17+ hour, 45+ min ago   (414+ words) President Donald Trump said he is not worried that Chinese President Xi Jinping will cancel a highly anticipated visit later this month. “No, I’m not worried about that,” Trump told reporters as he attended the Irish Open in Doonbeg on…...

18+ hour, 49+ min ago   (1000+ words) ADEN, Yemen – New strikes on Saudi Arabia and on ships in the Gulf tested nerves in the Middle East on Sunday, after an attack on a Saudi oil pipeline and an advance by Yemen’s Houthis threatened to worsen the wartime…...

18+ hour, 41+ min ago   (235+ words) PARIS – France’s mission to the United Nations in Geneva has said it “regrets” criticizing the United States over human rights in a social media post ​that triggered a diplomatic dispute which has delayed the arrival of a new French ambassador…...

19+ hour, 2+ min ago   (323+ words) DOONBEG, Ireland – President Donald Trump said at the end of a visit to Ireland on Sunday that he would remove a 10% tariff ​on Irish whiskey, a duty that currently falls under those imposed on all European Union wine and spirit…...

18+ hour, 32+ min ago   (265+ words) NEW YORK — Jimmy Kimmel is welcoming Stephen Colbert back to late-night television next week before making a return of his own later in the month. Fresh off his annual summer break, Kimmel said on Thursday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” that Colbert…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1133+ words) OLYMPIA – Washington state’s refusal to levy personal income has made its tax code an outlier for more than 90 years. With two months until the general election, public employee unions and some of the state’s wealthiest residents have raised millions in…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (357+ words) From 1976: The Spokane Coliseum was showing its age after 22 years, and one particular improvement was at the top of the list: air conditioning. “For those who have sweltered through a capacity-crowd Coliseum concert on a warm evening, air conditioning would…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (809+ words) Barry McCoy, owner of the Montana Livestock Auction in Ramsay, Mont., is frustrated by President Donald Trump allowing more beef imports to be sold in the United States. (Holly Pickett/For / Washington Post) RAMSAY, Mont. – Rancher Barry McCoy has watched…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (580+ words) When President Donald Trump offered to send a $5,000 dividend to all adult Americans last week if Republicans keep control of Congress, I didn’t open my calculator app to start reworking my budget. Promises of government largesse tend to sound great…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (506+ words) A U.S. judge has ruled that the Trump administration broke the law by ordering the Federal Emergency Management Agency to cut its workforce in half. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco in a decision issued late Friday said the U.S. Department…...