The White House physician, Rear Admiral Ronny Jackson, dropped his bid Thursday to head the country’s Veterans Affairs agency as lawmakers probed allegations of professional misconduct and excessive drinking. As he withdrew, Jackson described the attacks on him as “false allegations,” but said they had “become a distraction” to President Donald Trump’s effort to improve […]
MORRISTOWN, TN — Hamblen County, Tennessee, has entered a new era, the one that began after the immigration raid on Thursday, April 5. In the early morning of that day, dozens of law enforcement agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement stormed all entrances of the Southeastern Provisions meatpacking plant perched on a hill in the […]
Russia demanded compensation from the U.S. for its worldwide tariffs on foreign aluminum and steel Thursday, becoming the third influential member of the World Trade Organization to do so. China, the European Union and India have also objected, arguing the tariffs are a “safeguard” measure to protect U.S. domestic products from imports, which require compensation […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that he did not fire former FBI chief James Comey last year because he was heading the agency’s probe of Russian links to his 2016 election campaign, a contention directly conflicting with what he said days after he had ousted him. “Slippery James Comey, the worst FBI Director […]