The president used a little-known law called the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, which the White House said cannot be undone by an incoming president, to make drilling in the area off-limits indefinitely. It is not clear if a Republican-controlled Congress can rescind Obama’s action.
The group claimed a connection with Monday’s assault on civilians at a festive Christmas market in Berlin. While actual ties remain in question, the statement achieves an Islamic State goal of stoking fear in a country that has welcomed refugees.
Germany was on high alert as authorities searched for the attacker in the assault that left 12 dead and dozens injured when a truck plowed into a Christmas market in Berlin. Earlier Tuesday, officials released a man because of insufficient evidence.
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The former liberal host who once called Donald Trump "a racist" for his birther views has become the lead news anchor for RT America, the global media organization funded by the Russian government.
The minority party is railing against Republicans for refusing to demand that Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state produce his tax returns.
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Dozens of people were also hurt after a powerful chain-reaction explosion ripped through Mexico’s best-known fireworks market, located on the northern outskirts of Mexico City.
The bureau cited correspondence it found between Hillary Clinton and Huma Abedin in a search warrant request for a computer belonging to Abedin's husband, Anthony Weiner.
The plan will provide workers in the District with eight weeks of paid parental leave, six weeks to care for an ailing family member and two weeks of personal sick time. It will be funded by a new payroll tax on private employers.
The site, which is normally used to find free furniture and cheap services, reveals the pressure the holidays put on poor and working-class parents, including Tyshika Britten, a mother of six.
Candidates matter. We learned that lesson for the umpteenth time over the past two years as races — from the presidential on down — turned on the quality of the candidates.
Delta will no longer require medical professionals to show credentials before allowing them to treat a sick person during a flight.
It's not normal, and it's happening again. Scientists said the depleted ice cover of the Nordic Sea is helping create a passage for warm air to surge north uninhibited.
The technology’s popularity could especially affect less-educated workers, and could exacerbate the economic divide between socioeconomic classes, a new report found.
The country’s largest police organization said the shirts, which are sold by a third party on the retailer’s website, are offensive. The slogan and protest movement emerged after the death of Trayvon Martin and police-involved slayings.
