Politics

Kevin Coombs | Reuters Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio, Police Commissioner of New York City James O’Neill and Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo give a media briefing outside the Time Warner Center in the Manhattan borough of New York City after a suspicious package was found inside …

Win McNamee | Getty Images President Donald Trump answers questions during a meeting with military leaders in the Cabinet Room on October 23, 2018 in Washington, DC.  President Donald Trump promised again Wednesday to protect coverage for Americans with pre-existing conditions. His repeated pledges ahead of the Nov. 6 midterm …

Grigory Dukor | Reuters President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin arrive for a joint news conference after their meeting in Helsinki, July 16, 2018.  President Donald Trump would look forward to meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Paris on Nov. 11, National Security Advisor John Bolton said …

Mark Wilson | Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks to the media before departing on Marine One at the White House on October 22, 2018 in Washington, DC.  WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Monday repeated his unsubstantiated claim that Republicans plan to unveil a middle class tax cut before …

OZAN KOSE | AFP | Getty Images A girl holds a picture of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a demonstration in front of the Saudi Arabian consulate on October 8, 2018 in Istanbul.  An alleged Saudi plot to cover up the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi went awry after …

Al Drago | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets fellow candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, at a rally organized by Tea Party Patriots on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, to oppose the Iran nuclear agreement. President Donald Trump tried to stoke …

T.J. Kilpatrick | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump, right, speaks while Senator Tim Scott, a Republican from South Carolina, listens during a working session regarding the Opportunity Zones provided by tax reform in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 14, …

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Senator Kamala Harris, a Democrat from California, questions Gina Haspel, director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) nominee for President Donald Trump, not pictured, during a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C.,  With midterm elections 2½ weeks away and the 2020 …

Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump speaks to reporters upon his departure from the White House in Washington, August 17, 2018.  Khashoggi, who lived in Virginia and wrote for The Washington Post, has not been seen since he went to a Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2. Turkish …

Alexander Zemlianichenko | Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu as they attend the Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 30, 2017. Picture taken July 30, 2017. WASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Moscow will deploy hypersonic weapons in the “coming …