China sends hospital ship to deal with Venezuelan crisis

A Chinese navy hospital ship docked near Venezuela's capital on Saturday as the OPEC nation's deepening economic crisis garners the attention of the U.S. and other world powers. Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino was on hand to greet the People's Liberation Army Navy's ship, the Peace Ark, on its latest stop as part of the 11-nation "Mission Harmony" tour announced in June.

Former Catholic priest, on the lam for 26 years, returns to U.S. to face sex abuse charges

A former Catholic priest accused of sexually abusing dozens of victims in New Mexico over a 30-year-span is in federal custody after 26 years on the lam, the Department of Justice announced Friday. Arthur Perrault , a former military chaplain, is under indictment for repeatedly molesting a boy at Kirkland Air Force Base and at the Santa Fe National Cemetery in the early 1990s.

Trump is beating up on Iran – and it’s making Obama look weak

President Donald Trump has outraged and defied establishment experts on Iran, but his policies are deeply hurting Iran without any tangible blowback to the US. President Barack Obama and his top officials had warned against many of the moves Trump has now made, but none of their gloomy predictions have come true.

History in ceiling: Woman tries to find owner of lost Vietnam War era photos

Homeowner Monique Bourassa Fuchs says renovators found an envelope hidden in the ceiling insulation of her kitchen filled with black and white photos of Marines and a letter signed by the late FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. Homeowner Monique Bourassa Fuchs says renovators found an envelope hidden in the ceiling insulation of her kitchen filled with black and white photos of Marines and a letter signed by the late FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.

GOP warns time running out for Kavanaugh’s accuser to talk

Republicans are warning that time is running out for Brett Kavanaugh's accuser to tell Congress about her claim he sexually assaulted her when both were teenagers, even as President Donald Trump called the woman's allegation hard to believe in one of the GOP's sharpest attacks on her credibility.

GOP says time running out for Kavanaugh accuser to talk

In this Sept. 6, 2018, file photo, after more than an hour of delay over procedural questions, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh waits to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the third day of his confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Assembly Line Justice

In Huffington magazine this week, John Rudolf takes us inside the world of public defenders, who put in long hours for low pay to represent criminal defendants who cannot afford private lawyers. And Katie Bindley takes us inside the very different world of lifestyle concierges, encompassing everything from pregnancy planners to personal grocery shoppers for plastic surgery patients.

Donald Trump heads to Carolinas to look at Hurricane Florence damage

WASHINGTON His disaster response operation under scrutiny, President Donald Trump pledged complete federal assistance Wednesday to areas of the Carolinas hit hard by floods after Hurricane Florence. "The money will come as fast as you need it," Trump told officials during a briefing at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in the southeastern part of North Carolina.

Mattis, Philippine Counterpart Discuss Defense Relationship

Defense Secretary James N. Mattis met with Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana yesterday at the Pentagon to reaffirm the longstanding defense relationship between the United States and the Philippines, the Pentagon's chief spokesperson, Dana W. White, said in a readout following the meeting. Defense Secretary James N. Mattis welcomes Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana during an honor cordon at the Pentagon, Sept.

Flooding from Florence sets records, raises environmental concerns

A man carries a flag to place on his truck as members of a team with the United States Coast Guard preform search and rescue through floodwaters in Lumberton, N.C. Jabin Botsford/Washington Post A man carries a flag to place on his truck as members of a team with the United States Coast Guard preform search and rescue through floodwaters in Lumberton, N.C. Jabin Botsford/Washington Post Even as skies began to clear over North Carolina on Tuesday, concern about environmental damage mounted after days of pounding rain left two dozen hog farms seeping waste, 3.4 million dead chickens and turkeys, widespread mandates to boil drinking water, and workers trying to prevent coal ash waste from leaking out of a landfill.

Scrapping Kavanaugha s appointment means a the end of civilizationa

Judge Robert Bork used to tell a prescient and darkly humorous story about watching Clarence Thomas' Senate confirmation hearings - etched in pre-hashtag history as the "Thomas-Hill hearings," in homage to Anita Hill's role as the Left's heroic accuser. As he viewed Thomas' "high-tech lynching" in horror, Bork recalled, a friend of his, the iconic Irving Kristol, approached and asked him what was happening.

North Carolina residents consider fleeing as rivers rise

A pair of Trenton, North Carolina residents took a boat out to survey the damage after their hometown was inundated by floodwaters caused by Hurricane Florence. FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - The river seethed a quarter-mile away, bulging from its banks, so the patrol cars circled the neighborhood three times.