U.S. and European Union officials will meet next week in Washington, D.C., to further discuss risks to air travel and solutions for protecting passengers, the European Commission said on Wednesday after the two sides met in Brussels. “At the meeting, both sides exchanged information on the serious evolving threats to aviation security and approaches to… more

For weeks, most Republican lawmakers limited their comments about the crisis-plagued Trump administration to vague expressions of concern — if they commented at all. That common stance began to shift late Tuesday after media reports surfaced that former FBI director James Comey had written memos alleging President Donald Trump pressured him to halt an investigation… more

North Korean claims that its newly-tested ballistic missile can carry a nuclear warhead appear to explain a subtle but significant shift in the way U.S. intelligence views Pyongyang.   Top officials, who once described North Korea as a “second tier” adversary with more intent than capability, now refer to it as an “increasingly grave” threat… more

A week after U.S. President Donald Trump sparked anger in Turkey by authorizing the arming of Syrian Kurds, he welcomed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the White House on Tuesday. Trump said the two leaders would hold “long and hard discussions” regarding the relationship between their countries. “We’ve had a great relationship and we… more

Bill Cosby says he doesn’t expect to testify at his Pennsylvania sexual assault trial.   The comedian spoke to Sirius radio host Michael Smerconish in an interview being broadcast Tuesday.   Smerconish says he agreed to air an uncut, 82-minute conversation between Cosby and his daughters in exchange for the interview.   Cosby says his… more

Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will conduct a classified briefing May 18 for the full U.S. Senate on President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday. The top Democrat in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, said in a statement that he hoped senators would… more

The classroom isn’t the only place where kids can learn. The circus can also provide an education. Not only to master acrobatic tricks and skills, but to discover how to walk across the social divide that separates poverty and privilege. Faiza Elmasry has more details. …… more

First lady Melania Trump announced Monday that her son, Barron, will attend a private Episcopal school in Maryland, beginning this fall.   The announcement answered one of the lingering questions surrounding the first family’s unusual living arrangement. Mrs. Trump and 11-year-old Barron have been living at Trump Tower in New York since Donald Trump took… more

A new public opinion poll shows more Americans than not are opposed to President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI director James Comey. The NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey in recent days said just 29 percent of those surveyed say they approve of Trump’s dismissal of Comey, who was in the fourth year of a 10-year… more

Pope Francis said on Saturday he would be “sincere” with U.S. President Donald Trump over their sharp differences on subjects such as immigration and climate change when the two hold their first meeting at the Vatican later this month. But the pope also told reporters aboard a plane returning from Portugal that he would keep… more

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says he is not worried about his standing with President Donald Trump following Trump’s firing of FBI chief James Comey. “I have a great relationship with the president,” Tillerson told NBC News’ Meet the Press on Sunday. “I understand what his objectives are.  When I’m not clear on what… more

A Russian-owned group of companies will pay the U.S. government $6 million to settle a wide-reaching money-laundering case that had quietly rippled through U.S.-Russian relations for years. Federal prosecutors in New York announced the settlement with Russian businessman Denis Katsyv, the owner of Prevezon Holdings, on May 12, just three days before jury selection was… more

U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday that a new FBI director could be named in the next week. “We can make a fast decision,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One before flying to Lynchburg, Virginia, to deliver a commencement address at Liberty University. The president’s remarks came four days after his controversial firing of… more

The British government said on Saturday it does not yet know who was behind a massive global cyberattack that disrupted Britain’s health care services and targeted vital computer systems in as many as 100 other countries. British Interior Minister Amber Rudd said Britain’s National Cyber Security Center was working with the country’s health service to… more

Apple says it will give $200 million to Corning Inc. so it can invest in a Kentucky plant that makes glass screens for iPhones and iPads. The California-based company says the money will come from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund. It has pledged to spend $1 billion on US-based companies to create “innovative production and highly… more

Attorney General As the nation’s top law enforcement official, the U.S. attorney general oversees the enforcement of federal laws. The attorney general heads the Department of Justice (DOJ), which has evolved into the world’s largest law office since Congress created it in 1870. The DOJ’s mission is to “enforce the law” and “defend the interests”… more

Former deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe was named acting director after James Comey was suddenly fired Tuesday. Fewer than 48 hours after taking over, McCabe testified in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee, asserting that Comey’s firing by President Donald Trump has had no impact on an ongoing Russia investigation. McCabe, 49, had served as… more

The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. Trade Representative, a critical position ahead of renegotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico. Delays in Senate confirmation of veteran trade lawyer Robert Lighthizer more than 100 days after his nomination have set back Trump’s trade agenda, including… more

A watercolor by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis is being auctioned along with a Cartier watch she wore for years. Christie’s said Thursday that the then-first lady, who painted as a hobby, created the artwork in 1963 as a gift for her brother-in law, Stanislaw Radziwill. Radziwill gave her the watch. Both commemorate a 50-mile hike that… more

Political acrimony over President Donald Trump’s controversial decision to fire FBI Director James Comey is playing into the hands of a longtime U.S. adversary, several current and former U.S. intelligence officials say. “From a geopolitical standpoint, the real winner is Russia,” said Luke Hartig, a former senior director at the National Security Council under former… more

President Donald Trump abruptly fired James Comey as director of the FBI in the midst of the law enforcement agency’s investigation into whether Trump’s presidential campaign was connected to Russian meddling in the election. In a letter to Comey, Trump said the dismissal was necessary to restore the public’s trust and confidence.   Often lauded… more

Senate Democrats on Wednesday slammed President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey and renewed demands for a special prosecutor to oversee an ongoing Russia investigation, a call that Republicans continued to resist. “I’ve known Jim Comey for years. We were classmates at the University of Chicago Law School,” said Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar… more

Analysts at a liberal research institution in Washington say U.S. employers are stealing $15 billion a year from workers by failing to pay legally required minimum wages. The Economic Policy Institute says the wage theft hits nearly one-fifth of low wage workers in the 10 largest U.S. states. The study’s authors say affected workers lose… more

FBI chief James Comey overstated a key finding in the investigation of Democrat Hillary Clinton’s emails during testimony to Congress last week, officials familiar with the inquiry said Tuesday. They said Comey erred when he told a congressional investigative panel that a Clinton aide, Huma Abedin, had sent “hundreds and thousands” of Clinton’s emails from… more

When Rabi’a Keeble converted to Islam more than 10 years ago, praying next to men would have been out of the question. Keeble is now leading a new Berkeley, California, mosque that says men and women are welcome to worship together. It’s long been a tradition of the Muslim faith that men and women pray… more

Chinese President Xi Jinping told French President-elect Emmanuel Macron in a phone call on Tuesday that he would uphold the Paris Agreement on curbing climate change. China, the world’s top emitter of greenhouse gases, and France should “protect the global governance achievements contained within the Paris Agreement on climate change”, Xi told Macron, the Chinese… more