff in Alabama
Firebrand jurist Roy Moore won the Alabama Republican primary runoff for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, defeating an appointed incumbent backed by both President Donald Trump and deep-pocketed allies of Sen. Mitch McConnell. In an upset certain to rock the GOP establishment, Moore clinched a nine-point victory over Sen. Luther Strange to take the GOP nomination for the seat previously held by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
‘Obamacare’ survives; GOP concedes on last-gasp repeal try
Senate Republicans, short of votes, abandoned their latest and possibly final attempt to kill the health care law Tuesday, just ahead of a critical end-of-the-week deadline. The repeal-and-replace bill's authors promised to try again at a later date, while President Donald Trump railed against "certain so-called Republicans" who opposed the GOP effort.
Schuette, grasping for duty
You might think the mere idea that we might elect pandering career politician and current Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette governor next year is hard to believe. He's one of the most shopworn items in Lansing.
Strange days: Trump-backed candidate loses Alabama primary to firebrand conservative
A United States Senate primary run-off election in the deep red Republican state of Alabama would not, in normal times, be a big deal. This vote was to decide the Republican candidate for the Senate seat left open by the appointment of Jeff Sessions as US President Donald Trump's Attorney-General.
Trump, GOP weigh a surtax on the wealthy
President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are considering an income tax surcharge on the wealthy and doubling the standard deduction given to most Americans, with the GOP under pressure to overhaul the tax code after the collapse of the health care repeal.