Recent News Headlines : Washington - United States

NEVER AGAIN STUDENT-LED US GUN PROTESTS DRAW HUGE CROWDS


These kids are right, said Jeff Turchin, a 68-year-old retired garment manufacturer who came to Washington from New York to attend the rally... READ MORE

25th March, 2018 7

THOUSANDS REGISTER TO VOTE AT U.S. GUN-CONTROL MARCHES


Participation in U.S. elections by young voters is often low... READ MORE

25th March, 2018 0

DEMOCRATS' MESSAGE AT ANTI-GUN VIOLENCE RALLIES


The rallies against gun violence across the United States on Saturday kept politicians offstage, and instead prioritized the voices of students who have survived mass shootings... READ MORE

25th March, 2018 812

MASSIVE CROWDS RALLY ACROSS US TO PROTEST TIGHTER GUN CONTROLS


Actor George Clooney and his human rights attorney wife, Amal, have donated 500,000 and said they would be at the Washington rally... READ MORE

24th March, 2018 64

FLORIDA SHOOTING SURVIVORS LEAD MARCH FOR OUR LIVES GUN CONTROL PROTESTS


March for our Lives - latest updates Parkland student Emma Gonzalez ends Washington rally by telling crowd to 'fight for your lives'... READ MORE

24th March, 2018 505

MARCH FOR OUR LIVES AS IT HAPPENED


Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school students have travelled to the US capital to make their voices heard... READ MORE

24th March, 2018 959

MASSIVE CROWDS RALLY ACROSS US TO DEMAND TIGHTER GUN CONTROLS


A protester holds a gun control sign during a March For Our Lives demonstration demanding gun control in New York City, US March 24, 2018... READ MORE

24th March, 2018 58

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS GATHER AT MARCH FOR OUR LIVES GUN CONTROL RALLIES INSPIRED BY STUDENTS


Teenage marchers are pledging to vote in November for candidates that will listen to their cries for gun control... READ MORE

24th March, 2018 2054

STUDENTS GATHERING FOR MARCH FOR OUR LIVES GUN-CONTROL PROTESTS IN WASHINGTON, OTHER CITIES


That would match last year's women's march and make this one of the largest Washington protests since the Vietnam era... READ MORE

24th March, 2018 6796

UNITED GIVES $10,000 TRAVEL VOUCHER TO 'BUMPED' PASSENGER


A spokesperson for United Airlines confirmed Friday that a passenger got a big voucher, but didn't name the person... READ MORE

24th March, 2018 84

DREAMERS FEEL 'SOLD OUT' AS TRUMP SIGNS SPENDING BILL


Even if Trump and Democrats agree to short-term DACA protections, funding for the wall is no-go for immigrant advocates, Quinonez, the Dreamer, said... READ MORE

23rd March, 2018 385

CHINA VOWS FIGHT OVER TRADE MOVES


Let me assure those people who intend to fight a trade war... READ MORE

22nd March, 2018 962

FEWER TOURISTS ARE VISITING THE U.S. UNDER TRUMP. BUT CANADIANS DIDN'T GET THE MEMO


I refused to enter apartheid South Africa, too, Jen Marchbank, a professor at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia told a Toronto Star reporter in January 2017 ... READ MORE

22nd March, 2018 758

REX TILLERSON LAMENTS 'MEAN-SPIRITED' WASHINGTON AS HE LEAVES STATE DEPARTMENT AFTER ABRUPT FIRING


Fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is lamenting the 'mean-spirited' nature of Washington, D.C., as he bids good-bye to the U.S. diplomatic corps... READ MORE

22nd March, 2018 66

CANADIAN OIL, TRUDEAU TARGETED BY NOTORIOUS RUSSIAN TROLL FARM THAT MEDDLED IN U.S. ELECTION


But things like Canadian oil are a natural target, said one analyst on Russian information campaigns... READ MORE

20th March, 2018 1043

MARYLAND CONSIDERING $500 FINE FOR TEXTING AND DRIVING


The Washington Post reports proponents of House Bill 42 say Maryland's tiered fine system is ineffective... READ MORE

19th March, 2018 0

TRUMP WARNED AGAINST FIRING ROBERT MUELLER OVER RUSSIAN PROBE


18 Mar 2018 19 09 GMT Republican senators are warning US President Donald Trump not to fire special counsel Robert Mueller ... READ MORE

18th March, 2018 17

TRUMP ASKED SOUTH KOREA OFFICIALS TO SHOW FLEXIBILITY IN TRADE TALKS


Trump asked South Korea officials to show flexibility in trade talks Seoul... READ MORE

16th March, 2018 48

TRUMP TO REPLACE HIS NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, AND STAFFERS ARE BETTING ON WHO'S NEXT


White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders pushed back late Thursday on Twitter Just spoke POTUS and Gen H.R... READ MORE

16th March, 2018 10

TRUMP'S PERSONAL AIDE REPORTEDLY FIRED OVER GAMBLING HABIT


The Washington Post did not detail the exact nature of McEntee's gambling... READ MORE

16th March, 2018 78

DONALD TRUMP 'PLANNING TO SACK NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HR MCMASTER'


Donald Trump has reportedly decided to sack National Security Advisor HR McMaster, in what would be the latest in a string of high-profile White House departures... READ MORE

16th March, 2018 21

TRUMP'S STRONG WORDS ON GUNS GIVE WAY TO POLITICAL REALITY


Very strong improvement and strengthening of background checks will be fully backed by White House, he tweeted... READ MORE

12th March, 2018 10

U.S. MAY LIFT TRAVEL BAN ON 'IMPORTANT PARTNER' CHAD, TILLERSON SAYS


U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Chad's President Idriss Deby depart after their meeting in N'Djamena, Chad, March 12, 2018... READ MORE

12th March, 2018 625

IT IS ALMOST CERTAINLY TOO LATE FOR TRUMP TO STOP STORMY DANIELS'S '60 MINUTES' INTERVIEW


To thwart 60 Minutes, Trump would need to secure a separate order against CBS -- a prior restraint of speech that legal precedent suggests is unconstitutional... READ MORE

12th March, 2018 43

ANALYSIS | WILL TRUMP'S NORTH KOREA GAMBLE ACTUALLY PAY OFF?


The United States may demand that North Korea give up its nuclear weapons, but history offers almost no examples of success... READ MORE

12th March, 2018 118

AT RALLY, TRUMP AGAIN CALLS FOR THE DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG DEALERS


Saccone is running against Democrat Conor Lamb in a special election being held on March 13 for the Pennsylvania 18th Congressional District vacated by Republican Tim Murphy... READ MORE

11th March, 2018 15

ANALYSIS: WHAT CAN LONDON DO IF A RUSSIAN HIT ON BRITISH SOIL IS CONFIRMED?


Has is property owned by Russian officials and government connected oligarchs in London, Browder wrote in an email... READ MORE

9th March, 2018 0

OBAMAS IN TALKS WITH NETFLIX TO PRODUCE SHOWS


Netflix has said it could spend up to 8 billion on content this year... READ MORE

9th March, 2018 1

TRUMP SETS STEEL AND ALUMINUM TARIFFS BUT EXEMPTS CANADA, MEXICO


U.S. steel- and aluminum-consuming industries sharply criticized the tariffs as damaging them with higher costs... READ MORE

9th March, 2018 2553

PAKISTAN TALIBAN CHIEF'S SON AMONG 20 KILLED IN 'US DRONE STRIKE'


Son of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Mullah Fazlullah killed along with 19 others in drone strike in Afghanistan... READ MORE

8th March, 2018 4414

Trending News Headlines : Washington

STATE DEPT WAS GRANTED 120 MILLION TO FIGHT RUSSIAN MEDDLING IT HAS SPENT 0


With another 60 million available for the next fiscal year, the two departments dickered for another five months over how much the State Department could have... READ MORE

4th March, 2018 232268

NORTH KOREA IS WILLING TO DISCUSS GIVING UP NUCLEAR WEAPONS SOUTH SAYS


North Korea Is Willing to Discuss Giving Up Nuclear Weapons, South Says... READ MORE

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NORTH KOREA WILLING TO GIVE UP ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS


He said the North also promised not to use conventional or nuclear weapons against the South... READ MORE

6th March, 2018 46703

EU RAISES STAKES FOR TRUMP WITH TARIFFS TARGETING GOP HEARTLAND


Bourbon whiskey hails from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's home state of Kentucky... READ MORE

6th March, 2018 13072

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LAWYER SECURED A RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST PORN STAR STORMY DANIELS


Trump's lawyer secured a restraining order against Stormy Daniels... READ MORE

8th March, 2018 6982

GARY COHN TO RESIGN AS TRUMP ADVISER AFTER DISPUTE OVER TARIFFS


Trump asked for an assurance Cohn would publicly stand behind the tariff plan... READ MORE

7th March, 2018 5461

NORTH KOREA 'SEEKS CLOSER SOUTH KOREA TIES, REUNIFICATION'


Moon has also remained vigilant against North Korea's weapons ambitions, saying on Tuesday South Korea should bolster its defences in tandem with talks with Pyongyang... READ MORE

6th March, 2018 4658

PRESIDENT FOR LIFE TRUMPS REMARKS FIND FANS IN CHINA


Mr. Xi accorded Mr. Trump a lavish state visit to Beijing last November that the president has enthused about ever since... READ MORE

4th March, 2018 3871

'TRADE WARS ARE GOOD,' TRUMP SAYS, DEFYING GLOBAL CONCERN OVER TARIFFS


However, Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin, a fellow Republican, urged Trump to rethink the tariffs... READ MORE

4th March, 2018 3551

'LISTEN TO US NOW': PUTIN BOASTS OF RUSSIA'S UNSTOPPABLE NUCLEAR WEAPONS


President Vladimir Putin says Russia has tested an array of new strategic nuclear weapons that cannot be intercepted, but Washington played down the announcement... READ MORE

2nd March, 2018 3534

BONES DISCOVERED ON A PACIFIC ISLAND BELONG TO AMELIA EARHART, A NEW FORENSIC ANALYSIS SHOWS


In the case of the Nikumaroro bones, the only documented person to whom they may belong is Amelia Earhart, Jantz wrote in the study... READ MORE

8th March, 2018 3413

TRUMP SEES SIGN OF PROGRESS IN POSSIBLE NORTH KOREA TALKS WITH U.S.


Trump Sees Sign of Progress in Possible North Korea Talks With U.S... READ MORE

6th March, 2018 3234

TRUMP SEES 'POSSIBLE PROGRESS' IN NORTH KOREA DENUCLEARIZATION


The news came as a South Korean delegation returned from a first-ever meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang on Monday... READ MORE

6th March, 2018 3002

DONALD TRUMP PROMISED MALCOLM TURNBULL AUSTRALIA WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM TRADE TARIFFS


On the Australian side were Finance Minister Mathias Cormann and the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet David Gruen... READ MORE

6th March, 2018 2872

SCHOOL SAFETY BILL INTRODUCED BY BIPARTISAN SENATORS IN RESPONSE TO FLORIDA SHOOTING


Alyssa Alhadeff, 15, was one of the 17 victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland,Fla... READ MORE

6th March, 2018 2805

EX-TRUMP AIDE SAM NUNBERG CALLS MUELLER SUBPOENA REQUEST 'RIDICULOUS'


Giaccio wrote a letter to Trump expressing admiration for Trump's business background and offered to mow the White House lawn... READ MORE

6th March, 2018 2590

TRUMP THREATENS TO TAX EUROPEAN AUTO IMPORTS


The United States imposes a 2.5-percent tariff on cars assembled in Europe and a 25-percent tariff on European-built vans and pickup trucks... READ MORE

4th March, 2018 2460

US JERUSALEM MOVE IS 'OFFICIAL ADOPTION OF ISRAELI NARRATIVE'


This is an official adoption of the Israeli narrative... READ MORE

5th March, 2018 2371

EU THREATENS TRUMP WITH HARLEY-DAVIDSON, BOURBON AND LEVI'S TARIFFS


Europe foreshadows tariffs on US products known around the world in response to Donald Trump's threat to unleash a trade war over steel and aluminium... READ MORE

4th March, 2018 2252

WASHINGTON BECOMES 1ST STATE TO APPROVE NET-NEUTRALITY RULES


While several states introduced similar measures this year seeking to protect net neutrality, so far only Oregon and Washington have passed legislation... READ MORE

6th March, 2018 2137

DONALD TRUMP SAYS HIS CONTROVERSIAL DECISION TO RECOGNISE JERUSALEM AS ISRAEL'S CAPITAL WAS A 'WONDERFUL THING'


Donald Trump says recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital 'was a wonderful thing'... READ MORE

6th March, 2018 2119

N KOREA'S KIM 'TO ADVANCE' CLOSER TIES WITH SOUTH


North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said he wants to write a new history of national reunification with South Korea, state media says... READ MORE

6th March, 2018 2082

US LAUDS AFGHAN OFFER TO OPEN TALKS WITH TALIBAN


In January, a BBC study found that the Afghan Taliban directly controlled four percent of the country, but were openly active in 70 percent of Afghanistan... READ MORE

7th March, 2018 2081

AIPAC SPEAKERS PRAISE SAUDI ARABIA AND UAE LEADERSHIP


According to the Israeli human rights organisation B'Tselem, about 600,000 illegal Israeli settlers live in the occupied West Bank, which Israel siezed from Jordan during the 1967 war... READ MORE

5th March, 2018 1877

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BACKS STATES' BID TO COLLECT ONLINE SALES TAXES


Some online retailers, including leading player Amazon.com Inc, already collect state sales tax but others do not... READ MORE

6th March, 2018 1873

US EMBASSY IN TURKEY CLOSES DUE TO 'SECURITY THREAT'


Embassy in Ankara advises US citizens in Turkey to avoid large crowds and the embassy building in the capital... READ MORE

5th March, 2018 1721

IRAN'S ROUHANI: WEST WILL REGRET COLLAPSE OF NUCLEAR DEAL


Iran's president accuses US of sabotaging 2015 pact as other officials say Tehran's missile programme is non-negotiable... READ MORE

7th March, 2018 1704

TRUMP UPS TRADE PRESSURE ON CANADA, MEXICO; SENIOR REPUBLICANS URGE RETHINK


Trump remained adamant about signing the tariffs, according to officials in and out of the White House... READ MORE

5th March, 2018 1698

TRUMP'S TARIFF THREAT MAY BE TIMED FOR PENNSYLVANIA U.S. HOUSE RACE


Trump's tariff threat may be timed for Pennsylvania U.S. House race... READ MORE

6th March, 2018 1674

TARIFF THREAT MAY BE TIMED FOR HOUSE RACE


Trump's tariff threat may be timed for Pennsylvania U.S. House race... READ MORE

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