WASHINGTON - U.S. lawmakers announced an agreement on Monday on a $738-billion bill setting policy for the Department of Defense, including new measures for competing with Russia and China, family leave for federal workers and the creation of President Donald Trump’s long-desired Space Force.
The up-and-coming artist, whose cause of death remains unknown, went into convulsions while officers in Chicago searched the private plane he arrived in.
Seven more women accuse Cuba Gooding Jr. of groping or forcibly kissing them. That's a total of 22 accusers -- three of them indicted allegations. https://t.co/zNNpMRFNyG
BREAKING: New York’s attorney general has issued a new subpoena to the @NRA, which allegedly covers campaign finance, payments made to board members, tax compliance, and seeks information regarding hiring decisions and directors’ financial compensation. https://t.co/uTdKeatTKb
Smoke from bushfires in the states of New South Wales and Queensland has moved in on Sydney where the Air Quality Index is listed as 11 times higher than the hazardous level. "Hazardous" is listed as 200 on the index, but many parts of Sydney are sitting above 2000 on Tuesday....
A decade ago today, I cleaned my car, emptied my barracks room and got Outback with my friend Shane. The next day we left, the first unit to deploy as part of Obama's 30,000 troop surge. That turned out well. https://t.co/Ze1mTdXLsT
On Dec. 8, 1919, Macmillan Press published a book by a relatively obscure British Treasury official who had resigned from the government in protest over the Versailles treaty that brought the epochal trauma of the First World War to its conclusion.
“The second annual Reagan National Defense Survey...found nearly half of armed services households questioned, 46%, said they viewed Russia as ally.” https://t.co/X1uuhZcGMe
President Trump is defending Google, Facebook and other big tech companies he's repeatedly railed against when it comes to France's digital tax, a position that underscores how Trump's policies on tech don't always match his fiery, antagonistic rhetoric.
During nearly 20 years in government I never once heard of a Fed demanding to be reimbursed for items stolen while traveling—much less $43,000 worth of luxury items left in a rented SUV! And why is she renting an SUV instead of cheapo compact on our dime? https://t.co/rmn8owat4r
A gay love story set in the world of folk dancing is in the running for an Oscar. But after violent protests in Georgia, where it was filmed, it's not screening there. https://t.co/H97eqJY11g
