Seven crewmen missing after U.S. Navy destroyer collides with ship

Seven crew members are reportedly missing and one injured after a U.S. Navy destroyer collided early yesterday morning with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan, the country's coast guard reported. Footage from the Japanese TV network NHK showed heavy damage to the mid-right side of the Navy ship and a person in a stretcher being lifted to a helicopter.

Top auto industry leaders want the Trump administration to know the…

Auto industry stakeholders criticized the border adjustment tax during a meeting with president Donald Trump's chief economic advisor Gary Cohn Wednesday. The BAT, which is a value added tax on imports, would drive up the average cost of an automobile by $2,000, according to Cody Lusk, president of the American International Automobile Dealers Association.

Conservatives should love the Trump presidency, but he makes it hard

Two simple acts by Trump could have headed off the question we now face: How do you save a presidency from the president? Conservatives should love the Trump presidency, but he makes it hard Two simple acts by Trump could have headed off the question we now face: How do you save a presidency from the president? Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2tu0mCd The expectation was that Trump wouldn't be conservative enough. There was nothing in Trump's history or campaign for president to suggest that he was a principled, full-spectrum conservative.

LETTERS: Readers discuss bumpy streets, civility and representing East Waco

Why does the Waco City Council waste tax-paying dollars to keep these old "yes men" in office in District 1? I attended both interview sessions of the candidates to succeed Councilman Wilbert Austin and, let me tell you, the difference between the candidates over 60 years old and the younger ones was like night and day. I was literally sleeping through most of the interviews because they were boring as hell.

Keep your eyes on Congress

Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks next to House Speaker Paul D. Ryan in the House chambers at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 3. In his June 14 op-ed, " While you watched the Trump Show ," Dana Milbank admonished us to pay attention to what is really important. A quick story I heard on a talk show: A defense lawyer was finishing up his closing argument in a murder case in which the defendant's wife's body was never found.

Oh, Jeremy Corbyn: Lessons from the U.K. election

Sorry, Justin Trudeau. DA solA , Emmanuel Macron. You've been replaced as the West's sexiest politicians by a socks-and-sandals retread from the seventies whose young fans never experienced that decade's failed Labour policies, the same ones Jeremy Corbyn, the party's current leader, wants to re-enact.

Continue reading Let the healing from ballfield shooting mark the return of political civility

It was another dark day in America, a humid morning punctuated by horrific violence on a baseball diamond in Alexandria, Va., just minutes from the nation's capital. A lone gunman, James Thomas Hodgkinson, opened fire for several minutes Wednesday on Republican lawmakers who were practicing for a bipartisan charity game.

Donald Trump’s Twitter-ready resignation letter

Speaking of law and order, as my last act as president, I am pardoning some members of my campaign staff and administration. Donald Trump's Twitter-ready resignation letter Speaking of law and order, as my last act as president, I am pardoning some members of my campaign staff and administration.

Things would have different with legit districts

Over the last four years, Republican legislators, fueled by veto-proof majorities in both houses, have refashioned the state's tax code, voting laws, and its policies on education, the environment and social issues. After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that North Carolina's legislative districts are unconstitutional and Gov. Roy Cooper's called for a special redistricting session, it's natural to ask how state and legislative politics might have been different had Republicans drawn legal districts in 2011.

People protest outside as the U.S. Court of Appeals

The ruling from the liberal Ninth Circuit is the final step before the Supreme Court, which is receiving responses today to the Justice Department's request that it uphold the travel ban. President Trump's travel ban struck down by second appeals court The ruling from the liberal Ninth Circuit is the final step before the Supreme Court, which is receiving responses today to the Justice Department's request that it uphold the travel ban.

Our Views: New leadership may be needed in Louisiana’s House after legislature failure

Rep. Walt Leger III, D-New Orleans, stands at the lectern asking the House to vote to direct the committee to report HB1 as House Speaker Rep. Taylor Barras, R-New Iberia, right, watches during the closing minutes of the last day of the regular legislative session Thursday June 8, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La.. In the 2017 Legislature, passing the budget bills for the fiscal year beginning July 1 was supposed to be the easy part.

Anti-terror lawyer: The DUP now has the influence to secure Libya compensation

It is now within the DUP's power to ensure that 10 billion of frozen Libyan assets in the UK is used to compensate victims of Libyan sponsored IRA terrorism. The DUP are in a position to ensure that every penny of it is now befittingly used to pay the UK victims the compensation due to them, or use it as leverage to ensure the new Libyan government honours its agreement with them to settle their claims.